Celery Juice (in a Blender!)

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This celery juice recipe is easy to make in a blender: no juicer required! Here’s how to get the smoothest, best juice.

Here’s a great way to use a bunch of celery: this easy and delicious celery juice! This green drink is full of intriguing bitter celery flavor, balanced with the sweetness of green apple and the tang of lemon.

Drink it chilled over ice and it’s one of the most refreshing beverages! Even better: all you need is a blender! I love making juice recipes (like carrot, cucumber and pomegranate), and I’ve found there’s no need for a large, expensive juicer. Grab your blender and let’s get to it! (Juicer instructions also included.)

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Ingredients You Need

Celery juice is easy to make and requires just a handful of ingredients. You can make it with straight celery, but we prefer adding in a fruit to make it a little more tolerable flavor-wise. It’s a great way to reduce food waste and use up celery that’s in your produce bin. Here’s what you’ll need:

Celery: You’ll need 1 bunch of celery for 1 serving of celery juice.
Green apple: Green apple adds a sweet tart flavor and even more nutrients.
Lemon or lime: Fresh lemon or lime juice brings a nice brightness to the juice. It’s optional!

How to Make Celery Juice

Now for the good part: how to make celery juice in a blender! If you do have a juicer, you can also make this recipe! Simply pass all the ingredients (see recipe card below) through your juicer.

Blend all ingredients on high until pureed and smooth. It will look like a thick smoothie at this point.
Strain it. This is the important part. Strain the juice through a fine mesh sieve or using a nut milk bag. You can also use a cheesecloth and squeeze it to strain out the juice. Discard that pulp, or see below for some uses.
Add lemon juice. Lemon juice adds just the right brightness to the flavor at the end.

Flavor Variations

This basic celery juice recipe tastes great: but there are a few tasty ways to make the flavor every more interesting! Here are some ideas:

Ginger celery juice: Add ½ teaspoon peeled and grated ginger.
Pineapple celery juice: Add 1 cup chopped fresh or canned pineapple. (You’ll get a larger yield with this addition).
Pear celery juice: Use 1 unpeeled pear instead of the apple.
Carrot celery juice: Add 4 carrots, peeled and roughly chopped.

What Celery Juice Actually Tastes Like

Straight celery juice (with only celery) is intense. It tastes savory and subtly peppery, more bitter you might expect. Alex loves celery (it’s one of his favorite vegetables), but he didn’t love the straight juice.

Adding an apple and lemon it tastes much better: it has a crisp sweet-tart edge and tastes very refreshing over ice.

The Truth About Celery Juice Benefits

Celery juice has ballooned in popularity, with people claiming it can cure things like digestive issues, autoimmune diseases, acid reflux, and more. It’s mostly due to one book by an author with no formal training in medicine or nutrition, and the claims attached to it are not supported by scientific evidence. The New York Times wrote a fantastic article about these purported celery juice benefits. Here’s the gist:

Does celery juice actually work? No, there’s no scientific evidence to support any of the claims being made (source).
Should you drink celery juice? It’s a healthy drink, but drink it because it’s a way to eat healthy fruits and vegetables, not because of any health claims. Avoid juice cleanses, since research associates cleanses with disordered eating and a negative relationship with food (read more here).
What are some actual celery juice benefits? Celery juice is a good source of potassium, Vitamin K and Vitamin C. It is very hydrating and low in calories. Note that it does lack fiber, so eating celery sticks is just as healthy.

What To Do With The Pulp

Confession: I usually throw away our juice pulp. (Gasp!) I admit, it feels wasteful to get rid of it. But honestly, there aren’t that many genius things to do with it. Here’s what I do:

Add to smoothies. Save the pulp and add it to smoothies: you can even freeze it to get an icy texture! Try it in green smoothies like Celery Smoothie, Kale Smoothie, Spinach Smoothie, Cucumber Smoothie, Avocado Banana Smoothie, Broccoli Smoothie, or Glowing Green Smoothie.
Put it in the compost! There’s not reason to make up things like juice pulp crackers. This organic matter is better off in your compost pile! Here’s more about Composting 101.

How to Store Celery Juice

Celery juice is best freshly made: it loses color and flavor over time.

To make it ahead, store it in an airtight jar filled close to the top (less air, slower browning) and refrigerate up to 2 days. You can also add the lemon right before drinking to keep an even fresher flavor.

More Ways To Enjoy Celery

In all honesty, it’s even better to eat celery in its raw form: so you get all the fiber of this green vegetable. Here are some of my favorite ways to eat celery:

Enjoy this surprisingly delicious Celery Salad with Apples
Blend up a Celery Smoothie, or make Green Juice
Use raw celery as a dipper for Ranch Dip or Hummus

Dietary Notes

This celery juice recipe is vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, dairy-free and gluten-free.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I make celery juice without a juicer?

Yes! Blend into a puree, then strain through a fine mesh sieve or nut milk bag. If you do own a juicer, run the same ingredients through it.

What can I add to celery juice to make it taste better?

Apple is the best addition to make it taste a little sweeter, then fresh lemon or lime. Pineapple makes it very sweet, ginger adds a nice warmth, cucumber makes it taste like spa water. Serving it very cold over ice also matters.

Do you use the whole celery stalk, including the leaves?

I trim the leafy tops and tough base and juice the ribs in between. The leaves are edible but quite bitter. Save the tops for homemade vegetable broth.