A fabulously healthy juice drink from Australian chef flip shelton's 'green: modern vegetarian recipes'. Commenting on aloe vera, she says that it has been described as a natural healer because it contains many essential amino acids, vitamins, minerals, proteins and enzymes and she suggests giving youself a dose whenever you feel low . From the instructions, this is clearly intended to be made using a juicer, but you could use a blender. You would then get the whole of the cucumber and apple, not just the juice. If doing this, obviously remove the apple core!