Fantastic in everything from salad to pizza, and usually paired with foods like tomatoes, garlic and chicken; you might be wondering why basil is a featured ingredient in a smoothie.
This fragrant and robust fresh herb mixed with all kinds of fruits is a match made in heaven. (If this recipe doesn’t convince you, you MUST trythis delectable treat).
Fibrous fresh peaches and mango are the vehicles for transporting basil into your belly today. Get ready to reap the benefits of an extra dose of Vitamin K, Vitamin A, calcium and iron. You also get a big boost of that good stuff from spinach and whole food additions of hemp and chia.
All right, let’s hop to the cutting board and plug in the blender!
Ingredients
We’re all organic at heart.
1 large peach, no pit
1/2 cup frozen mango
2 tsp grated, fresh ginger
2 tsp grated, fresh ginger
2-5 freshbasilleaves
Large handful of spinach (or your favourite leafy greens)
1 Tbsp hemp hearts
1 Tbspchia seeds
2 ice cubes (optional)
1 cup filtered water
Large handful of spinach (or your favourite leafy greens)
1 Tbsp hemp hearts
1 Tbspchia seeds
2 ice cubes (optional)
1 cup filtered water
As always, feel free to add aprotein powderof your choice. What’s mine?Progressive Naturals Unflavoured Harmonized Vegan Protein.And no they don’t give me anything to sing their praises! I simply love it. I usually just add half a scoop so it doesn’t overpower the gorgeous flavours of the whole foods in my smoothie.
Now blend, blend, blend – and have a beautiful basil-y day.
For more irresistible blender concoctions check out theSmooth Operator archives. Happy blending!
