Summer Green Juice Recipe

I just finished teaching one of my evening kettlebell classes outside. I was lucky enough to be able to join in this time around. The workout that we did tonight is a workout I will be featuring in the next edition of My Mad Method's magazine. It was a tough one! Being that it's summer time, we were all pretty drenched after this class. With that being said, the only food that my body was craving after this sweaty evening was a glass of fresh juice. I wasn't planning on juicing tonight so I didn't have my usual staples. However, with what I had in my kitchen I made a surprisingly refreshing juice that satisfied me to the fullest. I had to write this one down so I can go back and repeat this amazing fresh green juice filled with rainbow chard, cucumber, celery, apples, and key limes I made with my Breville juicer. Yummy!!!

Fresh Green Juice - this made enough for 2-3 servings

Ingredients

1/2 bunch of Rainbow Chard (I cut part of the stems)
1 Cucumber
1 Celery head
2 Organic Small Apples
3-4 Key Limes (hand squeezed at the end) Key Ingredient

Hope you all enjoy this one as much as I did. Feel free to interchange your chard with kale, spinach, or any salad greens. I'm sure it will be just as refreshing. Let me know what you think.

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