Cucumber, bell pepper & tomato juice

Tomatoes are available all year around.

But in the summer and early fall, they truly take on the “fruit” aspect of their personality.

Sweet, juicy, and popping with flavor, there is not much better than a ripe summer tomato, still warm off the vine.

That’s why when they’re in season, I look for every excuse to enjoy tomatoes by the bowlful – including my favorite tomato juice recipe of the moment.

It’s made with just three ingredients:

• Tomatoes
• Cucumber
• Red bell pepper

If I’m in the mood for a spicy kick, one more ingredient, a clove of garlic, rounds out the savory quality.

Tomato juice might put one to the mind of old school V-8 style juices. (“I could have had a V-8!“)

But banish that thought from your mind.

Unlike those bottled tomato juices, which felt thick and gluggy in the throat as if you were drinking tomato soup, this one is light and refreshing.

It’s a tasty way to quench your thirst.

Sweet enough to be delicious but not cloyingly so.

While tomatoes are at their yearly best, I recommend grabbing a few off the vine or from your neighborhood farmers market and trying it for yourself.

In this post:

Tomatoes: Choose medium-sized tomatoes that are firm yet soft, without blemishes or dark spots. They should smell very aromatic where the stem was attached.

Cucumber: Choose a small to medium-sized cucumber that has unblemished skin without soft spots.

Bell pepper: Choose a brightly colored bell pepper with firm skin, and no bruises or soft spots.

Garlic: If you like savory bite in your juice, add a clove of peeled garlic.

Wash the tomatoes, bell pepper, cucumber, and garlic (if using).

Remove the peel from the garlic & stem from the bell pepper & tomatoes.

If the chute of your juicer is on the small side, you may need to cut the vegetables down to a manageable size.

For my Breville compact juicer, I simply cut the bell pepper in half, but everything else stayed whole.

I find that it juices a lot better if things stay as large as possible, as opposed to cutting into smaller chunks first.

Run the vegetables through the juicer, pour over ice into two glasses, and serve!

Looking for more juice recipes?

Here are a few more I know you’ll love:

• Celery & cucumber juice
• Carrot juice recipe with apple, cucumber & celery
• Vegetable juice recipe with tomatoes, celery, & cucumber
• Rooibos iced tea with fresh peach juice

📖 Recipe

Bell pepper, cucumber & tomato juice

Author: Cadry Nelson

5 from 5 votes

This produce packed juice is light, vibrant, and mildly sweet. It's a great way to gulp down your vegetables.

Print Pin Rate

Prep Time: 1 minute minute

Cook Time: 3 minutes minutes

Total Time: 4 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 people

Course: Beverage

Cuisine: American, Vegan

Keyword: easy raw recipe, vegetable juice

Ingredients

• ▢ 2 medium tomatoes
• ▢ 1 small to medium cucumber
• ▢ ½ red bell pepper
• ▢ 1 clove garlic peeled (optional)

Instructions

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  Process the tomatoes, cucumber, and bell pepper through the juicer. (Remove the stems from the bell pepper & tomatoes before juicing, and the peel from the garlic.)
• ▢
  If you like garlic and want an extra savory kick, add the optional clove of garlic as well.
• ▢
  Pour over ice into two glasses.

Notes

Depending on the size of your juicer’s chute, you may have to cut your vegetables down to a smaller size to fit. For my juicer, it works best when I keep the vegetables as large as possible. 

If tomatoes aren’t in season, use an equal amount of cherry tomatoes for a sweet, refreshing juice instead.

If you don’t have red bell pepper, any other color of bell pepper will work. It won’t be quite as sweet with green, but it will still taste delicious & mild.

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Nutrition

Calories: 34kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 8mg | Potassium: 354mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 1956IU | Vitamin C: 55mg | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 1mg

Content updated March 28, 2023. Originally posted July 24, 2014.