Refreshing Spring Smoothies

Healthy Recipes, Weight Loss and Healthy Tips

Spring is all about rejuvenation and re-growth, so to celebrate this wonderfully refreshing season, we’ve found some light, delicious smoothie recipes that you can whiz up for breakfast on those lovely sunny mornings.

1.Sunshine Smoothie

This recipe is low-calorie, gluten-free and suitable for vegetarians and vegans.

To make this smoothie, simply whiz up the following ingredients in a blender:

500ml carrot juice, chilled
200g pineapple (fresh or canned)
2 bananas, broken into chunks
Small piece of ginger, peeled
20g cashew nuts
Juice of 1 lime

This recipe is 171 kcal per serving and serves 3.

2. Green Smoothie

This recipe is 329 kcal and packed full of plenty of nutritious ingredients:

You will need:

250ml of almond milk
1 tbsp ground flaxseed
1 tsp maca powder (optional)
Pinch of ground cinnamon
1 Medjool date, stoned
1 small ripe banana
Handful of spinach
1 tbsp almond butter

Method:

Pour the milk into a high-speed blender and then add the ground flaxseed and the cinnamon. Add the remaining ingredients then blitz until smooth.

3. Heart Helper Smoothie

Another low-calorie delicious smoothie is this beautiful blend of berries, beetroot and ginger. This recipe is dairy-free, gluten-free and suitable for vegetarians and vegans, at only 88 kcal per serving!

Just pop into a blender:

- 2 small raw beetroots (peeled and roughly chopped)
- 1 apple (peeled, quartered and cored
- 50g blueberries
- 1 tsp grated ginger

Top up the mixture with 300ml of water and blend it all up for a delicious smoothie.

4. Afternoon Pick-Me-Up Smoothie

Quick and easy to make plus it’s gluten-free and perfect for Spring!

You will need:

500ml unsweetened almond milk
2 tbsp almond butter
6 prunes
1 tsp cinnamon
1 small ripe banana

Method:

In a blender, blend the almond milk with the almond butter, prunes, cinnamon and banana.
Chill in the fridge until ready to drink. (will keep for 2 days in the fridge)

This recipe is 250 kcal per serving.