Green Super Health Smoothie
Super easy to make smoothie, nutrient dense, heart healthy and bone nourishing. This healthful packed smoothie is incredibly rich in powerful antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. Especially magnesium, iodine, iron, selenium, calcium, potassium, vitamin B, vitamin E, micro nutrients, healthy fats and protein. A very Vata balancing smoothie for the Autumn/Fall time for my Ayurvedic friends. * See You Tube video
Equipment
- 1 blender Vita Mix is recommended
- 1 juicer
- 1 sieve preferably a large plastic with mesh strainer
- 1 cheese cloth optional, depending on milk thinness preferred
- 1 large measuring jug
- 1 wooden spoon
- 3 32 oz (quart size) jars with lids
Ingredients
Nuts
- 2 cups raw almonds soaked a day earlier preferably organic
- 2 cups raw cashews preferably organic
vegetables
- 4 bunch celery Organic
- 1 bunch spinach, dandelion, nettle or parsley whichever you feel more benefits you. I change according to the seasonal shifts, as in Ayurveda. They are all greens that you can find all year round.
fruit
- 5 frozen bananas
- 1 small lemon, squeezed. Meyer adds when in season adds a little more sweetness.
- 1 tbsp natural vanilla
- 2 tbsp raw honey local is best
- 1 tsp pink salt optional
- 1 cup ice
Super powder additions
- 4 tsp organic supergreens Amazing Grass
- 4 tsp kelp powder, ascophyllum nodosum Herbaila
Instructions
- *Have bananas frozen the day before.*Have your almonds soaked in water the day before. Rinse almonds, place in blender, add 6 cups (can always add more later if need be) filtered water blend well.
- Add vanilla, honey and salt. Blend more, if too thick consistency add a little more water.
- Strain the almond milk in the mesh sieve gently stirring with the wooden spoon into measuring jug. Save the almond must in a container for other recipes
- Strain again or squeeze through cheesecloth and save remainder must. Pour into a jar and set aside in your fridge.
- Cashews now go into blender (no need to soak) add 5 cups water, blend well. Add a little more water if consistency is too thick. Pour into jar and put in the fridge.
- Juice the celery, pour into jar and set aside. Save the celery pulp to boil into Vege stock, or compost.
- Wash and roughly chop the fresh greens you desire.
- Now to add all ingredients to the blender in two cups each, almond milk, cashew milk, celery juice. The bananas, fresh greens, lemon and one cup of ice. Blend well.
- Add the organic Supergreens powder and pure kelp powder. Add more ice if desired, nut milk or celery. I often have left overs to enjoy.
Notes
See my YouTube for short video of the smoothie process.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRWdQJcEhpHc3DXcRhrlZOA/videos
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