This smoothie is packed with immunity-boosting cruciferous greens, sprouts, berries, walnuts, and seeds. Make it a part of your morning routine.
Ingredients
- 2 cups chopped green cruciferous vegetable (kale, collards, mustard greens or turnip greens)
- 1/3 cup broccoli or radish sprouts (see note)
- 6 walnut halves
- 1 tablespoon hemp seeds
- 1 cup frozen strawberries, raspberries or other berries
- 1 cup carrot or beet juice (see note)
- squeeze of lemon
Instructions:
Blend ingredients in a high-powered blender until smooth.
Note: If you don’t have sprouts you can leave them out; if you don’t have beet or carrot juice, you can substitute half a cup (each) of pomegranate juice and unsweetened soy, hemp or almond milk – or just one cup of the non-dairy milk.
Nutrition Facts:
- Calories 337
- Protein 12 g
- Carbohydrates 52 g
- Sugars 18 g
- Total Fat 13 g
- Saturated Fat 1.3 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 176 mg
- Fiber 13.4 g
- Beta-Carotene 24961 ug
- Vitamin C 288 mg
- Calcium 297 mg
- Iron 5.7 mg
- Folate 145 ug
- Magnesium 180 mg
- Potassium 1666 mg
- Zinc 2.7 mg
- Selenium 4.2 ug