Your body will love these ginger shots. Ginger is excellent for your digestive system and lemon is a powerful immunity booster. In general, you are looking for about 1 teaspoon of ginger juice for each shot. More than that and it’s going to be difficult to drink. We don’t peel ginger before juicing. Simply scrub and rinse the ginger root to remove grit then pass it through your juicer. Since we’re talking about making shot-sized juices — it doesn’t make much sense to get out the juicer every morning. Instead, we’ve gotten into the ritual of juicing a big piece of ginger then keeping it in the fridge and using it over the next few of days.
1-inch length piece fresh ginger, scrubbed clean
1 large lemon
1-inch length piece fresh ginger, scrubbed clean
1 medium carrot, scrubbed clean
1 large lemon
1-inch length piece fresh ginger, scrubbed clean
1/2 small green apple, seeds removed
1 cup packed spinach leaves
1 large lemon
Very small pinch cayenne pepper, optional
Chop everything into thin pieces small enough to easily go through the juicer.
Cut away the yellow peel from the lemon, leaving most of the white pith and lemon flesh. Cut into slices and remove any seeds.
Turn the juicer on and push everything through, alternating between harder ingredients and the softer lemon, apple or spinach (if using). Divide the juice between small glasses and drink the shot. It’s best to do this quickly — the ginger will be spicy (but well worth it).
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