One of my favourite ways to enjoy raw fruits and vegetables is to blend them away into a smoothie.
It’s a very quick, practical yet delicious way to get your daily dose of powerful antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and dietary fibers. I have been hooked for more than a year now and I am NOT looking back :p.
On this website, I’ll be sharing some of my favourite smoothie recipes and I hope you will be encouraged to try some of them or some of your own combinations. It’s really easy to make. Just let your senses guide you :). As my first post, I want to share with you how to make a delicious, refreshing and nutritious Green Smoothie with Beets. It is super easy…
Before I show you the easy recipe, let’s talk a little bit more about the star of the show today: the beet.
Beets are often misunderstood and under appreciated. However, if you take the time to know them, you will see that they are lovely vegetables that can provide you with many health benefits.
Beets Powerful Nutritional Benefits:
-They contain phytonutrients pigments, which act as powerful antioxidants for your body once ingested. According to some experts, beets even have a higher antioxidant ability than spinach, celeri or even carrot and broccoli!
-They are rich in folate, a B vitamin, essential for the health of your heart, nervous system, mental capacities and the formation of hemoglobin.
-They are also rich in potassium and magnesium, both essential for your energy metabolism and to help you relax.
-Finally, they are a rich source of dietary fibers, necessary for the health of your digestive tract and to promote healthy digestion.
Without further ado, here is what I created this morning:
Green Smoothie With Beets
Ingredients:
- a handful of spinach
- 1/4 lemon juice
- 1 branch of celeri
- 1 orange
- 1/2 apple
- 1/2 beet (it was a big one :p)
- a tiny bit of mango (optional)
- 1 banana
- 1 to 1 & 1/2 cups of water (it depends how thick you like your smoothie to be)
Instructions:
Blend everything away until you get the desired consistency and enjoy!
Let me know if you try it out.
– Sarah
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