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Freshly extracted apple, pineapple, spinach and lemon juice over ice

With ‘Popeye’ in the title there are no prizes for guessing one of the main ingredients in this recipe. Spinach isn’t usually top of the list when it comes to kids’ favourite foods and if they see you putting the green stuff into this recipe you may have a fight on your hands trying to get them to drink it. This is why sometimes a little white lie can be a good thing. The juice is really green and if you tell them it’s kiwi fruit that has made it that colour and that it’s a fruit juice, your chances of getting them to drink it will improve massively. Having said that, some kids don’t mind the fact it has some spinach in (like little Molly – she even puts it in the juicer herself!), but only you know your child and if you need to tell a slight porky on this occasion, it’s not a bad thing.

1 large handful spinach ¼ medium pineapple (peeled) 1 apple 1 inch slice lemon (unwaxed if possible, if not peel it) ice

Juice everything and add ice. Remember to pack the spinach into the feeder of the chute before turning on the machine and then push it through slowly. If you have a whole fruit juicer, place the apple in first, then the spinach, then the pineapple and lemon.

Look what’s in it! Vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, B6, C and E, beta-carotene, iron, magnesium, potassium, calcium, chlorophyll, sulphur, bioflavonoids, folic acid and natural sugars.

How will it juice the little ones? Helps to maintain healthy skin, eyes and bones. This juice is good for boosting the immune system, great for cardiovascular health and the niacin (vitamin B3) is an excellent aid for brain and nerve function. Although spinach is well known for its iron content, not all is in a form easily utilized by the body; however, much more becomes available in spinach juice. And, with pineapple containing iron too, the Popeye certainly contains more than enough for your little ones’ needs. Very cleansing.