Tropical Green Detox Smoothie packed with healthy nutritious tropical ingredients. Your perfect morning routine!
When I hear green smoothie, it has this double effect on me: on one hand it means clean eating and I kind of like this, while on the other hand I’m a quite sceptical about the taste. I have been working on a good green smoothie recipe for a while now and this one is by far my favorite: it doesn’t even taste vegetables!
As I started to train a bit more seriously this year (running, pilates and body pump), I noticed how important it is for my body to get some wholesome and nourrishing ingrediends, especially before and after training. As I like using natural ingredients as well, I often make myself a smoothie, and add spirulina in it to get some extra protein.
Spirulina is a sweet blue-green microalgue which is now known as a superfood, since it has a wide range of health benefits almost immediately upon ingestion: it’s a boost to one’s energy, it helps to improve the immune system and it is a natural detoxifier with powerful antioxidant properties. Spirulina contains between 55 and 70% protein (more than beef, chicken, and soybean), as well as many essential and non-essential amino acids, iron, calcium, phosphorus…
One other major ingredient for this smoothie is kale, which is recognized as providing comprehensive support for the body’s detoxification system.Researchers can now identify over 45 different flavanoids in kale, combining both antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits in way that gives kale a leading dietary role.
Together with some tropical fruits like mangoes and bananas, and some coconut water, you get a delicious sweet and very refreshing green detox smoothie. You will be surprised by the great taste of this drink while drinking healthy. I know already that this smoothie is my best friend for this Summer, and maybe yours as well!
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Tropical Green Detox Smoothie
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 10 mins
- Yield: 2 1x
- Category: Beverages
- Cuisine: Healthy
Description
Tropical Green Detox Smoothie packed with healthy nutritious tropical ingredients. Your perfect morning routine!
Ingredients
- 1 full cup (70g) kale
- 3/4 cup (110g) frozen mango chunks
- 3/4 cup (110g) frozen pineapple chunks
- 1/2 banana, sliced
- 1 1/4 cup (300 ml) coconut water
- Sweetener, to taste (agave, honey, stevia, maple syrup or dates)
- 1/2 teaspoon spirulina powder
Instructions
- Blend together all the ingredients (except the spirulina!) until smooth and creamy, about 1-2 minutes. Add the spirulina in the end and mix again, about 30 seconds, Scrape down the sides of the blender as needed.
- Pour into 2 glass jars and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 159.9
- Sugar: 22.6g
- Sodium: 0.025g
- Fat: 0.9g
- Saturated Fat: 0.2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0.1g
- Carbohydrates: 38.3g
- Fiber: 2.6g
- Protein: 2.2g
- Cholesterol: 0.0g
Such a beautiful colour! Who knew healthy could be so tasty! 😀
Such a beautiful colour! Who knew healthy could be so tasty! 😀
The colors here are amazing! What a delicious treat, love a great smoothie!
The colors here are amazing! What a delicious treat, love a great smoothie!
Wow, what beautiful, colorful photos! Makes you want to just reach in and grab a straw!
Wow, what beautiful, colorful photos! Makes you want to just reach in and grab a straw!
This smoothie sounds fantastic! I love the idea of combining the kale with the beautiful tropical fruits 🙂
This smoothie sounds fantastic! I love the idea of combining the kale with the beautiful tropical fruits 🙂
qu’est ce qu’il est original ce smoothies! j’adore!
Original et super bon. Ne pas se fier à la couleur et à l’aspect sain de ce smoothie 😉
Cette boisson a une couleur incroyable qui a elle seule fait déjà du bien au corps! 😉 .
Ce sera sans mangue pour moi car je suis allergique; mais un morceau de papaye devrait pouvoir compenser au niveau texture et saveurs.
Bonne journée!
Merci beaucoup Cécile ! Et je suis certaine que ce sera très bon avec de la papaye également. Il faut savoir apporter son twist à chaque recette 🙂
I’ve been searching for a detox smoothie, and here it is! It sounds just perfect and it looks so delicious.
★★★★★
On mange le chou cru ?
Bonjour Vanessa! Eh oui, tu as juste besoin d’utiliser ton blender et la magie opère 🙂
Bonjour,
J’aime bien ce mélange de eau de coco, café, …Je crois qu’on bien besoin de ce régime après une ou deux heures d’activité sportive. miam miam!
Oui l’eau de coco est parfaite dans ce smoothie. Et j’aime moi aussi l’apprécier après une activité sportive 🙂
This is excellent and I really appreciate the way you made it. A wonderful recipe that I am sharing with my family and friends. Looking for more such recipes in future too.
★★★★★