This refreshingly delicious smoothie is packed with vitamins, antioxidants and incredible flavors!
Hello friends!
I am still recovering from my surgery but feel so lucky to have these amazing blogger friends who are sharing their own incredible recipes. Thank you again for all of your support!
Hi everyone! My name is Cassie, and I blog over at the healthy eating and lifestyle blog Back to Her Roots. If you've never visited my blog before, I share a lot of healthy recipes, craft projects, gardening tips, and the occasional story about our silly flock of chickens.
I live on a small hobby farm in Southern Indiana with my husband and daughter, and we love growing food, cooking it, and of course, eating it!
While Lauren is out recovering from her emergency surgery (get well soon, Lauren!), I'm stepping in today to bring you an awesome seasonal smoothie recipe. Lauren and I see eye-to-eye on all things food related.
We both believe that nourishing, whole foods can change your life (they did change mine!), and we both believe that life is too short to not enjoy the occasional treat.
It might seem like the grocery store is a bleak place right now with the pink, flavorless greenhouse tomatoes and the cauliflower that costs more than a tank of gas, but there is one bright shining star in the produce section this time of year—citrus fruit! Oranges, clementines, grapefruits, lemons, and limes are all at their peak freshness and flavor right now.
It's a much welcome bright spot in my winter kitchen that has been filled with hearty soups and heavy casseroles.
One of my favorites of these in-season citrus fruits is the beautiful blood orange. It's tart and sweet, and has a gloriously vibrant bright pink color that makes my heart dance a little bit.
If you've never worked with blood oranges before, this smoothie is a great place to start. Combine the peeled blood oranges with frozen strawberries (we pick strawberries from our farm in early June, and then freeze them by the bagful to use in smoothies all year 'round), you get a light and fresh smoothie taste that is packed with all kinds of healthy nutrients.
Make sure you sweeten to taste, some folks prefer a sweeter smoothie, some like it on the tart side—make it your own.
Big thanks to Lauren for letting me step in while she is on the mend. Everyone send Lauren a big virtual hug! If you want to see more of my recipes, you can check out my blog—Back to Her Roots!
Ingredients
- 2 blood oranges
- 1 cup frozen strawberries
- 1 frozen banana
- ½ cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1 cup unsweetened milk animal, nut, soy, etc.
- Maple syrup or honey to taste
Instructions
- Zest both blood oranges using a microplane zester. Then peel then oranges and discard the peels and pith.
- In a high-powered blender, combine the blood orange zest, orange segments, strawberries, banana, yogurt, milk, and sweetener, if using.
- Blend on high until very smooth. Because of the membranes surrounding the blood orange segments, you’ll want to blend longer than you normally do to make sure they are really well mixed in.
Thank you SO much Cassie! I am not sure how she knew but blood oranges are my favorite!
I can not wait to make this refreshing smoothie and I know my kids will love it too. I also love to take advantage of all of the winter citrus at the grocery stores and love to incorporate them in all types of recipes.
This smoothie is also a great way to introduce your kids to different produce that they may not have tried yet. The color of blood oranges is so gorgeous that it also helps to make your foods extra pretty, just like this smoothie.
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If you made this delicious smoothie or any of my other recipes, please come back and let me know. You guys know that I love to hear from you!
Thank you for stopping by and please come back again soon! Have a great day!
Katie | Healthy Seasonal Recipes
This is so gorgeous and fresh! What a delight at this time of year. I too hope you feel better soon Lauren.
Shashi at RunninSrilankan
Glad to meet you Cassie - this smoothie is GORGEOUS! I must admit, I've never had a blood orange smoothie before - cannot wait to try it. Hope Lauren is better soon!
Kristen+@+A+Mind+Full+Mom
Cassie, thank you for sharing today! This looks great and will bring some sunshine to these cold winter days!