Beet Red Smoothie
Servings: 1 serving
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup cooked quinoa
- 1 cup beet, cooked
- 1/2 avocado
- 1/2 cup spinach
- 2 Tbsp fresh mint
- 1/2 lime
- 2 Tbsp nut/seed butter
Instructions
- Puree everything in a blender until smooth, adding water as you want or need. The cooked beets and quinoa should give a heartiness to this smoothie, and a balance to all the fruit-based ones.
Notes
Unless you have a high-powered blender, this will have some texture to it. I think of it kind of like bubble tea. Be sure to used chilled quinoa, from the batch cooked earlier this week, as warm quinoa doesn’t work too nicely in a smoothie.
The cooked beets and quinoa give a heartiness to this smoothie, and the avocado is a balance to fruit-based smoothies. You can also feel free to have this meal as a salad rather than blending it into a smoothie, with a squeeze of lime juice for dressing.
Nutrition
Calories: 525kcal | Carbohydrates: 57g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Sodium: 151mg | Potassium: 974mg | Fiber: 17g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 2000IU | Vitamin C: 40.4mg | Calcium: 150mg | Iron: 6.7mg
