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This is a vegan, gluten-free smoothie recipe that I do not believe will change your life. Or will it? Just make sure you follow the directions.
Ingredients
- 1.5-inch ginger root
- ¼ cup raw pumpkin seeds
- ⅜ cup hemp hearts
- 1 apple
- 1 cucumber (sub 1 large carrot during winter)
- 2 cups frozen chopped spinach
- 2 cups flax milk
- 1.5 cups water
Directions
- Get out your blender and assemble your ingredients.
- Break or cut off a chunk of ginger root and put it in the blender. You can peel it if you’d like, but the whole thing is edible…and it’s going in a blender. (I just rinse it with some water.)
- Measure the pumpkin seeds and hemp hearts and dump them into the blender.
- Cut the cucumber into chunks, cut the apple into fourths, and remove the core and stem. Put them both in the blender.
- Measure your frozen spinach, flax milk, and water, and pour them into the blender.
- Turn on the blender on a low setting at first, then higher. As you watch the blender pre-digest all those healthy ingredients for you, think about what this smoothie represents: a commitment to clean eating and living, a promise to yourself to…