Juicing – How To Get Anything Green And Healthy Into Your Kids


Originally Posted 31 January 2015
 My toddler is definitely not one of those kids who will eat anything that is being put in front of her. Unless it involves pasta, cake or biscuits it is looked at with a lot of suspicion… Especially if it’s green! And yes I did give her a wide variety of food and lots of finger food from the age of 6 months so can’t even blame it on bland purees! 
I know most toddlers will at some stage be fussy eaters and it will pass eventually so I won’t stress about it too much but I can’t deny that it is frustrating when I cook a lovely healthy meal which she generally dismisses as “yucky” (love the dramatically pushing away of the plate…) and only picks out the bits of meat or pasta she can find.I’m a big fan of smoothies at the moment (you might have seen this lovely recipe of a Tropical Green Smoothie on the blog) so the next logical step up is juicing. I’m saying it’s a step up because you can be a bit more creative and use more vegetable without it tasting horrible (carrots and celery are not great to put in the blender!!). I’ve got a Kenwood Food Processor which has got a juicer attachment so I can just throw it all in and it’s done in no time!

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Jamie Lloyd, Fitness Guru to the Yummy Mummies of South West London has kindly given me this great recipe:

Jamie’s Turbocharge

Ingredients (serves 1 adult, 1 toddler and 1 baby)

– 1 apple
– handful of spinach leaves
– 1/2 celery stick
– 1/4 cucumber
– 1 lime
– 1/3 pineapple
– 1 avocado

Add the apple, spinach, celery, cucumber, lime (peel it!) and pineapple (remove outside bits and cut into chunks) into the juicer then mix the juice with the avocado in the blender.

If you don’t feel like using (which then means washing up) the blender as well as the juicer you can leave out the avocado but remember it’s a Superfood and a great source of potassium (important for function of the cells and organs) and Vitamin C, E, K and B Vitamins!!

Personally I’m not a great fan of celery but I can tell you that it makes all the difference!

I was extremely pleased with myself when my toddler finished half a glass of this juice and said it was yummy! It took some initial convincing to try it but we got there in the end and she now loves her green juices!

*Jamie Lloyd is the co-author of the international best selling book ‘Total Body Breakthroughs’ and has 12 years experience in training endurance athletes and world champion duathletes. He has recently been awarded ‘My Hero Instructor’ for Fit Pro Magazine and won Best Fitness Group/classes in the South. Jamie is available for personal training, group fitness training and nutrition coaching in South West London.

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  1. I have read loads about juicing recently – seems like the new craze! I am going to look out for a juicer and start juicing to. I have bought Greens 27/7 and there are some great recipes in there!

  2. Juicers can be quite expensive but I’ll definitely be looking into buying one as I don’t think my children are getting enough greens in their diet.

  3. I’m thinking about getting a Nutribullet supposed tom much better than juices and my blender isn’t up to much anymore! Love Jamie’s Turbo recipe, the pineapple will probably be what does the trick, like putting in blueberries and red berries to change the colour a bit! Thank you for all of the info! Great Blog, glad to have found it!

  4. I think juicing is a great way to get fruit and veg into the children. I think we may be doing some experimenting after reading this blog!

  5. Intresting Read , My Little One Loves Creatinging Smoothies So This Could Be A Good Way To Get Those 5 a Day & Other Vitals Into Her Diet Thanks For Sharing

  6. Ohh lovely! Currently have a baby who is happy to eat anything and a 3yo who has decided she doesnt like anything, will give this a bash 😀

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