
- Pear base
- Advanced
- Best same day
Dandelion Pear Ginger Green
A bold pear-based green juice with dandelion greens, cucumber, lemon, and ginger.
- Yield
- ~11–13 oz
- Prep
- 11 min
- Sweetness
- Low–med
- Drink by
- Same day
- 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 · ~11–13 ozMethod · In press order
Press it in this order. Here's why.
- 1 medium · cored
Pear
Base + flavorBase + flavor · cored
Builds most of the bottle and keeps the recipe easy to press.
- Press
- Start with pear to build steady flow through the press.
- Buy
- Slight give at the neck when pressed gently.
- 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.
- 1/2 cup · rinsed
Dandelion Greens
Green structureGreen structure · rinsed
Adds a green flavor note and deeper color.
- Press
- Feed dandelion greens between firmer produce to help carry the leaves through.
- Buy
- Small to medium leaves with springy stems.
- 1/4 inch · peeled
Ginger
Flavor accentFlavor accent · peeled
Adds a small punch of flavor, so a little goes a long way.
- Press
- Tuck ginger between higher-yield pieces instead of feeding it alone.
- Buy
- Smooth, taut skin with a fresh peppery smell.
- 1/2 small · peeled
Lemon
Acid + brightnessAcid + 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.
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 lemon to pull the bottle back toward crisp.
- Too sharp
Add a few cucumber pieces or a small pear wedge to soften the edge.
- No pear?
Use green apple. Keeps sweetness, but changes body and aroma.
- No dandelion greens?
Use kale. Keeps the recipe usable with a small flavor shift.
- Too flat
- Too green
- Too spicy
- No cucumber?
- No lemon?
- No ginger?
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 · ~11–13 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
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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