Another one of our new favorite juices. I call it Spicy V-12 Juice. I’ve always been a fan of V-8 juice, but, you know, they’re trademarked. And my recipe calls for 12 ingredients plus makes your body feel like a luxury sports car . . . enriching your cells with plenty of garlic and sweet and hot peppers that not only add vitamins but also internal “heat,” carrots for beta carotene and beets for encouraging de-toxification and lowering blood pressure.
So yes, super healthy, but don’t forget, it tastes amazing.
I normally serve a 2-cup serving of this alongside a breakfast of scrambled eggs with some fresh avocado or pico de gallo (or both) on top. And, if you want to add a bit of Worcesterschire into your glass and stir it with a lacto-fermented dilly bean or, perhaps, asparagus spear, well, I can’t say I don’t blame you! This makes the perfect, healthy Bloody Mary!
Random thought – doesn’t this look like something you’d see on a Grateful Dead t-shirt? Juicing. It’s psychedelic, man.
One more thing . . . make sure you toss that vegetable fiber pulp in the compost bin! Our garden and worms loves us!
Spicy V-12 Juice
makes about six cups
Ingredients
- Four large or eight to ten small (Roma) tomatoes
- half of a bunch of celery, about eight stalks
- 1 bell pepper (red, preferably)
- 1 jalapeno, de-seeded
- 1 large garlic clove
- 1/4 of an onion (yellow or red work well)
- 8 carrots, tops removed
- 1 beet, peeled
- 1/2 cup fresh parsley
- 2 cucumbers
- 2 limes, peeled
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Juice all vegetables, starting and ending with celery. If your juicer has a low and a high speed, juice the softer vegetables and fruits (tomatoes, limes, cucumbers, etc.) on the low speed to get all the juice out of them, and the harder vegetables on high.
- Though fresh juice is best drunk immediately, before it oxidizes, I often make this larger recipe of juice and freeze it immediately in pint size jars for later consumption; allowing it to just barely defrost in the fridge overnight before drinking it with breakfast the next morning. If you’re only making one glass for one person, I’d recommend cutting the recipe down by half.
Diet type: Vegan and Raw
Number of servings (yield): 2 – 4
Enjoy!
This looks FABU! I am looking forward to trying it as soon as the garden comes in! I have been wanting to develop something similar for a long time because I love V-* too…but the salt is a bit rediculous and I would much prefer it organic and raw. So thanks for sharing this! As much as I prefer raw…If this is a hit…I might try to can some for winter too. I am guessing it will not only make a wonderful drink, but would make a delightful soup/sauce base as well!
Thanks again – love the blog.
Thanks so much for your thoughtful comment!
I’ve been experimenting with using raw, dried kelp flakes for “saltiness” (plus it adds needed iodine) and it works great in this juice – you can “salt” it to your taste but it is far, far less sodium and far more natural than anything you’d get at a store! You could also use this recipe as a base for gazpacho or winter soups.
Let me know if you make it – and if you can it please send me the details!
Best,
Sarah
Sarah,
I will follow up when we try it…now if we can just get that garden in so we have the ingrediants! (So bear with me it might take some time.)
Kelp…that’s a good idea! Braggs Liquid Eminos might be worth trying too. We use Herbamare or Real Salt…so I don’t feel guilty about using ‘salt’ either. 
Until Next Time,
pamela
Sarah, I think that you have just convinced me to invest in a juicer! This sounds amazing and I know my husband would love me forever (not that he won’t already
) if I made it for him.
I love how you described this “… makes your body feel like a luxury sports car…”
It makes me want to try it even more! Haha.
-Mindy
Thanks Mindy, what a kind comment! Let me know if you try it or decide to get a juicer! We are loving ours (obviously
!
Best,
Sarah
Yum! I’m wondering if this would work as a smoothie too? We just recently got a Blendtec and have been going to town making mostly fruit + small amounts of veggie smoothies.
Hi Katie!
It would probably work – wouldn’t hurt to try! I know when I tried to make this in my blender (just an Oster, alas) it was pretty thick so I might add a little extra water to it to thin it out a bit if you were making it a “smoothie” or you could make it in the Blendtec and then see if you could strain it as a juice. I know I’ve read about people who use their VitaMix or BlendTec’s to “juice” and then use a nut milk/mylk bag to strain it. Let me know if you try it!
Best,
Sarah
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