Cherry Juice: Easy Recipe, Benefits and More

Would you like to prepare a 100% natural cherry juice? Here’s how.Also, its benefits and more.

Let’s start!

Tools

• A knife or cherry pitter.
• A blender.
• Large cup or glass.

Ingredients

You only need the following ingredients.

• 15 units or 150 g of pitted cherries.
• A cup (or 250 ml) of water or milk.

Natural cherry juice – Recipe

The recipe consists of 3 simple steps:

1. Start by rinsing the cherries to remove microbes and possible dirt.
2. Then, remove the pit / stone (hard core) from the fruits by cutting them in half with a knife and carefully removing the inedible parts. Alternatively, you can use a cherry pitter.
3. Next, blend the pitted fruits together with the cup of water until smooth and we serve the result. If you want a creamier smoothie, replace the water with milk.

That’s all! Now you know how to make this great drink.

Main benefits

This fruit combines a lot of potassium (222 mg per 100 gr), water (82%), fiber (2.1 g per 100 gr) and antioxidants, among more nutrients. In this sense, cherry juice with water may contribute to:

• Detoxify, fight constipation and promote digestive health.
• Improve and prevent circulatory system problems.

On the other hand, cherry juice with milk adds a little more calories, so it may work for weight gain diets. Specifically, 150 grams of cherries have about 95 kcal, while 1 cup of milk includes around 146 kcal. This gives a total of approximately 241 kcal per serving.

To see all our recipes with cherry, click here.