Orange Juice Recipes and Benefits of Drinking Oranges

We have 6 wonderful orange juice recipes for you. From plain OJ to a Tropical Storm!

Benefits of Juicing Oranges

Oranges have become synonymous with vitamin C and has taken the throne as the "morning juice". You will see more variety of orange juices at the supermarket than any other type of fruit juice recipes. Though, I don't think packaged orange juice tastes half as good as freshly made juice. Furthermore, fresh orange juice nutrition benefits beats packaged juice hands down.

Apart from its high vitamin C content, there's other nutrients in oranges. It is a good source of folate and fair source of vitamin A. It is also a fair to good source of minerals such as potassium, calcium, phosphorous and magnesium. And that's not all - oranges also contain powerful antioxidants called hesperidin and tangeritin. Both of these nutrients have been shown to have anti-cancer and heart health properties.

Juicing Oranges: Remove the peel from the orange, but always try to leave as much of the white skin on the orange as possible. The peel will produce a very sour taste if juiced, but the white skin contains a lot of nutrition. The pith is also nutrient dense, so I would also recommend juicing that. Follow this advice for all the following recipes.

Orange Juicer Recipe #1 - Plain Ole' Orange Juice

5 oranges

Follow above instructions, stick them in your juicer and bingo - fresh juice.

Orange Juicer Recipe #2 - Breakfast Buddies

3 large oranges
1 grapefruit - red or yellow is fine

Prepare the grapefruit for juicing exactly as you would the oranges.

Orange Juicer Recipe #3 - Citrus Mix with Kiwi

1 orange
1 grapefruit
2 kiwi

Peel the kiwis. Adding some cold sparkling mineral water to this is real nice on a hot day.

Orange Juicer Recipe #4 - Tropical Heaven

1 orange
1 cup of strawberries
1 cup of pineapple

Wash and top the strawberries. Only use the flesh of the pineapple.

Orange Juicer Recipe #5 - Citrus Mix

2 oranges
1 grapefruit
1 tangerine (or mandarin)
1/4 of a lemon

Prepare the grapefruit and tangerine as you would the oranges. Only use the flesh of the lemon. This one will make you stand up straight!

Orange Juicer Recipe #6 - Tropical Storm

1 orange
1 cup of pineapple
1 mango
1 small papaya
1 small guava

Only use the flesh of the pineapple. Peel and remove pit from mango. Peel papaya and the guava. Juice and give it a good stir. Add some ice if you want it nice and cold!

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