5 great green power-packed smoothie recipes
Green smoothies are packed with valuable nutrients that are brilliant for their detoxifying benefits as well as being power-packed and energising.
These are some of my favourites that I tend to eat at breakfast or at that low time of day when energy levels tend to drop about 4 or 5 pm. So grab your blender or if you have a Vitamix – get ready for some super delicious recipes.
Kale Smoothie
Green smoothies are packed with valuable nutrients that are brilliant for their detoxifying benefits as well as being power-packed and energising.
These are some of my favourites that I tend to eat at breakfast or at that low time of day when energy levels tend to drop about 4 or 5 pm. So grab your blender or if you have a Vitamix – get ready for some super delicious recipes.
These are some of my favourites that I tend to eat at breakfast or at that low time of day when energy levels tend to drop about 4 or 5 pm. So grab your blender or if you have a Vitamix – get ready for some super delicious recipes.
Ingredients
- 100g Kale– de-stemmed and chopped to cope with your blenders capabilities
- 1 stick of celery
- 1cm piece of fresh ginger
- Juice of one lemon
- ½ a cucumber – peeled and sliced
- 2-3 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
- 150mls of unsweetened almond milk or rice milk
- 1 tbsp agave nectar or honey (if required to sweeten)
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients into your blender or food processor and blend until all the ingredients are fully broken down.
Spinach And Pineapple Green Smoothie
Persons
2
Ingredients
- 100mls plain greek yogurt or soya/sheeps/goat milk variety if you are non-dairy
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 100g washed baby spinach leaves
- 1 apple chopped for the blender
- ½ fresh pineapple – keep the central stem as it is packed with health promoting enzymes
- 150mls unsweetened almond milk or rice milk.
Instructions
- Using the softer items first, pack the blender with the ingredients and blend until smooth and green.
The Not So Green Power Packed Metabolism Boosting Smoothie!
Persons
2
Ingredients
- 50g fresh strawberries
- 50g fresh blueberries
- 1 banana
- Small pot of greek yogurt or non-dairy alternative
- 100 mls coconut water
- 1 cm piece of fresh ginger
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1 tbsp ground flaxseeds (Linwoods or similar)
- 1 tbsp of Superfood Smoothie blend (optional)
Instructions
- Place all the ingredients in the blender of food processor and blend until smooth.
- This is a great breakfast smoothie which helps to balance your immunity, boost your energy and enhance your mood.
The Green One!
Ingredients
- 75mls coconut water
- 75 mls of oat milk or almond milk
- 1 tsp spirulina powder
- 2 tsp ground flaxseeds – Linwoods
- 1 tbsp organic coconut oil – melted to oil
- 100g berries (fresh or frozen)
- 1tsp probiotics powder (if available)
- 2 tbsp natural organic yogurt – non dairy if necessary
- Pinch of cinnamon
Instructions
- Place all the ingredients into your blender and process until all ingredients are combined and smooth.
Rejuvination Juice
This juice is enzyme rich, energy boosting and extremely alkalising for your body.
Ingredients
- A handful of fresh spinach leaves – washed
- 1 handful of fresh mint
- 1 handful of fresh parsley
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- ½ cucumber
- Some lettuce leaves or rocket leaves (will give it a slight kick)
- 4 celery sticks
- 1 cm piece of fresh ginger, peeled
- Ice cubes if desired
Instructions
- Gradually add the ingredients one at a time into your blender and add the ice cubes to the drink once blended.
