Friday, October 8, 2010

Hot Pink Smoothie

I was excited about Janey's green smoothie post so I thought I'd post about the hot pink smoothies I make.  I have smoothies everyday for breakfast and alternate between the green and hot pink ones.  I'm no Green Smoothie Girl, but this is my version of her recipe.

1-2 cups water (or you can use coconut water or a mixture of water and coconut water)
1/2 medium beet
5-7 baby carrots (or 1 medium carrot peeled)
3-6 dates depending on size (pitted, of course)
1/4-1/3 cup nuts (I mainly use walnuts b/c they are cheapest at Costco.  But I've also used cashews and pecans)
2 tbsp flax seeds
1 tbsp coconut oil
1 banana
1/3-1/2 cup kefir (or 2 tbsp yogurt) - any flavor
1 tsp vanilla
8-12 frozen strawberries

Chop your ingredients and blend away!  I use a regular Oster blender for my smoothies.  I find that the more liquid I use, the better the blending process goes.  I usually blend all the non-frozen ingredients really well before adding the strawberries.  This usually makes a 3/4 blender size smoothie for me.  Enjoy!!

TIP:  I buy my beets with as much stem and leaf that I can find.  I cut the green leafy part off, wash really well and use that in my green smoothies.  I cut the red stems off, wash really well and use those in my pink smoothies.  So, nothing except the beet peel and root gets thrown out.

3 comments:

Jan said...

Hot Pink Smoothie! I've never heard of it! I can't wait to try it. Thanks for the recipe!

Heather said...

i almost... almost bought fresh beets at the store yesterday. but i didn't dare. i wasn't sure what to do with them. i've only eaten beets once and i really liked them. but i don't know how to prepare them. do you have to cook them before you put them in this smoothie? wait - i'm confused... do you only use the stem in the smoothie ... and then bake the root? do you eat the root? please - tell all! :)

Tricia said...

everything is raw - even the beet. Just peel it, cut it and add it to blender. Stem is added raw as well. I cut off root, the long pointy tip of the beet, and throw it away. have fun, if you end up buying beets sometime.