Yes, smoothies are healthy, fun, delicious, and quite colorful, especially this recipe. This smoothie looks more like a drink you’d order while lounging by the pool on vacation more than a healthy, immune boosting smoothie. Not only is this drink visually stunning, but it also provides a long list of nutrients, many of which optimize immune function. Plus, this smoothie aims to use some fall and winter produce items, such as blood oranges and beets.
The real kickers in this smoothie are the cayenne, raw ginger, and turmeric. These three ingredients exhibit anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antioxidant, antimicrobial, and anti-fungal properties. Sounds like everything you need to make it out of cold and flu season unscathed, right? While this smoothie may not be the magic shield that blocks all viruses and bacteria, it does provide nutrients that help boost the immune system. Beets, oranges, lemons, mangos, and raspberries offer an assortment of nutrients, including vitamins A & C, antioxidants, fiber, folate, nitrites, beta-carotene, and polyphenols.
Unlike other smoothies, you have to blend this smoothie in two batches. Firstly, you blend the yellow ingredients, pour the mixture into two glasses, and then rinse the blender out. Add the remaining red ingredients to the clean blender and blend until smooth. Pour that mixture into the glasses and you will see a tie die concoction in your smoothie glasses. If you start your day off with a cup of this smoothie, your immune system will thank you. Plus, you get to feel like a bartender at a fancy resort blended up something special for you when you look at it!
- Category: Full Body Cleanse Approved, Smoothies & Juices, Raw, Vegan, Vegetarian, Gluten-Free
Ingredients
- 1 c mango, cubed and frozen
- juice of 1 lemon
- 1/2 tsp. ground turmeric
- 1/4 tsp. ground cayenne pepper
- 3/4 c fresh squeezed orange juice
- 2 tsp. ginger, grated
- 1 small beet, peeled and cubed
- 1 c raspberries, frozen
- 1 blood orange, peeled and segmented
Instructions
- Add the mango, lemon juice, turmeric, cayenne pepper, ginger, and orange juice to a blender and blend until smooth.
- Pour this mixture evenly into two glasses.
- Rinse the blender out and then add the chopped beet, raspberries, and blood orange. Blend until smooth and then pour evenly into the two glasses with the mango mixture in them.
- This will gently swirl the red mixture into the yellow mixture. Enjoy!
