Green smoothie

This refreshing green smoothie with spinach, peaches, cucumber and flaxseed makes a healthy snack or breakfast idea that will give you real energy.

Okay, we found it. This is a reliable green smoothie, EVER.

It’s no secret that green smoothies make us feel awesome, right? We personally feel clean, light, hydrated and annoyingly full of energy. It’s just… most of them, we don’t like them. They’re too green.

But this one…this one is solid. It’s creamy, healthy and it’s so so satisfying without being overly sweet or overly grass-y.

It’s light, fresh and hydrating, which is something we're struggling with lately, even though we're drinking SO MUCH water.

In other news, we bought a new blender.

A small, no-name one, it was around 20-30 bucks, not that much when you look at it long-term. HUGE difference from the bigger blender though…

We always had chunks of fruit or spinach left when we made our smoothies using that big, more expensive thing.

But with this one, smoothies get really smooth. So if you’re hating on your big blender, a smaller one might be your solution. We think it’s because the blades are positioned differently and you can add fewer ingredients here and it just smashes everything together and makes it into something smooth.

Alright, enough with our assumptions about blenders, we don’t want to die of boredom today, we wanna eat healthy!!!! Show us the green smoothie.

Green Smoothie Key Components

If you want to make a tasty and healthy green smoothie, here are some basic steps to follow:

• Choose Your Vegetables. Spinach, kale, fresh herbs and cucumber are all great options. It’s a great idea to rotate the greens you use. For example, one week – use spinach, the next kale.
• Choose your fruit – mango, berries, pineapple, kiwi, apple, pear, peach.
• Throw in a frozen banana or some avocado to make the smoothie creamier
• Add something extra like fresh ginger or cinnamon

Now, with this smoothie, we wanted it to be light and more like a snack than a breakfast, so we skipped the nut butter. We did add some fresh ginger and used frozen peaches to cool the smoothie off. We also added a tablespoon of flaxseed for some extra omega-3’s.

How it comes together

It’s quite simple, really:

• Wash the vegetables and fruits, peel and chop whatever needs peeling and chopping.
• Put everything into your blender and cover halfway (around 1 cup) with water or nut milk of choice.
• Blend until everything becomes smooth.
• Enjoy!

And you’re ready!

Good For Your Immune System, Skin and Weight

Getting enough nutrients from what you eat, for example, by drinking green smoothies, will ensure your immune system gets everything it needs to work properly. Which is key for long-term health. Proper nutrition also makes it easier to maintain a healthy weight, to keep your skin healthy and to prevent premature aging, oxidative stress and chronic inflammation in the body.

The Importance Of Alkalinity

A reliable thing about green smoothies, and this healthy green smoothie, in particular, is that you get so many nutrients while simultaneously preventing nutrient loss. This is important when it comes to your body functioning properly.

We talked a little bit about alkalinity here, but in short: when you eat more alkalizing foods like this smoothie, you prevent the demineralization and degradation of your bones and muscles. This occurs naturally with aging, but also when we eat too many acid-building foods (like meat, bread, cheese and all the fast food you can think of) without the neutralizing alkaline foods (like greens, cucumbers, herbs).

Will This Smoothie Help Me Lose Weight?

Due to its anti-inflammatory properties, this smoothie can be helpful with weight loss. There’s a connection between weight gain and inflammation. We will talk about this in a post soon, but in general, if you’re having a hard time losing weight, even though you’re eating healthy, it might be inflammation causing all that trouble. So eating a more anti-inflammatory diet by including green smoothies like this one can be helpful with losing weight.

Okay, now let’s make our favorite green smoothie!

So, we hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we do every day for a couple of weeks now! Make sure to share the recipe with your family and friends to help them stay healthy and make the most of life!