I’ve been on a green smoothie kick while trying to get back into the swing of eating raw. This latest concoction of fruits and greens is one of the tastiest I’ve made and it features one of my favorite raw foods: young coconuts.
From its beneficial, immunity boosting lauric acid found in the soft flesh, to its high electrolyte content found in the water, raw foodists are quite often found praising this health inducing tropical delight. Just see what beautiful Susan from Rawmazing has to say about it!
For the recipe, I combined 1 banana, 1 peeled orange, the water and flesh from one young coconut and about 3-4 leaves of collard greens into the Blendtec.
Look how beautiful the collards look! I think I have a new favorite green for my smoothies!
After these first ingredients are blended, I add about 2 cups of frozen fruit and 1/2 cup of water. My smoothie went from looking like this:
To this:
I love this smoothie! It’s perfect energy for a workout. Which reminds me, time to get on that bike! Happy weekend, everyone.
