After 5 days of being sick in bed, I knew I had to create this.
This smoothie is packed with Vitamin C and antioxidants to help get your immune system back on track. Between the chia seeds, kale and carrots, the color of this is definitely not the prettiest…check it out…
See? I wasn’t joking. But once you close your eyes and take a sip, you will enjoy this antioxidant party in your mouth 🙂
Immune Boosting Smoothie
Breakfast, Vegan, Smoothie, Wheat-free, Juice
Ingredients
- 2 oranges
- 2 carrots
- 2 ounces of water
- 1 cup or more chopped kale
- 2 tablespoons chia seeds
- 1 inch fresh ginger root chopped
Instructions
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Place the juice of one orange on the bottom of the blender. Add rest of the pulp to blender as well.
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Place next peeled orange segments, water, kale, chia seeds and ginger in blender.
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Blend until smooth. Makes 2 servings.
Here are some other of my favorite smoothies:
Personalized Overnight Oatmeal Smoothies
Chocolate Banana Protein Smoothie
Hope you enjoy this smoothie that’s packed with all of these powerful antioxidants!
Diana Rambles says
January 17, 2013 at 2:07 amI pinned this to try out!
lauren.kelly says
January 17, 2013 at 2:13 amThank you Diana! Let me know what you think 🙂
Lisa S says
March 20, 2013 at 1:40 amAmazing Smoothie! Hubs and I have both had the crud for a few days, and determined to beat it! This smoothie hit the spot – both as a great option for caloric and nutritional intake as neither of us feel like really eating anything….and as an immunity booster as well! Thank you!
lauren.kelly says
March 20, 2013 at 1:47 amGlad you both liked it Lisa and I hope you feel better!
Patricia says
January 9, 2015 at 4:23 amI definitely will try this, how often do you recommend to drink in order to stay healthy?
Is ok to give it to my kids (7, 4, 2yo)?
lauren.kelly says
January 9, 2015 at 12:30 pmHi Patricia! Yes, you can definitely give it to your kids. There are lot sod vitamins in there so you can drink it once a day if you’d like. Thanks for stopping by!
Karen says
January 9, 2015 at 4:07 pmI have been battling a cold for weeks. I just made this smoothie, hope it works 🙂 I loaded up on the kale. I was pleasantly surprised that my 4-year-old actually drank some of the smoothie as well. Thanks for sharing!
lauren.kelly says
January 9, 2015 at 4:30 pmI love that your 4 year old drank it too! Thanks so much! 🙂
siobhan says
January 11, 2015 at 3:49 pmI have four kids who are relatively amazing eaters. we were excited to try this smoothie, but must say that none of us enjoyed the texture of it. it was far too pulpy. The flavour was fine, but it wasn’t ‘drinkable’.
lauren.kelly says
January 12, 2015 at 1:26 amHi Siobhan! Were ou using a high speed blender, or what did you use?
amanda @ fake ginger says
January 20, 2015 at 6:47 pmI have THE WORST immune system. I definitely need to incorporate this into my diet. Especially this time of year!