It’s Not Easy Being Green | Dr. Oz Green Smoothie Recipe | Smoothie
It’s Not Easy Being Green Smoothie
This recipe is from Dr. Oz, one of the country’s best teachers of medicine. So you automatically know it’s good. The Dr. Oz It’s Not Easy Being Green Smoothie Recipe is loaded with a ton of nutrients so you’ll meet many of your RDA requirements just by drinking one glass. This green smoothie also has plant-based protein so you’ll stay full longer than drinking a green smoothie without protein. The plant-based protein in this smoothie is particularly important because it contains high amounts of omega-3 fatty acids, which non-meat eaters don’t get enough of in their diets.
The Dr. Oz It’s Not Easy Being Green Smoothie Recipe is easy to whip up in the Vitamix or Blendtec, which will save you wads of cash at the smoothie shop. The Daily Vitamin Team recommends blending your smoothies in a high powered smoothie-blender such as the Vitamix or Blendtec in order to liquify the ingredients into an easily digestible smoothie with no chunks left behind.
About the Dr. Oz It’s Not Easy Being Green Smoothie Recipe
Drinking the Dr. Oz Easy Being Green Smoothie Recipe will keep you full longer, paired with the plant-based protein from the seeds. As one of the most influential health experts in the US, Dr. Oz knows what it takes to make and maintain a healthy body. The Dr. Oz Easy Being Green Smoothie Recipe is evidence of that. Since this recipe calls for frozen fruit, it can be made year-round when some produce is out of season. If you can, make it using fresh organic fruits to get the highest nutritional value.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][vc_column_text]It’s Not Easy Being Green Smoothie Recipe by Dr Oz
- 4 cups of your favorite organic leafy greens, such as kale, spinach, or any others
- 2 Tablespoon organic hemp seeds and/or organic flaxseeds
- 1 cup frozen organic blueberries
- 1/4 cup frozen organic cherries
- 1/4 cup frozen organic raspberries
- 1/4 cup frozen pineapple pieces
- 1/4 cup frozen mango chunks
- 1 medium frozen very ripe banana, broken into pieces
- 2 cups unsweetened almond milk
Step 1: Prep all ingredients for blending
Step 2: Place all ingredients into the blender with liquids and softer ingredients first. Add harder ingredients, nuts, seeds, and leafy greens on top of the softer ingredients.
Step 3: Start the blend on a low speed and slowly increase the blender to a higher speed to achieve a smooth consistency. If there is an automatic setting use that!
The Dr. Oz It’s Not Easy Being Green Smoothie Recipe is so versatile in the ways you can play around with flavors. You can make a new version of this drink every day for two weeks and not get the same taste. Rotate the greens in each batch so that you’re getting different nutrients. You can go with organic kale, spinach, swiss chard, bok choy, collard greens or any variation of greens that suit your taste. As for the fruit, since they’re frozen ingredients you can literally pick whichever fruits sound appealing since they’re all available year-round. For even more vitamins though, swap out the frozen fruit for fresh fruit (just decrease the milk a bit for consistency). Serve this up to diabetics, those who are lactose intolerant and vegans (they’ll love you for it). Kids will also drink it in a cool cup, like one with LED lights or a cool swirly straw.
- Adapted from: Dr. Oz
- Recipe Type: Smoothie
Special Equipment:
Blendtec blender, Vitamix Blender, Measuring spoon, Measuring cups
Note: To make the drink thicker add more ice, to make it thinner add more liquid.
Ingredient Health Benefits
Kale is a vegetable with green or purple leaves in the wild cabbage family. Kale is a stockpile of nutritional and medicinal qualities. One serving of kale contains a whopping 1180% of the USRDA for Vitamin K. Kale also contains high amounts of Vitamin A, Vitamin C, manganese, and copper. Kale has well-studied anti-carcinogenic qualities, is cleansing to the liver, is full of anti-oxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds and has been shown beneficial to cardiovascular health.
Spinach: it’s not just for Popeye! Spinach is an edible flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae. It contains high amounts of Vitamin A and Vitamin C and – like all dark, leafy greens – is very cleansing to the liver.
Flax seeds are a member of the genus Linum in the family Linaceae. Flax is rich in Omega-3 essential fatty acids, “good” fats that have been shown to have heart-healthy effects. Flax also contains more lignans than almost any other plant, which have both plant estrogen and antioxidant qualities. Flax contains both soluble fiber and insoluble fiber. Flax seeds are an essential source of omega-3 fatty acids for vegetarians and vegans.
Hemp is a commonly used term for high-growing varieties of the Cannabis plant and its products, which include fiber, oil, and seed. Hemp seeds are a great source of nutritious protein and deliver the tough to find amino acid, GLA. Hemp seeds are rich in protein and contain omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, Vitamin A, Vitamin E, Bitamin B-12, folic acid and are rich in magnesium, potassium, iron and magnesium.
Blueberries are perennial flowering plants with indigo-colored berries from the section Cyanococcus within the genus Vaccinium. Blueberries contain ample amounts of Vitamin K, Vitamin C, manganese, and copper as well as high levels of antioxidants and phytonutrients. Blueberries are helpful for blood sugar regulation and weight management. They’ve been shown beneficial in fighting cancer and cardiovascular disease, and to have a positive effect on memory and cognition.
The cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus Prunus, and is a fleshy drupe. The cherry fruits of commerce are usually obtained from a limited number of species such as cultivars of the sweet cherry, Prunus avium. Cherries are high in Vitamin C and Vitamin A. Cherries are pigment rich fruits. These pigments are bioflavonoid compounds known as anthocyanin glycosides which have a strong antioxidant effect. Cherries support healthy sleep and can prevent headaches and migraines.
The raspberry is the edible fruit of a multitude of plant species in the genus Rubus of the rose family. Raspberries are high in Vitamin C, manganese, and fiber. The phytonutrition in raspberries has shown great benefit in treating obesity and regulating blood sugar, as well as in cancer prevention. Raspberries are a great source of antioxidant nutrition.
The pineapple is a tropical plant in the Bromeliaceae family with edible multiple fruit consisting of coalesced berries. Pineapples contain ample amounts of Vitamin C, Manganese, and Copper. Bromelain is a complex mixture of substances that can be extracted from the stem and core fruit of the pineapple. There are dozens of known substances within Bromelain that have powerful medicinal effects, including enzymes crucial to digestion of protein.
The mango is a juicy stone fruit belonging to the genus Mangifera. Mango fruit is an excellent source of Vitamin-A and flavonoids like beta-carotene, alpha-carotene,and beta-cryptoxanthin. Together; these compounds have antioxidant properties and are essential for vision. Vitamin A is also required for maintaining healthy mucus membranes and skin.
A banana is an edible fruit, botanically a berry, produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. Bananas are very high in potassium, and a good source of fiber, manganese, and Vitamin B6 and Vitamin C. Bananas are Naturally fat-, cholesterol- and sodium-free.
Almond Milk is a plant milk produced by soaking almonds and grinding them in water. The almond is a species of tree native to the Middle East and South Asia, mostly we are familiar with almonds as the edible seeds of this tree. Almonds are powerhouses of nutrition, containing monounsaturated fats that lower LDL cholesterol and are protective against cardiovascular disease. Almonds are rich in biotin, and contain large amounts of Vitamin E, Manganese, Copper, Vitamin B2, phosphorus, magnesium, and molybdenum.
