As requested by Beetroot Queen, I'm starting a thread for smoothie recipes so please everyone add to this if you like blending any particular recipes. I personally throw whatever I have in the fridge that is ripe (or over ripe that I couldn't eat) and add in some extra ingredients to enchance the nutrients or flavour.
Example of a Protein berry smoothie:
- 1 Banana
- 1/2 punnet Strawberries
- 1/2 punnet Blueberries
- 1/2 punnet Raspberries
- 3 tbsp natural bio yoghurt (berry flavour or vanilla are good)
- 1 tbsp Honey
- 1/2 bag Nuts (any type without husk are fine otherwise you get the bitter taste)
- 1/2 bag Seed (any type)
- 9 drops vitamin D3 (or 3xdaily dose)
- dash of cold pressed hemp seed oil
- top up with goats milk until all fruit is covered
The good thing with fruit smoothies are they taste great and you can play around with ingredients to find what flavours you enjoy more (or which fruit you need to use up). I would always start with a banana as a base, mix up which fruit I use but normally 3 different kinds, I use honey instead of sugar to slightly sweeten it, add nuts and seed if I need the protein, vitamins and supplements as per daily routine, then goats milk but any would work as well, whatever you prefer the taste of. I'd have a tall glass that morning then store the remainder in two containers for the next couple days, just shake it up before you drink.
For vegetables I follow a similar recipe but replace the banana with an orange (with skin) and the milk with fruit juice. The sharp orange taste will give it a better taste than veggies alone and fruit juice will sweeten it a bit to make it more palatable and will be less thick than with milk.
Typical veg smoothie:
- 1 Orange (quartered)
- 2 Carrots (cubed - quite small)
- 3 Tomatoes (quartered)
- 1 Aubergine (cut into chunks)
- 2 cloves Garlic
- bunch of Herbs (any I have in abundance so usually parsley, sage or mint)
- Supplements
- top up with Fruit Juice until all veg is covered
Same again, I would play around with the veg ingredients and use whatever I have to hand. Try avoiding the undigestible raw ones like brocolli though otherwise you will get some flatulence. I've yet to make a veg smoothie that tastes great but with the orange and fruit juice they are 'drinkable'. I'd also add some aloe vera flesh to either fruit or veg smoothies when I need a pick me up or know I'll be exercising a lot.
Feel free to try them and give me some feedback, would also love to hear some other ideas for recipes.