Beet greens and fire dragon fruit smoothie

Beet greens and the grey flesh of the subtly flavoured fire dragon fruit create the deep green of this nutrient-rich smoothie. The sweet tartness of Granny Smith apple compliments the mug bean sprouts. Add the juice of lime to broaden the flavours.

Beet greens and fire dragon fruit smoothie

                                                          Yield: 1 serving

Ingredients:

1 bunch fresh beet greens, washed, chopped (about 3-4  whole leaves minus stalks)

1 handful mung bean sprouts, washed

¼ Granny Smith apple, chopped

¼ fire dragon fruit

¼ cup water

¼ fresh lime

Clockwise: beet greens, mung bean sprouts, Granny Smith apple and
fire dragon fruit

Preparation:

1. Wash the vegetables. Separate the leaves from the stalks. Roughly chop the beet greens and put them into a blender.

2. Add water and bean sprouts. Pulse on 'High' until pureed.

3. Add ¼ apple, together with the peel. Scoop flesh out of ¼ dragon fruit and add to blender.

4. Pulse on 'High' until pureed. Add lime juice if desired.

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Beet greens and celeriac greens smoothie

Beet greens, celeriac greens, and Kiwi fruit are pureed with apple and lime in this nutrient-dense smoothie. You can either stop there, or make a small, fresh and complete meal of it by adding olive oil and tofu.

Beet greens, celeriac greens, Kiwi fruit, Granny Smith apple
and lime                             

                                                                           Yield: 1 large smoothie or 2 small smoothies

Ingredients:

1 bunch of fresh beet greens, excluding stalks, chopped

1 bunch of fresh celeriac greens including stalks, chopped

1 Kiwi fruit, peeled, chopped

½ Granny Smith apple, unpeeled, seeds and seed case removed

½ lime, peeled, chopped
¼ cup water

1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil

¼ cup smooth tofu

Preparation:

1. Wash the fruits and vegetables. 

2. Spin the greens prior to chopping them into chunks about 2.5 cm. (1 in.) wide.  Put them into a blender.

3. Peel and chop Kiwi into chunks. Add to blender.

4. Halve Granny Smith apple. Remove core and seeds. Chop one half into chunks and add to blender.

6. Halve lime. Score the pulp, then cut it away from the peel using a sharp paring knife. Add pulp to blender. If you wish to consume only the vegetables and fruits, add the water at this point, and puree. Otherwise, proceed to step 7.

Beet greens and
celeriac greens smoothie

7. Add remaining ingredients.  Pulse on 'High' until pureed.

Beet greens, celeriac
greens and tofu
smoothie

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Minty Swiss chard smoothie

Minty Swiss chard smoothie

Swiss chard is part of the beet family of vegetables. In this smoothie, I have used what is commonly known as rhubarb Swiss chard; 'rhubarb' because of the betain-saturated red stalk. It certainly tastes nothing like rhubarb.

Make a complete small meal of this smoothie by adding a teaspoon of olive oil and ¼ cup of tofu for the protein portion. You can punch up the flavours even more by adding a peeled, ripe, green Kiwi fruit.

                                               Yield: 2 cups, approximately

Ingredients:

1 Swiss chard leaf

fresh mung bean sprouts, 1 - 2 cups

½ Granny Smith apple, washed, chunked

½ avocado, peeled

½ fresh lime, peeled

a handful of fresh mint leaves

¼ cup cold water

Clockwise: Swiss chard, mint, bean sprouts, lime,
avocado, and Granny Smith apple

Preparation:

1. Clean the fruits and vegetables.

2.  Place the bean sprouts and ¼ cup water into the blender. Puree the sprouts.

3. Cut away the central rib of the Swiss chard leaf, keeping the dark green leaf portions. Slice these into pieces about 2.5 cm. (1 in.) wide.  Place the  slices into the blender. Puree.

4. Cut the unpeeled apple half into chunks. Remove core and seeds. Add the apple chunks to the blender.

5. Cut ½ of the lime. Using a sharp paring knife, sever the pulp away from the skin. Discard the skin. Cut the pulp into chunks and add them to the blender. 

6. Add the flesh of ½ avocado and a handful of fresh mint leaves. Blend on 'High' until the ingredients are pureed.

Decant into two glasses.

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Beet greens, star fruit and cucumber smoothie

Bolster your heart and mind with the health benefits of beet greens and the other vegetables and fruits blended to produce this refreshing, nutritious smoothie.

Beet greens, star fruit and cucumber smoothie

                                                                     Yield: 1 smoothie

Ingredients:

6-8 beet leaves, stalks removed

½ cucumber, chunked

½ star fruit, cored, chunked

½ Granny Smith apples, cored, chunked

¼ - ½ fresh lime

¼ cup cold water

Garnish:½ fresh strawberry

Beet, cucumber, lime, star fruit, and Granny Smith apple

Preparation:

1. Thoroughly wash all fruits and vegetables to remove all contaminants before coring, chunking or otherwise cutting into them.

2. Pulse all ingredients together in a blender until thoroughly pureed.

3. Decant. Garnish. Enjoy!

** Nutritional value of beet greens

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