Organic Energy Drink With Carrots, Orange and Cantaloupe

A sugar-free juice that's bursting with flavors from orange, carrot, and cantaloupe! Kickstart your day with this organic energy drink or juice cleanse recipe! It helps that you can make this vegan drink in just 10 minutes!

Course Breakfast, Drinks

Cuisine American

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 5

Servings glasses

Calories 63.97kcal

Author Priya Lakshminarayan

Equipment

Blender

Ingredients

2 oranges
2 carrots
8 oz cantaloupe
water as required
8-10 nos mint leaves optional
ice cubes optional

Instructions

Scoop the fruit out of the cantaloupe and discard the gooey seeds. Or you can use pre-cut cantaloupe available in grocery stores.
Add cantaloupe pieces into the blender along with ¼ cup water. Blend till smooth. Pour into a pitcher.
Peel oranges. Deseed if needed and separate them in wedges.
Then add the orange slices along with ¼ cup water to the same blender jar and repeat the same.
Wash carrots under running water for a couple of minutes. Then cut the ends of both sides and peel off the skin. You can also soak them in water for 30 minutes before. Cube them to one-inch pieces.
Add them to the blender along with ¼ cup water. Blend it the same way and transfer the carrot juice to the pitcher.
Add some mint leaves and refrigerate the pitcher for 15-20 minutes or till it's time to serve. It tastes great when served chilled but you can however have it immediately.
When it's time to serve, add ice cubes to serving glasses and then pour this sugar-free juice. Garnish with mint leaves on top and serve.

Notes

You can make this organic energy drink in advance and refrigerate it for 4-5 days. But it's best when served fresh. Mint leaves lend a certain freshness to the drink but you can skip it if need be. Add fresh basil instead.

There is no need for sugar/honey or salt in this juice but you may add if you feel so. Add some roasted cumin powder or chaat masala if you like a tangy flavor. Instead of water, you can also use sparkling water or soda.

Any other melon would work as a substitute for cantaloupe. Leave the carrot skin on if you want as many of their nutrients are in the skin. They also add more fiber to the juice.

I like to make the 3 juices separately and then mix them together. But if you want, you can mix oranges and cantaloupe together and then prepare the carrot juice separately.

You may or may not sieve this juice. I don't sieve it to retain the fiber. But if you do strain the juice, do not throw away the pulp. You can use it in muffins, or smoothies.

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