Green Smoothie With Spinach, Carrot, Dill And Apple

Green smoothies usually require a bit of courage, but you will be won over quickly with this recipe!

A vegetable smoothie is healthy. For some time now, however, there has been a trend towards green smoothies, i.e. mixed drinks made from fruit, vegetables and green leaves such as lettuce, spinach, Swiss chard and herbs.

Today we present you with a recipe that you can make especially well in spring with simple ingredients from the vegetable department.

Green smoothies

Green smoothies are drinks that are made from fruits and vegetables with the addition of water. They usually get their green color from green leafy vegetables such as spinach, lettuce, kale and others.

Smoothies must not contain sugar and should be free from animal ingredients such as cream, milk or yogurt. It is about the pure power of plants.

Smoothie: the healthier juice

In a smoothie, fruits and vegetables are only pureed, not juiced. This means that all ingredients such as valuable carbohydrates and all secondary plant substances are included.

That would not be the case with juice, since fiber from the skin and pulp in particular is disposed of when juicing. But it is precisely in the shell (keyword: bitter substances, fiber) that there are often such valuable ingredients!

A smoothie is usually freshly prepared and therefore contains more vitamins than a juice that has to be made durable by heating in bottles or tetra packs.

Even a finished smoothie from the refrigerated shelf contains more phytochemicals and vitamins than a juice that is just as chilled in the supermarket. However, it is generally better to freshly prepare a smoothie yourself at home.

The smoothie as a calorie bomb!

A smoothie, no matter what color, consists only of plant-based ingredients. However, this does not mean that smoothies are fat-free, because vegetables can also contain fat! Just think of the avocado, which is a little fat bomb with 15g of fat per 100g.

No fear! This fat is a healthy, vegetable fat that has a lot of calories, but also has positive effects on your health! Smoothies are not necessarily low in calories, because you consume concentrated fruit and vegetables with a smoothie.

On the one hand this is good, on the other hand you can be tempted to consume more through smoothies than you would actually eat if the fruit or vegetables weren’t pureed.

Little trick: just imagine (even with juice!) The amount of fruit / vegetables that were on the table before pureeing / juicing.

Would you manage to eat the same portion all over again? Certainly not! So leave the second glass, as delicious as it is!

Be careful with the preparation!

In principle, green smoothies are just as easy to prepare as all other smoothies.

You only have to wash the fruit and vegetables, if available, remove the core and puree with a stand mixer, blender or hand blender.

Because the whole fruit including the peel is used (also with vegetables), you should opt for food of organic quality.

For some smoothies you need a stand mixer that is particularly powerful, as some green leafy vegetables (cabbage, wheatgrass, …) have very strong fibers that many mixers cannot chop up.

On the contrary: The fibers can cover the knives in blenders with a low wattage and thus prevent the fruit or vegetables from being further chopped up.

So if you’re passionate about green smoothies, then you should think about investing in a powerful stand mixer. A hand blender is sufficient for most other smoothies.

Recipe: spinach, carrot, dill and apple smoothie

This green smoothie tastes wonderfully spicy and like spring thanks to the dill! You need:

• 1 tablespoon of fresh dill (or frozen dill)
• 200ml water
• 1 apple
• 10 leaves of spinach
• 1 carrot

Wash the apple thoroughly because it is processed with the peel. We therefore recommend organically grown apples. Cut out the core and the apple into small pieces.

If the carrot is young , you don’t need to peel it.

It is sufficient to brush it off thoroughly under running water and then also to cut small pieces. Also wash the spinach leaves carefully, because some sand tends to stick to them!

Then put all the ingredients in a powerful blender or use a powerful hand blender to make a smoothie. Look forward to your extra portion of fruit and vegetables, for example as a supplement to dinner!