Green smoothie is not only awesome vitamin filled drink, which contains a lot of greens and veggies people might not normally want to eat. But it’s also quite tasty and refreshing cocktail everybody enjoys.
If you’re having trouble with feeding your kids healthy fruits and vegetables, you may introduce them into green juices and smoothies. Children love helping to prepare them.
And, only a couple of sweet ingredients (like sweet berries or fruits, a little bit of apple or pineapple juice) will mask the taste of vegetables your kids might not enjoy as much.
Besides, you may pop your smoothie into the popsicle container (or a plastic cup with wooden stick). Then, you’ll be able to give your kids unbelievably healthy desserts.
Or, if your ordinary salads don’t sound as good as they used to before, you may just throw them into your blender. Add a couple of extra ingredients and drink your delicious salad in a cup.
It would be an amazing breakfast on the go option or quick after-gym snacks.
And, if you’re trying to perfect your body and improve your diet, smoothies will definitely help you do that. Just don’t forget to talk to professional nutritionist (message one on HireRush.com). You need to make sure that your body improvement diet is not actually harming your body.
In addition to that, it’s always fun to experiment with different ingredients and their proportions while preparing your smoothie. Don’t forget that you always may replace one-two ingredients with something else if you don’t have them at home.
So, if you want to try this delicious healthy goodness, go ahead and make one of these green smoothie recipes at home.
Green smoothie and smoothie brekfast bowl recipes
1. Margarita smoothie
Full with vitamin C, amazingly refreshing and awakening tropical drink. It will help you open your eyes wider after a short night sleep or quite busy evening with a couple of drinks (if you know what I mean :)))
Mix:
- 1 orange (no peal)
- Spinach (2 cups of fresh leaves)
- Coconut water (1 cup, may be replaced by plain water)
- Mango (2 cups of frozen pieces)
- Pineapple (1 cup of frozen pieces)
- Lime/lemon (2 generous slices)
2. Bloating cure
Will help you to get rid of that heavy feeling in your stomach, while tasting quite sweet. Provides you with enough fiber to stop bloating. It is good for your digestive system and boosts your electrolytes (in a good way).
No spinach taste will be detected.
Quite light breakfast or mid-day snack, especially good for those who had a food feast the day before.
Mix:
- frozen banana (1 medium fruit)
- frozen strawberries (1 cup)
- frozen pineapple (1 cup)
- spinach (1-2 handfuls of fresh leaves)
- coconut milk (2-2,5 cups)
3. Protein Pear Goodness
Excellent post-workout meal and energy booster.
Provides your body with pretty much every vitamin you need, as well as fiber and a little bit of caffeine to keep you going through your busy day.
Mix:
- 1 large pear (with the skin on)
- Almond milk (1 cup, unsweetened version)
- Spinach (1 cup of fresh leaves)
- 2 spoons of your favorite protein mix (vanilla flavor will be amazing for this smoothie recipe)
- Half of teaspoon of matcha tea powder
4. Blueberry feast smoothie
Greens are still its main ingredient. But, purple color and blueberry taste will never ever give that away.
Fiber and vitamin K jar, sweet and refreshing cocktail with a slight mint hint you’d never ever call a boring healthy smoothie.
Mix:
- Spinach (2 cups, preferably frozen)
- Blueberries (2 cups, 1 fresh and 1 frozen or both frozen will do)
- 1 kiwi
- Coconut water (1 cup, may be substituted with plain water)
- Ice (1 cup)
- A couple of mint leaves to mix and a couple to decorate
5. Apple and carrot green fresh
Apples will give you enough fiber to keep you full for a couple of hours.
While carrots will provide you with nutrients beneficial for your heart and eye vision. And, they taste amazing in smoothies as well.
Just imagine: if you drink this smoothie, you’ll receive nearly 30% of your daily fiber consumption norm. Moreover, it’s less than 160 calories.
Mix:
- Chopped carrots (2 medium ones: wash, and leave the peal on if they’re really fresh and ‘young’)
- 1 large apple (again, leave the peal on not to waste most of the vitamins)
- Spinach or kale (1 cup)
- Celery (1-2 sicks)
- Water (plain or coconut: 1,5 cups)
- Optional – ginger (1 table spoon of grated ginger root)
6. Bonus round – Simple breakfast smoothie bowl
The so-called ‘what was in my fridge’ option.
Will replace your ordinary cereal or oatmeal bowl with fresh fruit and leafy goodness. Has a sweet taste and just enough nutrients and fiber to keep your going during the morning time.
Mix:
- Kale (1 cup, spinach will do as well)
- 1 banana
- 1 or 1/2 of avocado
- Ice (1/2 cup)
- Almond milk (1 cup)
- Optional – a little bit of agave syrup
Pour this blend mixture into your favorite bowl. Top it with sliced banana and kiwi (1/2 of medium fruit), a few raspberries and coconut flakes/chia seeds/nuts.
