Eat Your Greens | Dr. Fuhrman Eat Your Greens Smoothie Recipe
Eat Your Greens Smoothie Recipe
The Dr. Fuhrman Eat Your Greens Smoothie Recipe is a high power nutritious delicious powerhouse. Superfood kale and spinach combined with high power blueberries and pomegranate juice is an unbeatable combination. The mix of sweet tangy fruit with the kale spinach once blended takes on a creamy delightful consistency. Super delicious. Did you know that pomegranate is one of the oldest known fruits, found in writings and artifacts of many cultures and religions, the pomegranate (punica granatum) is an original native of Persia. This nutrient dense, antioxidant rich fruit has been revered as a symbol of health, fertility and eternal life. We recommend blending using a high powered Vitamix or Blendtec blender for easy blending and easily digestible smoothies. Also, make sure to check out our Smoothie Boosts for additional Health benefits.
Eat Your Greens Recipe by Dr. Fuhrman
The Dr. Fuhrman Eat Your Greens Smoothie Recipe is packed with amazing ingredients with substantial health benefits for your body. Each ingredient poses a different health benefits, you can blend ingredients and get a strong does of daily vitamins into your diet and of coarse all of Dr. Fuhrman recipes are amazing, thanks Dr. Fuhrman!
If you are super busy and don’t have time to get out for lunch, The Dr. Fuhrman Eat Your Greens Smoothie Recipe is a perfect subtitious for you. It gives you all the necessary nutrients to give you energy and keep you focused. Keep some nuts and low fat crackers at your desk as well to give you added protein. It also is a flavorful way to start your day. Make sure to check out The daily Vitamin Boosts for an easy add on for extra nutrients.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dr. Fuhrman Eat Your Greens Smoothie Recipe
- 3 ounces baby spinach or kale
- 2 ounces romaine lettuce
- 1 banana
- 1 cup frozen or fresh blueberries
- 1/2 cup unsweetened soy, hemp or almond milk
- 1/2 cup pomegranate juice
- 1 tablespoon ground flaxseeds
- 1 cup of ice
- Prep your ingredients
- Put all ingredients into your blender jar.
- Blendtec Blender: Place the ingredients into the jar starting with liquids and softer fruits, then add your harder ingredients, seeds, and leafy greens on the top, add the ICE last. Using your Blendtec press the smoothie button and let it run, if you want to manually make it then start on speed 1 or speed 3 until all the ingredients catch, then increase to higher speeds for a smooth consistency
- Vitamix Blender: Place the ingredients into the jar starting with liquids and softer fruits, then add your harder ingredients, seeds, and leafy greens on the top, add the ICE last. Properly place the ingredients will make it easier for the blender to suck down and blend everything. If you have a newer Vitamix-blender then use the automatic smoothie setting! If you have an older Vitamix or want to blend manually then start on speed 1/low and slowly increase to speed 10/high. Use the Tamper if needed. Blend until smooth.
- Regular Blender: Place the ingredients into the jar starting with liquids and softer fruits, then add your harder ingredients, seeds, and leafy greens on the top. You can even choose to blend in segments to make sure to get a good consistency. For example, blend your greens vegetables, then blend your fruits, and then mix in your ice, this will allow the blender to blend everything easier. Start on slow speeds and let the blender work those ingredients in and then increase to a higher speed for a smooth consistency.
Green smoothies help with weight loss, energy levels, and are an overall stimulant for your mind and body. All Dr. Fuhrman recipes can be easily blended using a high-powered Blendtec or Vitamix blender.
- Recipe by: Dr. Fuhrman
- Recipe Type:Smoothie
- Servings: 2
Special Equipment:
Blendtec blender, Vitamix Blender, Blender Bottle, Cutting board, Knife, Measuring cup, Measuring spoon, Large Glass, To Go Container
Ingredient Health Benefits
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.
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.
Romaine lettuce is a variety of lettuce that grows in a tall head of sturdy leaves with firm ribs down their centers. Romaine is high in nutrition for lettuce, containing a whopping amount of vitamin K. Romaine lettuce is also high in fiber, Vitamin A, folate, molybdenum, manganese, and potassium, and contains smaller and trace amounts of a host of other nutrition which makes all of the nutrition very absorbable, especially when blended. Romaine lettuce is good for digestion and gut motility and is good for the heart.
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.
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.
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.
Pomegranate juice is juice made from pomegranates. The pomegranate, botanical name Punica granatum, is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub whose fruits bear seeds surrounded by arils, juicy and nutritious fruit prized for superfood qualities. Regular inclusion of pomegranate in the diet boosts immunity, improves circulation, and offers protection from cancers and has also been found to be effective against prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), diabetes, and lymphoma. Pomegranates are rich in vitamin C, vital B-complex groups of vitamins such as pantothenic acid, folate, pyridoxine and vitamin K, and minerals like calcium, copper, potassium, and manganese. Pomegranate juice has outperformed Viagra in certain clinical studies.
Flax meal is made from ground flax seeds, 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.
