Healthy turmeric-ginger energy shots that can be taken daily for their health benefits. Including anti-inflammatory properties and digestive aid. Plus, it takes just 4 ingredients and 15 minutes of your time!
I regularly make these energy shots to stay healthy. Turmeric and ginger both have great health benefits. They are anti-inflammatory and relieve cold and flu symptoms. Ginger supports overall digestion and curcumin, which is the main ingredient of turmeric, supports the immune system. I always feel energized when I drink this in the morning.
Turmeric Ginger Energy Shot Ingredients
Makes: ~1/2 liters
Preparing Time: ~10 minutes
- 120 g turmeric
- 140 g ginger
- 2 large lemons
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
How to Make Turmeric Ginger Energy Shots
Peel the ginger and turmeric using a spoon. Attention: the turmeric will badly stain your hands and utensils! I recommend using gloves. Once peeled, add them to a bowl.
Squeeze the lemon either by hand or using a citrus press (more tips here). Add the lemon juice to the bowl.
Add to your blender or food processor and blend till smooth. If the paste is too thick, add a little more lemon juice or water.
Carefully pour the blended mixture into a nut milk bag, over a bowl. Attention: your nut milk bag will become yellow. It can just become your dedicated turmeric shorts bag.
Squeeze out all the liquid. I got about 1/2 liters of fresh turmeric-ginger-lemon juice.
Store in a glass container. If you have little glass vials of around 50 ml, one would be your daily dose.
Refrigerate and consume within 7-10 days. To keep them longer, you can add them to ice cube trays and freeze them.
You can also make this recipe with a juicer. Follow the steps here. Or give these other energy shots a try – Wheatgrass Shots and Lemon, Ginger, and Cayenne Immunity Shots.
If you try this recipe for turmeric and ginger energy shots, I’d love to hear your thoughts/questions below. Also, I’d appreciate a recipe card rating below, and feel free to tag me in your recipe recreations on Instagram @Alphafoodie!
Daily Turmeric-Ginger Energy Shots (blender recipe)
Ingredients
- 4.23 oz turmeric
- 4.93 oz ginger
- 2 large lemons or 6 tablespoon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
Suggested Equipment
Instructions
- Peel the ginger and turmeric using a spoon. Attention: the turmeric will badly stain your hands and utensils! I recommend using gloves.Once peeled, add them to a bowl.
- Squeeze the lemon either by hand or using a citrus press. Add the lemon juice to the bowl.
- Add all the ingredients to your blender or food processor and blend till smooth. If the paste is too thick, add a little more lemon juice or a little water.
- Carefully pour the blended mixture into a nut milk bag, over a bowl. Attention: your nut milk bag will become yellow.It can just become your dedicated turmeric shots bag.
- Squeeze out all the liquid. I got about 1/2 liters (2 cups) of fresh turmeric-ginger-lemon juice.
- Store in a glass container. If you have little glass vials of around 50 ml (1.7 fl oz), one would be your daily dose.
- Refrigerate and consume within 7-10 days. To keep them longer, you can add them to ice cube trays and freeze them.
Devon
This was so easy and delicious. Tastes exactly like the ones I was buying for double the price. Thank you!
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Glad you enjoyed these, Devon!
Alicia
This was so simple and had been beneficial in reducing the effects of my arthritis
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Glad you like it, Alicia!
Joan
I think I may have missed something? I got about 1.25 cups of liquid and that was even after adding juice from another 4 lemons and 2 oranges. What did I do wrong?
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Hi Joan,
It’s important to squeeze out the liquid after blending as much as possible. If you think that was not the issue, maybe the ginger or turmeric roots were old? They tend to dry out with time and loose their water content.
Faye
Sounds excellent, I’m definitely going to do this and hopefully it will help my arthritis thank you
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Thank you for your comment, Faye. Hope you like it.
Natalia
I saw in a video that you put the pulp in an ice cube tray and froze it. What are you going to do with that? I want to start minimizing my food waste.
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Hi Natalia,
That’s amazing 🙂
I usually add the pulp to smoothies or soups. You can freeze the pulp in ice cube trays or measured in tablespoon sizes – then just take 1 or 2 pieces out of the freezer and add to your smoothie or soup. I sometimes also dehydrate the pulp and then make ginger-turmeric tea with it. You can air-dry it or follow the same steps as for this https://www.alphafoodie.com/how-to-make-ginger-powder-two-methods/
I hope this helps.
Jools
Is it fine to add honey
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Yes, you can add a bit of honey to sweeten the shots.
Jaime Johnson
Thanks for sharing this, I think it helps with my inflammation a lot. The tiny bottles at the store kind of add up. Sometimes I freeze some into ice cubes to add to smoothies. I add pineapple to the juice to make it a little sweeter and help cut the edge. I like to use the leftover pulp in this muffin recipe. I just sub it in for part of the carrots
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Thank you for your comment, Jaime. Great tips!
Citlali
Hi! This is great! Can I also juice the ginger and tumeric?
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Yes, if you have a juicer, you can juice the ginger and turmeric with it. There’s a blog post dedicated to this method too – https://www.alphafoodie.com/ginger-turmeric-immune-boosting-energy-shots-juicer-recipe/
Justice
Recently to decrease my pressure I started making a ginger, tumeric, cayenne pepper, lemon rind and mango smoothie each morning, seems to work well.
Do you have a different recipe that you would recommend?
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This combination sounds delicious. Another mango turmeric smoothie can be this one – https://www.alphafoodie.com/yellow-mango-smoothie-bowl/ (plus there’s a ton of other smoothie recipes here on the blog).
In any case, it’s best to use what’s in season and you have at hand, and of course, a combination that you like 🙂
Eve
What do you do with the pulp?
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Hi Eve,
I usually add the pulp to smoothies or soups. You can freeze the pulp in ice cube trays or measured in tablespoon sizes – then just take 1 or 2 pieces out of the freezer and add them to your smoothie or soup. You can also dehydrate the pulp and then make ginger-turmeric tea with it. You can air-dry it or follow the same steps as for this https://www.alphafoodie.com/how-to-make-ginger-powder-two-methods/
I hope this helps.
Sarroya
Can you use coconut water?
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Hi Sarroya,
Yes, you can use coconut water or some other fresh juice to dilute the shots if they are too strong for you. I’d recommend only adding the coconut water when you are about to consume it.
chic sparrow
Amazing recipe, thank you!
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You’re very welcome, so glad you liked it!