By: Nicholas Oconnor, Prepared Foods Category Manager
Hello, everyone! With our juice program completely closed now, I thought it would be a good time to publish some of our juice recipes so that if folks have juicers at home they could recreate these for themselves. Additionally, for those who may not have noticed I’m also going to share some fun trivia about our juice names.
Recipes
I pulled the sales numbers for our juices over the past year to determine which ones to share. In order of most popular, here are the top five juices. Enjoy!
Recommended Substitutions
I realize that not everyone is going to have the space or ambition to purchase five separate pieces of equipment in order to replicate all of these juices; it’s a hefty load. If you want to minimize the amount of juicing you have to do in order to replace one of your favorite juices, then I have a couple substitutions you could make to make it a little easier!
Ginger Juice 
This juice we used to make as shots, and when isolated by itself you can really tell the difference between how it was juiced. For this, using a centrifugal juicer is critical to bring out that signature spicy flavor, cold-pressing this just doesn’t do it right.
If you want to avoid having to juice ginger altogether, you’re in luck. While nothing really compares to a freshly juiced ginger shot, we carry a 5 fl oz jar of ginger juice from Ginger People at Willy East and Wily North, so the equivalent of 5 shots. This could be a substitute for you if you’re looking to replace the ginger.
Orange Juice
If you’re not interested in buying your own orange juice press, then probably the most comparable orange juice to our Willy Street Co-op Orange Juice would be Natalie’s Orchid Island Orange Juice (Formerly Just Pik’t).
Apple Juice
Field Day (at all stores) or Fragile Planet (only at Willy East and Willy North) both make a good organic apple juice if you’re in need of a base for your juice, but don’t want to juice all of the apples.
Lemon or Lime Juice 
I would recommend using a hand juicer with a jar attachment. If manually juicing lemons or limes for recipes isn’t your thing, we have Lakewood organic lemon or lime juice available in the juice aisle.
Name References
Perhaps over the years you may have noticed that many of our juices are named after pop culture references. If you’ve ever wondered, here are some of those references. I’ve tried to piece together as many as I could, and with the help of some other folks who have been here for a long time, I think I have many of them nailed down.
Apple Jack
“Applejack,” by Dolly Parton (1977).
Traditional folk song “Apple Jack.”
Green C
“Green Sea,” by The Blue Stingrays
The O.C.
Actual name: Orange and Carrot
Alternative theory: TV show The O.C.
Fringe theory: reference to band OSEES sometimes spelled OCS
Popeye
Because of Spinach. A nod to the cartoon character Popeye, associated with the old theme song “I’m Popeye the Sailor Man.”
Caribbean Queen
“Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run),” by Billy Ocean
Sweet Greens
“Sweet Dreams,” by Eurythmics
Just Beet It
“Beat It,” by Michael Jackson
Rising Sun
“House of the Rising Sun,” by The Animals
Beetnik
Not a song. Play on “beatnik,” which is a reference to the 1950s Beat Generation.
Green Zinger
Unfortunately, this one doesn’t have a clever name.
Hot Toddy Concentrate
Hot Toddy is a drink; this one is what it is.
