Orange and banana give coconut milk a creamy-citrus flavor. Spinach supplies leaves and cauliflower contributes body. Whole peeled orange brings more texture than juice alone, so this blend benefits from preparing the fruit carefully and processing it thoroughly.
Healthy Smoothie Recipes
Orange Banana Cauliflower Spinach Smoothie
Orange and banana give coconut milk a creamy-citrus flavor.
Prep: 5 minutesServings: 1
Base recipe: 1 serving; the full base batch
Vegan
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Measured ingredient amounts adjust with servings. “To taste” amounts and directions stay as written.
Ingredients
- 1 cup spinach
- 1 orange, peeled and seeded
- 1 banana, peeled
- 0.25 cup cauliflower florets, cooked and cooled, then frozen
- 0.75 cup unsweetened coconut beverage chilled
Directions
- Put the measured liquid in the blender with the prepared leafy greens. Secure the lid and process until the leaves are finely dispersed, stopping the machine before scraping down the sides if needed.
- Add the remaining edible ingredients, including the measured fruit, nuts, seeds, or spices listed for this recipe. Blend until evenly combined. Use the machine instructions to choose a suitable speed, and stop before checking texture or scraping the jug.
- Taste a small spoonful after blending. If the mixture is too thick to pour, add cold water one tablespoon at a time and blend briefly again. Divide the base batch into 1 serving and enjoy promptly.
Notes
Prepared ingredients are required; additional cooking, cooling, freezing, brewing, or soaking time is excluded from the active prep estimate. Serving volume and nutrition totals are not measured.
Adapted from Jen Hansard at Simple Green Smoothies.
Tips and ingredient notes
Remove orange peel and seeds. Prepare cauliflower as its package requires and cool before freezing. The source's whey supplement is omitted, so this version should not inherit its reported nutrition totals.
Peel the orange fully and remove hard seeds before adding it. A little white pith is normal, but thick peel creates bitterness. Smaller segments release juice sooner, which is useful when the recipe starts with only a modest amount of added liquid.
If packaged cauliflower requires cooking, follow those instructions before cooling it fully. Freeze the prepared portion for a colder result, or blend it chilled. Cooking, cooling, and freezing happen ahead of the stated active blending time rather than inside that short estimate.
Ingredient health benefits
- Orange provides vitamin C, used in normal collagen formation.
- Spinach contributes iron, used in oxygen-carrying hemoglobin.
Nutrition references: MedlinePlus: Vitamin C; NIH: Iron. These are ingredient contributions; nutrition per serving has not been calculated.
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Recipe adapted from Jen Hansard at Simple Green Smoothies. Article text and directions written for Healthy Smoothie Recipes. Supplement omissions and preparation changes mean source nutrition totals do not apply.
