Healthy Antioxidant Smoothie

Name: Healthy Antioxidant Smoothie
Yield: 1 big smoothie to start your day, or 2-3 to share
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1/2 cucumber, skin on and roughly chopped; 3 carrots, roughly chopped; 1.5 inch ginger root, peeled and sliced; 1 inch tumeric root, peeled and chopped *I recommend you use a surface that does not stain for this, because tumeric will leave everything orange and yellow, including your fingers.*; 1 dash freshly ground black pepper (for tumeric absorption); 1 baby bok choy, chopped (or 2 cups fresh broccoli, chopped); 1/2 avocado, scooped out, throw away the pit; 1 orange, peeled and sections separated; 1 cup spinach/kale/carrot greens or whatever dark leafy greens you have. However, I learned the hard way not to use arugula, because it makes the smoothie taste like lawn clippings; 1 cup any fresh berries (I used blueberries for this one.); 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar; 1 tbsp flax seed oil/walnut oil; 2 cups filtered water, or more as needed for consistency; 1 large and mighty blender in which to cram it all. It doesn't have to be an expensive one, just big enough to hold all of this, even if you have to hold the lid down

Laura Rose @cook_19538689

Düsseldorf, Germany

After my MS diagnosis back in May, my health rose to the very top of my priority list. I read up on every possible way I could maintain my health and, most importantly, my mobility. While this is by no means a cure for this disease, I researched the vitamins and nutrients each ingredient brings to the table as far as healing and/or maintaining my body.

These particular ingredients (as well as the color of each smoothie) vary regularly to keep variety in my diet, but the general idea is the same. I try to use organic when possible, but because I drink one of these every morning there have been times when my bank account just doesn't support that ideal. So I do what I can with what I can afford.

Laura Rose @cook_19538689

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Ingredients

1 big smoothie to start your day, or 2-3 to share

1/2cucumber, skin on and roughly chopped
3carrots, roughly chopped
1.5 inchginger root, peeled and sliced
1 inchtumeric root, peeled and chopped *I recommend you use a surface that does not stain for this, because tumeric will leave everything orange and yellow, including your fingers.*
1 dashfreshly ground black pepper (for tumeric absorption)
1baby bok choy, chopped (or 2 cups fresh broccoli, chopped)
1/2avocado, scooped out, throw away the pit
1orange, peeled and sections separated
1 cupspinach/kale/carrot greens or whatever dark leafy greens you have. However, I learned the hard way not to use arugula, because it makes the smoothie taste like lawn clippings
1 cupany fresh berries (I used blueberries for this one.)
1 tbspapple cider vinegar
1 tbspflax seed oil/walnut oil
2 cupsfiltered water, or more as needed for consistency
1large and mighty blender in which to cram it all. It doesn't have to be an expensive one, just big enough to hold all of this, even if you have to hold the lid down

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Steps

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In the order which the ingredients are listed above, cram it all into the blender and start it at its lowest setting to pulverize the heartier ingredients at the bottom. If you have to hold the lid down (as I have on occasion), this will help the contents go down so you can secure the lid and let go.
2

After 2 minutes turn it up to its highest setting and let the whole thing puree for 3-5 more minutes.
3

If it's too thick, add more filtered water and puree.