Savory Chickpea Tomato Smoothie

Tomato, cilantro, lemon, and spices give this smoothie a savory flavor instead of a sweet-fruit profile. Chickpeas and avocado add body to vegetable stock. It belongs alongside chilled vegetable drinks and is deliberately different from a breakfast berry blend.

Healthy Smoothie Recipes

Savory Chickpea Tomato Smoothie

Tomato, cilantro, lemon, and spices give this smoothie a savory flavor instead of a sweet-fruit profile.

Prep: 5 minutesServings: 1

Base recipe: 1 serving; the full base batch

Vegan

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Ingredients

• 1 cup spinach
• 0.5 cup fresh cilantro, washed
• 1 cup vegetable stock
• 0.5 cup chickpeas canned (drained)
• 0.5 cup tomato fresh (diced)
• 0.25 avocado, peeled and stone removed
• 0.5 lemon juiced
• 0.5 teaspoon chili powder
• 0.25 teaspoon ground cumin
• 0.125 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 0.125 teaspoon sea salt, unrefined
• 0.125 teaspoon ground black pepper

Directions

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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

Drain and rinse cooked canned chickpeas. Begin with the measured small pinches of cayenne and salt. Choose stock you enjoy on its own because its flavor stays noticeable in the drink.

Choose avocado that mashes easily and measure only sound edible flesh. Firm pieces can remain lumpy after softer fruit has blended. When changing avocado quantity, adjust gradually because extra avocado changes the body more noticeably than the same volume of juicy fruit.

Wash loose spinach well and drain it before measuring. Blend leaves with the listed liquid before adding dense frozen ingredients. This helps prevent intact leaves from collecting above the blades, particularly in a smaller or less powerful blender.

Ingredient health benefits

• Tomato contributes potassium, needed for normal muscle and nerve function.
• Spinach contributes iron, used in oxygen-carrying hemoglobin.

Nutrition references: MedlinePlus: Potassium; 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.