5 Autumn / Winter Smoothies

Vitamin Packed Smoothies

I love a morning smoothie, we are lucky enough to have picked and stored a lot of blackberries this year so don’t be surprised to find them in a few recipes!

Smoothies are a great way to add to your fruit and vegetable intake and although I do combine my fruits and vegetables it doesn’t mean you have to. When it comes to digestion and digestive health, everyone is different. We each have a unique microbiome and respond to foods differently.

So, if you don’t feel good about combing fruit and vegetables or these particular combinations don't work for you make adjustments. Take out the spinach, make a vegetable only green smoothie, don’t mix that pineapple and banana. But do experiment, find what works for you.

Here is a list of in season fruit, vegetables and herbs to choose from plus 5 of my favourite winter smoothies:

Fruits

• Apples (cooking and eating)

• Raspberries

• Strawberries

Herbs

• Thyme

• Sage

• Parsley

• Mint

• Dill

• Basil

Vegetables

• Courgettes

• Cucumber

• Lettuce

• Celery

• Kale

• Carrots

And a bunch of others I won’t be juicing! You can read more here.

1. Simple 3 ingredient electrolyte restoring smoothie

Blend:

• 8 oz/125ml glass of coconut water

• A handful of raspberries (I like Bunalun organic frozen raspberries)

• Generous pinch of Himalayan pink salt or Kosher salt

2. Green Smoothie

Blend:

• 1/2 Cucumber

• Chopped, fresh mint and parsley

• Handful of kale (stalks removed)

• 2 apples (chopped and cored)

• 8 oz / 125ml of coconut or filtered water

3. Carrot and Ginger Zinger

• 2 washed organic carrots

• 1/2 inch piece of ginger

• 1 apple (chopped and cored)

• 1/4 tsp of ground tumeric or 1/2 fresh tumeric choppped

• Pinch of blackpepper (tumeric and blackpepper should always be together – bff’s)

• 1 tbsp of lemon juice (1/2 small lemon juiced)

• 1 large ripe banana (optional)

4. Mudslide

Blend:

• 1 scope of Form Pure blend vegan protein powder

• 1 handful of raspberries

• 1 tbsp of coconut oil (optional)

• 8 oz / 125ml of coconut or filtered water

5. Mixed Berry Blast

Blend:

• 8 oz / 125ml of coconut or filtered water

• 50ml of pomegranate juice or bitter cranberry juice

• 1 handful of frozen blackberries

• 1 generous handful of frozen raspberries

• 1/2 chopped fresh beetroot (optional)