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Butter Lettuce Cucumber Apple in a clear glass with fresh butter lettuce, cucumber, green apple, and lemon, and emerald linen.
  • Butter Lettuce base
  • Beginner
  • Best same day

Butter Lettuce Cucumber Apple

A gentle butter lettuce juice with cucumber, green apple, and lemon.

Yield
~13–15 oz
Prep
11 min
Sweetness
Low–med
Drink by
Same day
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Ingredients

1 bottle · ~13–15 oz

Method · In press order

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  1. Butter lettuce heads growing in a garden bed with soft green leaves and natural daylight.

    Butter Lettuce

    1 small head

    Base + yield · rinsed

    Builds most of the bottle and keeps the recipe easy to press.

    Press
    Start with butter lettuce to build steady flow through the press.
    Buy
    Soft, intact leaves with no slimy edges.
  2. Fresh cucumbers growing on a vine with healthy leaves and soft natural light.

    Cucumber

    1 large

    Volume + 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. Green apples growing on a tree branch with healthy leaves and warm natural light.

    Green Apple

    1 medium

    Gentle sweetness · cored

    Rounds sharper ingredients and gives the bottle a fuller finish.

    Press
    Run green apple next so its sweetness carries through the press.
    Buy
    Firm with no give when pressed.
  4. Fresh yellow lemons growing on a citrus tree branch with glossy green leaves.

    Lemon

    1/2 small

    Acid + brightness · peeled

    Keeps the bottle from tasting flat and sharpens the finish.

    Press
    Finish with lemon, then stir gently before bottling.
    Buy
    Heavy for size with thin, taut skin.
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Fix and swap

Didn't come out right? Fix it.

  • Too sweet

    Add more cucumber or a squeeze of lemon to pull the bottle back toward crisp.

  • Too sharp

    Add a few cucumber pieces or a small green apple wedge to soften the edge.

  • No butter lettuce?

    Use romaine. Keeps yield, but shifts the base flavor.

  • No cucumber?

    Use zucchini. Keeps yield, but shifts the base flavor.

5 more fixes and swaps for this bottle
  • Too flat
  • Too green
  • Too watery
  • No green apple?
  • No lemon?
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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.

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Storage

Leafy green juices are often most pleasant soon after pressing. For best flavor, enjoy the same day. Shake gently if it separates, keep it cold, and discard questionable juice.

Serving: Green-forward juices can be easier to enjoy with citrus, mild fruit, or cucumber for balance.

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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