SMOOTHIES WITH FRUIT

These are great for kids. They’re also delicious as desserts. It is often difficult to get kids to eat all their fruits and vegetables, but the following recipes makes it a cinch. They taste so good your children will be asking for more! If you’re on a cleanse, I would recommend having only one to two maximum per day. For these recipes, it is nice for some of the fruits to be frozen. This gives a bit of a thicker texture, and freezing them also makes it easier to keep your kitchen stocked with fruit without worrying about waste!

KICK IT ORANGE

½ orange

¼ green apple

1 cup water

½ cup ice

6 sprigs cilantro

This is a very light and refreshing smoothie. Its texture will be more of a slushie than a typical smoothie.

MINTY APPLE

¼ fennel bulb

½ apple

5 sprigs mint

½ cup ice

1 cup filtered water

2 kale leaves

This is super refreshing without being too sweet. Fennel gives it a nice licorice taste and is great for zapping free radicals that lead to disease!

BASIL KISS

⅔ cup mango

⅓ cup strawberry

2 handfuls spinach

½ cucumber

5 basil leaves

½ cup filtered water

Yummy. The basil adds an extra interesting taste level to this dreamy concoction. If making this one for kids, you might want to leave out the basil.

BRAZILIAN KICK

1 package unsweetened açai

1 pear

1 handful spinach

½ zucchini

½ cup mango

5 sprigs mint

½ cup water

It is said that açai contains more antioxidant capacity than all the other berries! When buying it, make sure you are getting the unsweetened version, as the others have unnecessary added sugars.

BEAUTY TONIC

½ cucumber

¼ cantaloupe

¼ cup filtered water

1 thumb turmeric

1 teaspoon coconut oil

1 pinch black pepper

Cantaloupe is high in vitamins A and C. I think of it as a beauty fruit, since it nourishes both my skin and hair!

BERRY BLISS

½ cup strawberries (leave the stems on for extra nutrition)

½ cup blueberries

1 ripe banana

½ cup filtered water

½ cup filtered ice

Berries are known for feeding your skin. They have anthocyanin, which is the responsible for their beautiful colors and is a powerful antioxidant. Antioxidants protect your skin from sun damage and protect against the breakdown of your elastin and collagen in your skin.