Nobody loves a creamy, delicious smoothie better than I do. So when Williams-Sonoma invited me to help kick off their upcoming "Smoothie Week" with a couple of my favorite "Not Your Everyday Smoothies", I was super excited!
Last week I shared the delectable Chocolate Covered Matcha Smoothie. This week, I thought I'd jazz things up with a wonderfully colorful concoction we can all wiz up in our with whatever favorite fruits & greens we happen to have on hand.
Fresh smoothies are simple to make and incredible for our body, mind and spirit. I make them daily because they're absolutely delicious, alive and radiant… and they make me feel the same way! We all know how important it is to eat the rainbow daily and this delicious Eat the Rainbow Smoothie is a lip-smackingly yummy way to do just that.
So grab your favorite juicy berries, sweet bananas and bright colorful mangos & pineapples galore! (Feel free to choose frozen fruits. They're frozen at the peak of ripeness and, ironically, are often more nutritionally rich than fresh produce which is picked prior to fully ripening, followed by weeks of transport, store display, and time in our homes before ever being eaten) Add a handful of powerful, chlorophyll and mineral rich greens to tuck inside all that flavorful goodness… and you're ready to get blending. Simply layer it up in whatever manner you'd like. Optionally, top it with your favorite berries or superfood treats such as dried mulberries an goji's as I've done here… or keep it simple and leave it as is. Voila, you've got a perfectly luscious fireside treat for bundling up with in your favorite chair, all yours to devour 🙂
Recipe for Eat the Rainbow Smoothie (Serves 2)
Ingredients
- 4-6 frozen super ripe bananas
- 1 cup frozen or fresh berries (pick your fav!)
- 1 cup frozen or fresh mango or pineapple (or whatever you have on hand)
- 2 handfuls of greens such as spinach, romain, chard, parsley
- 1/2 a fresh lemon (optional)
- dates, raw honey, stevia or your fav sweetener to taste
- optional: additional fresh berries &/or superfood toppings such as mulberries and goji berries
Method
- Blend the bananas and sweetener to taste in your Vitamix or other high speed blender til smooth and creamy.
- Dump 1/3 the mixture into the bottom of your 2 favorite smoothie containers. Dump the other 2/3 into a bowl & set aside.
- Add greens & optional lemon to the Vitamix along with 1/3 of the leftover blended bananas. Blend til creamy, taste to adjust sweetness as desired, and divide amongst your 2 smoothie containers.
- Add berries to blender and 1/2 the remaining blended bananas. Blend and dump atop the first two layers in your containers.
- Add your mango or pineapple and last portion of blended banana to the Vitamix. Blend and add to your smoothies.
- Top with your favorite fresh berries &/or superfoods such as mulberries & goji. Or just leave it plain which is super yummy too!
Enjoy 🙂
You may also enjoy these fabulous smoothies:
Cleansing Quadruple Berry Acai Smoothie
Daily Detox Green Smoothie
Chocolate Covered Strawberry Shake
Chocolate Chip Mint Shake
Epic Baby Thai Coconut Smoothie
Blueberry Coconut Shake
Delicious Green Smoothie
The Happy Shake
Do you have a favorite “Not Your Average Smoothie” ?
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All Love,
Juliane
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