Tart cherry juice and sweet cherries give this smoothie a concentrated cherry flavor. Cauliflower adds body without another fruit, while chia increases thickness. The list stays deliberately simple so the two cherry ingredients remain the main feature of the drink.
Healthy Smoothie Recipes
Cherry Juice Cauliflower Chia Smoothie
Tart cherry juice and sweet cherries give this smoothie a concentrated cherry 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 tart cherry juice
- 1 cup frozen sweet cherries, checked for pits
- 0.5 cup cauliflower, cooked and cooled, then frozen
- 2 tablespoon chia seeds
Directions
- Pour the measured liquid into the blender. Add the softer prepared ingredients first, keeping the frozen pieces separated so they can move toward the blades instead of forming a solid block above them.
- 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
Use unsweetened juice and plain cherries. Prepare cauliflower as directed and cool first. Check cherries for stones. This adaptation excludes collagen rather than treating the supplement as essential to a successful fruit blend.
Inspect cherries for pits and fragments even when the package says pitted. Sweet and tart varieties have noticeably different flavors. Use the variety specified where possible, and record substitutions before deciding whether the drink needs a different balance next time.
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
- Chia seeds provide fiber and plant-based omega-3 fat.
- Chia contributes magnesium, used in normal muscle and nerve function.
Nutrition references: Harvard Nutrition Source: Chia seeds; NIH: Magnesium. 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.
