
- Beet base
- Advanced
- Keeps 24–48 hrs
Beet Pomegranate Cucumber
A jewel-toned beet juice with pomegranate, cucumber, and lime.
- Yield
- ~13–15 oz
- Prep
- 13 min
- Sweetness
- Medium
- Drink by
- Within 48 hrs
- Est. calories
- Included with Founding Lifetime
- Cost to make
- Included with Founding Lifetime
- Make-ahead
- Included with Founding Lifetime
- In season
- Included with Founding Lifetime
Ingredients
1 bottle · ~13–15 ozMethod · In press order
Press it in this order. Here's why.
- 1 medium · scrubbed
Beet
Base + yieldBase + yield · scrubbed
Builds most of the bottle and keeps the recipe easy to press.
- Press
- Start with beet to build steady flow through the press.
- Buy
- Small to medium roots — under 3 inches across.
- 1 large · trimmed
Cucumber
Volume + bodyVolume + body · trimmed
Adds juice volume and a mild, clean backbone for the stronger flavors.
- Press
- Press 1 large cucumber, then continue alternating textures.
- Buy
- Firm body with taut, deep-green skin.
- 3/4 cup · arils only
Pomegranate
Body + flavorBody + flavor · arils only
Adds juice volume and a rounder fruit note under the main base.
- Press
- Run pomegranate next so its sweetness carries through the press.
- Buy
- Heavy for size with smooth, taut skin.
- 1 small · peeled
Lime
Acid + brightnessAcid + brightness · peeled
Keeps the bottle from tasting flat and sharpens the finish.
- Press
- Finish with lime, then stir gently before bottling.
- Buy
- Glossy, thin skin with slight give.
The Week Planner scales these amounts and puts every bottle on one grocery list.
Fix and swap
Didn't come out right? Fix it.
- Too sweet
Add more cucumber or a squeeze of lime to pull the bottle back toward crisp.
- Too sharp
Add a few cucumber pieces or a small apple wedge to soften the edge.
- No beet?
Use carrot. Keeps yield, but shifts the base flavor.
- No pomegranate?
Use cranberry. Keeps sweetness, but changes body and aroma.
- Too flat
- Too earthy
- Too watery
- No cucumber?
- No lime?
Yield, prep and calorie ranges are rough planning estimates. Calories come from the recipe's produce types, not a lab test, and everything varies with produce size, ripeness and your juicer. How to use these estimates. This website provides general recipe and nutrition education only and is not medical advice. Read the disclaimer.
Ingredients
1 bottle · ~13–15 ozPlan this into a week
Make this bottle one, and we'll plan the rest of your week with one grocery list.
Plan my weekStorage
Root-forward juices may settle, so gentle shaking before serving is expected. For best flavor, enjoy within 24 to 48 hours. Shake gently if it separates, keep it cold, and discard questionable juice.
Serving: Juices can fit well near a balanced meal or snack, especially when the recipe is fruit-forward.
Optional boosters
- Mint Finishup to 8 to 10 leavesAdds a cool herbal finish to cucumber, melon, and citrus-forward juices.
- Chia Textureup to 1 teaspoonAdds light texture to finished juice after the seeds hydrate briefly.
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