Juicing raw plants is one of the quickest ways to introduce nourishing nutrition into your body. This power-packed raw juice recipe made from Stinging Nettles (Urtica dioica), Carrots and Apples is the perfect get-up-and-go wild food drink first thing in the morning.
Nettles provide lots of sustaining energy, and also suppress the desire for food.
- 6 stinging nettle stems, leaves, stalks and all.
- 4 carrots
- 2 apples
Suggested Instructions
- Power up your juice extractor.
- Bend the Stinging Nettles in half and push through the juicer.
- Next juice the Carrots and Apples.
- Stir and serve.
Serves: 2 people
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Using a litre of nettle tips may be better as mature leaves contain oxalic acid crystals and i dont know if the juicer would leave them behind.
Would you use nettles that have already started to produce seeds as they do around midsummer?
Jane: I don’t use flowering or seeding nettles. However I can generally find non flowering nettles right through the seasons, you just have to hunt for them. Try looking in shaded lanes and somesuch.
We juiced some nettles the other day, straight after picking and it was great. So we went to get some more nettles but didn’t juice then until the following day. However, they didn’t produce any juice at all (just lots of pulp). Is there a reason for this?
Many thanks for your help
Helen – Could have been a variety of factors like time of year, soil, habitat and maybe leaving them for a day allowed them to dehydrate. Try again.