Wheatgrass Green Smoothie Recipes, Nutrition and Health Benefits
Wheatgrass first made it into stores in North America in the early 1940’s. It has been popularized as a health food as well as a medicinal supplement. Wheatgrass tastes similar to spinach or other dark leafy greens, which has helped its popularity in juice and smoothie bars. It is gluten-free, as it contains no actual [...]
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Peach-Strawberry-Vanilla Green Smoothie Recipe with Pistachio Milk
This is a delicious, banana-free green smoothie for the spring or summer. I used fresh, organic strawberries and peaches, accented the flavor with vanilla bean and homemade pistachio nut milk. Peaches are one of my favorite fruits. Toward late spring, I eagerly await their arrival in local fruit markets. I often cut them up and [...]
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Jackfruit-Peach Green Smoothie Recipe with Vanilla
This is one of my “tropical fusion” green smoothie recipes that blend the exotic, tropical flavors of South Asian jackfruit with early-summer North American peaches. This particular combination is heaven for your tongue! Jackfruit tastes like a combination of mango, pineapple and banana. Many people say it tastes like Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit gum. This flavor [...]
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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Green Smoothie Recipe with Hazelnut Milk
Here’s a delicious chocolate-peanut butter green smoothie accented with the flavors of hazelnut. Yes, it is as nutritious as it is decadent! Chocolate-Peanut Butter Green Smoothie with Hazelnut Milk 2 small bananas, peeled 1 tablespoon all natural peanut butter (no salt) 1 tablespoon raw cacao powder 3 cups fresh baby spinach 8 oz of hazelnut [...]
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Chocolate-Cherry Green Smoothie With Pistachio Milk
Cherries and chocolate is one of my favorite combinations! And the only thing that makes this green smoothie combo better is pistachio! While you can use any nut milk you want for this recipe, I recommend making homemade pistachio milk. It’s easy to do in a high-speed blender. The cherry and the cacao were the [...]
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Vanilla-Jackfruit Green Smoothie Recipe
This green smoothie is very simple and yet very tasty. I love the way that fresh vanilla blends with the exotic sweetness of jackfruit. If you haven’t had jackfruit before, it’s a large fruit from southeast Asia. It taste like a mixture of banana, pineapple and mango. Some people say it tastes like Juicy Fruit [...]
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Jackfruit Green Smoothie Recipes, Nutrition and Health Benefits
The jackfruit is the largest tree-borne fruit and is native to south and southeast Asia, but is also cultivated in Central and South America, as well as Hawaii, California and Florida. Jackfruit has fibrous, starchy flesh and its green or yellow (when ripe) skin is covered in bumps. The flavor is sweet, and has been [...]
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Pistachio-Banana Green Smoothie Recipe with Vanilla
This green smoothie recipe is delicious!! I made pistachio milk the other day and I was eager to try it out in a green smoothie. This smoothie has a wonderful blend of banana and vanilla, with a hint of kale and pistachios. I used baby kale so the kale flavor is very mild, and pleasant, [...]
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How To Make Your Own Pistachio Milk
I love pistachios, so I couldn’t resist buying a bunch when I saw them on sale the other day. Now that I am inundated with pistachios (I might have gone a little crazy in the bulk section), I figured I would try to make some pistachio nut milk. Pistachio nut milk has a delicate pistachio [...]
Orange-Tamarind Smoothie Recipe
This smoothie is simple, but very tasty. Tamarind is slightly bitter, but it complements oranges nicely. The tamarind fruit is encased within a brown pod. Inside the pod of the tamarind is a soft, brown pulp with hard-coated black seeds. It is this pulp that people eat to get all the nutritional and health benefits [...]
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