Description
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a healthy and refreshing Green Digestion Smoothie! Packed with nutrient-dense ingredients like kale, spinach, pineapple, and avocado, this smoothie is perfect for a digestive boost. It’s naturally sweetened and includes ginger for an added zing.
Ingredients
• ½ cup chopped kale
• ½ cup frozen or fresh pineapple chunks
• 1 ripe banana
• ¼ avocado
• 1 tsp ginger juice
• ½ cup fresh spinach
• 1 cup coconut or almond milk
• 1 scoop vanilla protein powder
• 1 tbsp hemp seeds (plus extra for topping)
Instructions
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Blend the Ingredients:
- In a blender, add the kale, pineapple, banana, avocado, ginger juice, spinach, and protein powder.
- Pour in the coconut or almond milk.
- Blend on high speed until smooth and creamy.
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Adjust Consistency:
- If the smoothie is too thick, add a little more coconut or almond milk and blend again.
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Serve and Garnish:
- Pour into a glass and top with extra hemp seeds for added nutrition and crunch.
Notes
- Feel free to swap almond milk for coconut milk or any milk of your choice.
- You can add a handful of ice cubes if you’d like a colder smoothie.
- For extra sweetness, add a small drizzle of honey or agave syrup.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 smoothie
- Calories: 300 kcal
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 60mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 8g
- Protein: 20g
- Cholesterol: 0mg