Our beet juice recipe combines some of our favorite fresh ingredients, including raw beets, lemon, ginger, and cucumber to make an unbelievably refreshing drink!
This beet juice is so good I could drink it everyday! Beets are sweet and earthy, lemon and ginger add zing, and the cucumber makes it super refreshing and hydrating.
I prefer using my cold press juicer, but I’ve included tips in the recipe below for making it in a blender.
Key Ingredients
- Beets: I love turning beets into juice because they’re packed with nutrients like folate, manganese, potassium, iron, and vitamin C. Look for firm beets with smooth, unblemished skin. Red or yellow beets work well.
- Lemons: Lemons are a great source of vitamin C and potassium. They also add a bright, fresh flavor that balances the earthiness of the beets. Look for lemons that feel heavy for their size, which means they probably have more juice.
- Ginger: Gingerols in ginger offer anti-inflammatory benefits and can promote healthy digestion. No need to peel, just scrub, slice, and add to your juicer. Look for fresh ginger with smooth, unwrinkled skin.
- Cucumber: Cucumbers are super hydrating and add a refreshing flavor to the juice. Choose cucumbers that are firm and have a bright green color. I love English, Hothouse, or Persian cucumbers since they have thinner skins.
Find the full recipe with measurements below.
How to Make Beet Juice
Tip 1: Use a cold press juicer if possible. We recommend using a cold press juicer if you have one (we love our Omega). A masticating juicer works well but the heat generated can start to breakdown nutrients in the fresh juice. We also tend to prefer the taste of cold pressed juice, especially for fibrous ingredients like ginger and beets.
Tip 2: Clean your ingredients and prep for juicer. We leave the peel on our beets, giving them a good scrub before trimming the tops. Then, we cut the beets into small strips that are small enough to fit into our juicer. We also leave the peel on cucumbers and ginger but remove the peel and seeds of the lemon.
Tip 3: If you don’t have a juicer use a blender. If you don’t have a juicer, blend the ingredients in a high-powered blender for 60 to 90 seconds. Then, strain through a fine mesh strainer before drinking.
More Juice and Smoothie Recipes
- Our Favorite Green Juice
- Ginger Shots (with Variations!)
- Easy Green Smoothie
- Easy Banana Smoothie
- Blueberry Smoothie
Beet Juice
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In this beet juice, the beets taste sweet and earthy, lemon and ginger add zing, and cucumber adds mineral-rich water. Beets are naturally sweet, so we don’t add any additional fruit except for a lemon. If the juice is too tart or earthy, consider pushing a couple of carrots or an apple through the juicer. If you’re sensitive to ginger’s warming/spicy quality, add a smaller amount first and go from there.
You Will Need
2 medium beets, scrubbed clean and tops trimmed
1 medium seedless cucumber, rinsed, like Hothouse or English
1-inch length piece fresh ginger, scrubbed clean
1 medium lemon
Directions
1Chop the beets, cucumber, and ginger into thin pieces small enough to pass through the juicer easily.
2Cut away the yellow peel from the lemon, leaving most white pith and lemon flesh. Slice the lemon into slices and remove any seeds. Set half the lemon aside.
3Turn the juicer on and push everything through, alternating between the beets, cucumber, and lemon.
4When everything but the reserved lemon has been juiced, stir the juice and taste for tartness.
5Add the remaining lemon if it needs it. If the juice is too tart, consider adding a couple of scrubbed, unpeeled carrots or a small cored apple.
Adam and Joanne's Tips
- Storing: Fresh beet juice is best enjoyed soon after juicing, but you can make it a day or two in advance. Store in glass, airtight containers. If you have used a cold-pressed juicer, it should last a day or two longer.
- How to make beet juice without a juicer: To make beet juice in a blender, add all the prepared ingredients to a high-powered blender (like a Vitamix) and blend until smooth. Then, press the pulp through a fine mesh strainer to separate the juice from the pulp. A juicer will make better juice and will have less waste, but this gets you very close.
- The nutrition facts provided below are estimates.
Your beet root juice doesn’t say the amount per vegetable. Is it 3oz of beets 8oz of cukes? What’s the exact amount?
The full recipe is above.
I made this juice and I love it. I use the whole lemon peel and all I did two large beets. I did a large hunk of ginger and half of a cucumber. It came out delicious. I feel healthier already. Thanks for the recipe. Happy new year y’all. Southern send
Glad you enjoyed it, Lilly! Thanks for coming back!
I tried the beet recipe for the first time. I totally enjoyed it. The sweet and sour taste went well together. I also added some spinash to my drink. I automatically luv cook beets so this raw version was delicious to my pallette. Yes!the blender method is time consuming and hard work. I had to strain my pulp twice to only get 4ozs of drink. My hands were tired during that process. I will have to invest in a good economical juicer. Looking forward to trying many more of your other smoothies.
This recipe sounds delicious. I will definitely make it and send feed back.Regards, Ursula
Love this recipe!
Trying to make beet juice. Hope it comes out right.
Loved this recipe! I have a hard time drinking beets this recipe was excellent! It his the earthiness of the beets which is always the goal for me!
So good!!!!
Thank you for the recipe. It was perfect the first try.
I love the idea of a little sparkling water. Thanks for sharing.
WOW! I always wanted to try juicing beets after reading about all of the amazing benefits they offer. I decided to try it tonight and came across this recipe. This is such a simple, healthy, and delicious combo- absolutely love at first juice.
Looking forward to trying this! Thanks for great tips.
Hi-love it that I found you guys – I have a vita-mix & I juice in it all the time – I leave skins on most everything & its thicker but I thought it to be healthier – if I strain it will I lose
I do not have a juicer, can a blender work as well?
Hi Mona, We provide tips for making this beet juice with a blender in the notes section of the recipe.
It was great although I love beets.Saving in my favorites on Google. Thank you for sharing!
I want to get healthier in 2018 and want to juice. But do not have one yet. But will make the beet and then green juice you list as soon as i do.
I just finished juicing this recipe and absolutely love it!! The lemon and ginger cut some of the sweetness from the beets and the cucumber makes the taste a little less intense. Thank you for posting this recipe!
Hi!
What do you blend the juices with, to get more than just a little shot out of it?
Hi Ingrid, The recipe makes approximately two 8-ounce servings already. We do not add anymore liquid.
I absolutely love beetroot and watermelon with ginger…worth a try to sub the melon for cucumber which would make it a lot less sweet but equally refreshing. Ginger is the bees knees for me 🙂
Hello! After an night of speaking with a friend, on how and what to juice a beetroot with to cut out the taste! Nothing sweet on here but worth an try. Thanks
Thank you so much! I’ll try this.