Veggie Berry Smoothie
This veggie berry smoothie is a cinch to throw together, and you’d never know there’s red cabbage, greens and carrots in it.
When berries are in season and especially when they’re on sale it’s the perfect time to take advantage of the low prices and stock up.
But let’s face it, you can only eat so many berries before they start to go bad.
If you have to throw the berries away, then there goes all your savings.
And it’s a shame to waste them.
A great place to store extra berries is in the freezer.
Freezing Extra Berries
Just put them in freezer zipper bags and freeze the extra berries for use in smoothies, desserts, sauces, or for baking, toppings and jams.
I like to use the quart size plastic zipper bags so that I can fit them in the nooks and crannies of my freezer since it’s always stuffed to the brim with other sale items.
Then for a quick and easy breakfast, snack or even dessert, grab one of the bags of frozen berries and add them to the blender along with other delicious ingredients and just like that, you have a smoothie for breakfast that you can sip on the go.
About the Ingredients
While adding the smoothie ingredients in the blender why not sneak in some vegetables.
Raw vegetables for breakfast?
Yes, your taste buds will never know the difference because when blended, and served ice-cold, this veggie berry smoothie is really good.
About the Order of Ingredients
Although this smoothie tastes wonderful when the ingredients are added to the blender in a random order*…
…A rule of thumb is to add the liquids and soft ingredients in the blender first, and then the harder ingredients last.
So, for example to the blender jar,
- First, add liquids such as juice, water or milk
- Second, add soft ingredients like yogurt, fresh (unfrozen) cut fruit and berries, or honey
- Then add items such as frozen cut fruit and berries, vegetables or nuts
- Lastly add the ice
When blending a smoothie, to avoid an air pocket from forming by the blade in the blender jar, there needs to be a good balance between the liquid and frozen ingredients (including ice).
* In the pictures below, the ingredients are added to the blender in a random order.
Let’s check out the ingredients.
Orange juice, almond milk (original flavor, unsweetened), Greek yogurt, honey, blackberries, strawberries, spinach, kale, purple cabbage, carrots, flax seed (optional), and ice
HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE
A printable recipe with the measurements and instructions is located at the bottom of this post.
For the Smoothie
In a blender…
…add carrots,
purple cabbage,
kale,
blackberries,
spinach,
strawberries,
yogurt, almond milk,
orange juice,
flax seeds (optional),
honey,
and ice.
Blend on the smoothie or milkshake setting until smooth.
When the smoothie is done blending, do a taste test and add more honey if needed.
TIP: If the consistency is too thick, add a little more almond milk at a time, using the pulse setting to blend until the desired consistency is reached.
Garnish and Serve
Garnish the rim of the serving glasses with blackberries and…
…serve right away while it’s ice cold.
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Veggie Berry Smoothie
Ingredients
For the Smoothie:
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 1/4 cup almond milk (original flavor, unsweetened)
- 1/2 cup Greek plain yogurt
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 cup blackberries
- 8 medium to large size whole strawberries
- 7 whole spinach leaves (including stems)
- 2 whole kale leaves (small to medium size leaves including stems)
- 1/2 cup purple (red) cabbage chopped in large pieces
- 2 tablespoons flax seed (optional)
- 1 cup carrots chopped in large pieces
- 10 large ice cubes
For Garnish:
- Blackberries for garnish
Equipment
- Blender
Instructions
For the Smoothie:
- In a blender add orange juice, almond milk, yogurt, honey, blackberries, strawberries, spinach, kale, purple cabbage, carrots, flax seed (optional), and ice.
- Blend together on the smoothie or milkshake setting until smooth. If the consistency is too thick add more almond milk a little at a time using the pulse setting to blend together.
- After blending the smoothie, do a taste test and add more honey if needed.
Garnish and Serve:
- Add blackberries to the rim of the serving glasses for garnish.
- Serve right away while it's ice cold.
Notes
TIP:
- If the consistency is too thick add more almond milk a little at a time using the pulse setting to blend together.
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