Starfruit Energy Juice Drink- A fun way to juice up your juices

Starfruit energy juice

If you read my last blog post you will know that I have been experimenting with Starfruit.  Starfruit is also known as carambola.  It is grown throughout Southeast Asia and is also now grown in other tropical countries in South and Central America.  My wife grew up with it and lately it has been easy to find in American supermarkets.

starfruit

In my last recipe I figured out how to make it delicious and fun in a smoothie.  I tried just a juice but gave up.  My wife picked up the scraps where I gave up and actually made it work.   This recipe is pretty easy and gives you something new to try and share.

In my last entry I noticed the powders I added drowned out the favors of the starfruit.  I tried doing just the starfruit blended and it was still a bit lackluster.  I tried adding lemon juice and stevia and it was better but there was too much pulp at the top and it was not enjoyable.  At that point I left what I was working on and went back to create this Starfruit smoothie recipe.

Starfruit Protein Energy Smoothie

While I was working on that I noticed my wife went back and picked up where I had left off with the juice I made which by this point looked like a pulpy mess like this.

Pulpy Starfruit Drink

Mod took that and poured it through a strainer which helped.  and made it look like this.

Starfruit energy juice

I added some creatine monohydrate just for the extra energy it provides.  As always be careful with that stuff as it can have side effects or possibly cause trouble with pre-existing conditions.  See this interesting article for more info.  It's flavorless and didn't affect the flavor much.

My Starfruit Juice Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 Starfruit cut into pieces
• 1 lemon worth of lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon stevia
• 1 scoop creatine monohydrate
• 1 cup ice
• 1 cup water or if your crazy, sugar free Red Bull

Instructions:

1.   Add the starfruit, lemon juice, stevia and creatine to the blender
2.   Blend
3.   Strain into a glass
4.  Serve garnished with a lemon or starfruit star

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