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Tomato Vegetable Juice

This healthy tomato-vegetable juice recipe contains all the components of a healthy salad, such as lettuce, tomato, bell pepper, celery and carrot, but with less salt than bottled vegetable juice blends.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup chopped hearts of romaine
  • ¼ cup chopped fresh chives
  • 2 large tomatoes, cut into wedges
  • ¼ fresh jalapeño, stemmed and seeded
  • 1 large red bell pepper, cut into eighths
  • 2 large stalks celery, trimmed
  • 1 medium carrot, peeled
  • ice cubes (optional)

Directions

  1. Working in this order, process romaine, chives, tomatoes, jalapeño, bell pepper, celery and carrot through a juicer according to the manufacturer's directions.
  2. Fill 2 glasses with ice, if desired, and pour the juice into the glasses. Serve immediately.