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Meal Prep Juicing Jars – for a Healthy, Easy Breakfast!

Jun 4 All Recipes

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Trying to keep breakfast easy and healthy, while also making sure the whole family enjoys it? Look no further than these simply delicious juicing jars! Meal prep several for the week and you’re good to go!


Before I came across the GAPS diet, I really had no desire to juice. It wasn’t on my radar, and it seemed too “healthy” for me.

Juicing has so many amazing benefits, including getting plenty more fruits and veggies into our kids! Choose 2-4 juicing recipes and meal prep them for the week so you have easy breakfasts and snacks to look forward to this week!

Then in my research of the GAPS diet, I learned that it’s important to juice while healing your gut in order to remove toxins from your body.

Along with being a great way to detox, juicing is also a simple way to get more essential vitamins and minerals into your body as you are drinking a lot of them quickly rather than trying to get them in with the whole fruit or vegetable along with the fiber.

While the benefits of juicing are many, it’s not always easy to get a good glass of juice in, even with the best of intentions.

I wanted to make it so easy to juice that I couldn’t make any excuses. So I started prepping juicing jars for the week.

Juicing jars are a brilliant hack to help you detox more while also getting breakfast on the table!

What Are Juicing Jars?

A juicing jar is essentially a jar full of the fruits and vegetables required to make a juice. When you are ready to juice, all you have to do is grab the jar from the fridge and dump the contents into the juicer (well, in my case I use my blender because that’s what I currently have).

You can use any kind of juicing recipe you would like, but in this post I will be sharing 4 of my favorite ones with you.

How to Meal Prep Juicing Jars

Start by writing down the juices that you want to make for the week.

Once you know which juices you will be making, write down the amount of each fruit and vegetable you will need.

Juicing has so many amazing benefits, including getting plenty more fruits and veggies into our kids! Choose 2-4 juicing recipes and meal prep them for the week so you have easy breakfasts and snacks to look forward to this week!

Now it’s time to go shopping if you haven’t already. It’s up to you if you buy conventional or organic produce. Personally, I don’t really trust the organic label unless I’m buying from a local farmer’s market.

Juicing jars are a brilliant hack to help you detox more while also getting breakfast on the table!

Set aside an hour of time to prepare your juicing jars. You probably will not need the whole hour, but it’s a good idea to make sure you have the time if you need it.

Getting all the fruits and vegetables ready for the jars is simple and easy.

Besides, you will need to clean up afterwards.

Meal prep juice without actually juicing first? Yes, please!

I like to prepare each vegetable or fruit at once. For example, if all 3 of your juice recipes call for carrots, peel and chop the carrots all at the same time. Line up your jars and label or remember which jars are for which juice ingredients. I had a piece of paper with each juice and the ingredients and lined up my jars according to the list. It was very helpful.

Make sure you have all your ingredients ready to make your juicing jars. A simple checklist will keep you organized.

Once you fill up your jars with all the correct produce, put the lids on and refrigerate until ready to use.

Juicing jars are a brilliant hack to help you detox more while also getting breakfast on the table!

Frequently Asked Questions About Juicing Jars

Before you make your juicing jars, make sure you have room for them in your fridge!

How long do the jars last?

I have prepped jars up to 8 days in advance, but if you want the fruits and vegetables to be the freshest possible only prepare jars 3-4 days ahead of time. It’s also a good idea to use jars earlier when using ingredients like mangos, berries, or peaches as these ingredients tend to go bad faster once cut or washed.

Now juicing doesn't have to take any thought or extra effort in the morning. Just fill some jars with your juicing ingredients and your set for the week!

What size of jar should I use?

For this meal prep, I used quart size jars to hold one juice “recipe.” There were actually two juices, though, that I had to add a pint size jar in order to hold everything. The amount of juice I can get from one quart size jar really just depends on the juice ingredients. Some end up giving me exactly 2 cups of juice, while others only give me 1 ½ cups.

Now, I do have to say, I juice for my kids and myself. We do not drink the juice alone. I use the juice as a base for our smoothies. This works well for us. However, if you are juicing to drink the juice by itself, you may need to play around with how many fruits and vegetables to use and what size of mason jars you need for this meal prep.

It's amazing to wake up every morning and have a quick, healthy breakfast without much effort!

How big should I cut the ingredients?

I have learned that chopping the ingredients smaller helps to fit more fruits and vegetables into the jars. I am not sure whether this can affect quality or freshness, but it was what worked best. When I left the celery sticks, for example, as long sticks it was so much harder to try and get everything into the jar. But when I chopped the celery into 1-2 inch pieces, I could fit a whole lot more in the jar with it.

If you run out of room in your jars for all the fruits and vegetables, just get out a pint-size jar to fit the rest.

Juicing Jars Recipes

Now let’s get onto the juice recipes!

This juicing jar contains apples, celery, and cucumber. It tastes amazing as the liquid base of a smoothie.
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Cucumber Apple Celery Juice

Course Breakfast, Drinks, Snack
Keyword fruit, make-ahead, mason jar, summer, vegetables
Prep Time 15 minutes
Servings 2 cups

Ingredients

  • 3 stalks celery
  • 1/2 large cucumber
  • 1 medium green apple
  • 1 medium pear or red apple

Instructions

  1. Peel and chop each ingredient and add to a quart size jar.

  2. Put the lid on and set in the fridge until ready to use.

Recipe Notes

Recipe from Wholefully

The color of this juice is so vibrant! It calls for green apples, beets, and celery, and is full of nutrition.
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Beet Celery Apple Juice

Course Breakfast, Drinks, Snack
Keyword fruit, make-ahead, mason jar, summer, vegetables
Prep Time 15 minutes
Servings 1 cup

Ingredients

  • 1/2 green apple
  • 1 beet
  • 3 stalks celery

Instructions

  1. Peel and chop each ingredient and add to a quart size jar.

  2. Put the lid on and set in the fridge until ready to use.

Recipe Notes

Recipe from Dr. Axe

Have some tropical fruits you need to use up? This juice has pineapple, mango, carrots, and spinach and tastes so delicious!
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Pineapple Mango Carrot Spinach Juice

Course Breakfast, Drinks, Snack
Keyword fruit, make-ahead, mason jar, summer, vegetables
Prep Time 15 minutes
Servings 1.5 cups

Ingredients

  • 1/2 pineapple
  • 1 mango
  • 3 carrots
  • 2 cups spinach

Instructions

  1. Peel and chop each ingredient and add to a quart size jar.

  2. Put the lid on and set in the fridge until ready to use.

Recipe Notes

Recipe from Bumblebee Apothecary

 

One of our favorite juices, this apple carrot celery ginger juice makes any fruity smoothie taste that much better!
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Carrot Apple Celery Ginger Juice

Course Breakfast, Drinks, Snack
Keyword fruit, make-ahead, mason jar, summer, vegetables
Prep Time 15 minutes
Servings 2 cups

Ingredients

  • 4 carrots
  • 2 apples
  • 2 stalks celery
  • 1 1-inch piece ginger

Instructions

  1. Peel and chop each ingredient and add to a quart size jar.

  2. Put the lid on and set in the fridge until ready to use.

Recipe Notes

Recipe from Allrecipes

 

What are you waiting for? Get these juices meal prepped for this coming week!

Spend some time this weekend getting these juicing jars in your fridge and you'll have the quickest and freshest breakfast option each and every morning!

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I'm a mom of 3 on a journey to feed my family nourishing foods. Personally, I believe you can cook healthy food and still have time for your loved ones.
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