Immunity Boost Kale Smoothie

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Green, sweet, substantial: three words that don’t often go together! This Immunity Boost Kale Smoothie is a powerful way to start your day and so tasty – well worth trying!

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Takes 7 minutes minutes

Serves 2

Ingredients

 

MetricUS Customary

• 50 g kale
• 12 g ginger
• 2 whole oranges
• 8 Medjool dates
• 1 ⁄2 a ripe avocado
• juice of 1 lime
• 2 tbsp almond butter
• 275 g iced or cold wate

Instructions

 

• Method:
• Chop the main ribs out of the kale, leaving just the leaves.
• Peel the ginger (if using non-organic – if we are using organic ginger we like to leave the skin on). Peel the oranges and remove any pips. De-pit the dates ensuring there no stones left in. Scoop out the flesh of the avocado half and remove the stone.
• Put all the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth.

Nutrition

Calories: 600kcalCarbohydrates: 101gProtein: 9gFat: 24gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 15gSodium: 23mgPotassium: 1624mgFiber: 19gSugar: 78gVitamin A: 3082IUVitamin C: 103mgCalcium: 246mgIron: 3mg

  P r i n t   R e c i p e

Immunity Boost Kale Smoothie

Green, sweet, substantial: three words that don’t often go together! This Immunity Boost Kale Smoothie is a powerful way to

start your morning. ginger will put a pep in your step, the avocado, kale and almond butter will ensure your energy is consistent

during the morning, and the dates will bring sweet deliciousness! We suggest using almond butter for this recipe, but any nut

butter that you have sitting in your cupboard will work, great. Peanut butter and Tahini are close favourites. Start the day right

with this Immunity Boost Kale Smoothie! This recipe is also a great way to use up any avocado that might be sat in your fridge f

or too long! To use the whole avocado, smash the remaining half on to some toasted sourdough with a little salt, lime and chilli

for a lovely accompaniment with your smoothie.

More Kale to use up?

• Watch more Kale recipes here
• 5 minute tofu, chickpea and kale curry
• Kale pesto pasta