This Strawberry Balsamic Salad Smoothie can also be easily turned into a protein shake by including the optional natural plant based protein such as nuts or seeds. You can turn this recipe into a green smoothie by including the optional leafy greens in this recipe.
After the great feedback on my last series of recipes, the dessert thickie smoothies, (which I am still continuing for a few more weeks) I am starting a new green thickie series called Green Smoothie of the week. I will be scouring the web for green smoothie recipes that catch my eye, try them out, turn them into a green thickie (add oats and nuts/seeds) to make them into a complete meal and make any other tweaks I fancy, then present them to you to give you a bigger range of unique green thickie recipes to try.
This smoothie caught my eye immediately. There is something about the taste of strawberries with balsamic vinegar that really works. I was intrigued as to how this would work in a smoothie. I’m always up for trying out weird and wonderful combinations of ingredients and this one definitely fits the bill. It’s strangely addictive. I thought it might be a bit too strange for my husband but surprisingly he really loved it too.
This Strawberry Balsamic Salad Smoothie recipe was inspired by Floptimism. At first I was wondering if the addition of basil and balsamic vinegar might be a bit too much, but once I started adding the basil, I just couldn’t stop. It just tasted fresher and fresher with each basil leaf I added, so I included loads more basil than in the original recipe. When I had counted 48 basil leaves, I decided just to call it one cup of tightly packed basil leaves. Feel free to add less basil, but this is a green thickie after all, so we’ve got to get our greens somewhere, and it might as well be with the basil.
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This recipe is a blended complete meal containing natural protein sources and leafy greens. If you’d like any more information about these topics, check out my complete guides below:
- The Ultimate Smoothie Blender Guide
- The Only Guide To Protein Shakes You’ll Ever Need
- Over 50 Spinach Recipes: The Complete Collection
- The Complete Guide To Green Smoothies
- The Essential Guide To Meal Replacement Shakes
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Hi, I’m Katherine. I lost 56 pounds and recovered from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by replacing meals with Green Thickies – my original smoothie concept.
Jess @ Floptimism says
I’m so glad you liked this smoothie! I love the idea of turning smoothies into meals, so I definitely like what you’ve done with it.
Katherine Natalia says
Thanks you for your lovely comment Jess. I’m so glad you like the meal idea. I didn’t want to change it too much as it was so lovely, but fortunately oats have a very neutral taste so it didn’t change the taste too much.
Jenny$1983 says
This recipe (and Jess’s – I’ve had both!) is delicious! I had to wait until my basil plant had enough leaves so I wouldn’t completely strip it :D Completely worth it, thank you :)
Isabel says
The link to Jess’s recipe is out of date. If you’d like to compare the recipes, it’s now found at http://www.floptimism.com/strawberry-basil-balsamic-smoothie/
That said, I do like my smoothies thick. Thanks for the ‘thickie’ version, Katherine.
Editor says
Thank you, I shall change that now. x