Anti-inflammatory Cranberry Smoothie (Green Smoothie/Green Thickie)
This Cranberry Smoothie is great for reducing inflammation and has all it's antioxidants present, unlike commercial cranberry juice drinks.
Ingredients
- 2 Cup Water If you are drinking this straight away substitute one cup of water for ice
- 1 Cup Spinach tightly packed or 2 cups loosely packed. (Or any other mild greens)
- ½ Cup Dates or any other dried fruit which can also be pre-soaked for a smoother blend
- 1 Cup link Oats Or one cup of Quinoa
- ¼ Cup of dried Coconut or any other type of coconut
- 2 Tablespoons of Almonds ground, whole, flaked or almond butter
- 1 Teaspoon of vanilla
- 2 Cups fresh or frozen Cranberries If using dried cranberries, follow the instructions in the post to rehydrate
- 1 Cup Raspberries fresh or frozen
- 1 Banana chopped fresh or frozen
- Juice of 1 Lemon
Instructions
- Blend the ingredients in the order listed. Blend the greens and liquid first and then blend the rest of the ingredients. This creates more space in your blender. Add more water if required to thin it out. Substitute any of the ingredients for whatever you already have. If your smoothie is too warm, you can cool it down in the fridge or freeze some of your ingredients before blending.
- NOTE: The calories shown are for half of the ingredients listed as this smoothie serves 2. If you want less calories add less oats.
Notes
If you are new to Green Thickies and have more questions about making the perfect green thickie, please read this guide on How to make a Green Thickie .
Suitable for Special Diets:
Gluten free (Use GF Oats or Quinoa), raw (Use raw oats/quinoa), vegetarian, vegan, dairy free, egg free, sugar free, wheat free, soya free (don’t use soya milk), salt free, nut free (replace nuts with any plain seeds)* If you want to check if you can drink green thickies on your special diet please read this first. This will suggest some substitutions so you can still enjoy Green Thickies with ingredients you can tolerate.
Gluten free (Use GF Oats or Quinoa), raw (Use raw oats/quinoa), vegetarian, vegan, dairy free, egg free, sugar free, wheat free, soya free (don’t use soya milk), salt free, nut free (replace nuts with any plain seeds)* If you want to check if you can drink green thickies on your special diet please read this first. This will suggest some substitutions so you can still enjoy Green Thickies with ingredients you can tolerate.