Healthy Vegan Brilliantly Berry Beet Smoothie
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Today I am posting a fantastic healthy vegan berry beet smoothie recipe from one of my favourite blogs, Diet, Dessert and Dogs. Those of you who are not familiar with the incredible Ricki Hellier, get acquainted! She is absolutely amazing! I have been admiring Ricki for a long time. Ricki is a whole foods chef, educator, and author of the Canadian bestseller Sweet Freedom: Desserts You’ll Love without Wheat, Eggs, Dairy or Refined Sugar (one of only three cookbooks recommended on Ellen DeGeneres’ website) as well as three wonderful e-cookbooks. Ricki is incredibly knowlegable about anti-candida recipes and so many other things. Check out her books and her blog. She ROCKS!
Ricki and I are now united in spectucular fashion at The Balanced Platter, where we are both regular contributors, along with Kelly Brozyna from The Spunky Coconut, Alisa Fleming from Go Dairy Free, Hallie Klecker from Daily Bites, Kim Lutz from The Welcoming Kitchen, Kim Maes from Cook It Allergy Free, Alta Mantsch from Tasty Eats At Home, and Adrienne Urban from Whole New Mom. We are joined by website founders, Amy Green from Simply Sugar and Gluten Free, and Maggie Savage from She Let Them Eat Cake. All of these ladies are AMAZING and offer a wealth of knowledge about cooking for food allergies with tasty recipes and wonderful stories. We are all really excited about The Balanced Platter, which launched this month. If you are interested in gluten free and healthy living, please check out this wonderful collaborative website.
Anyway, back to the recipe of the day. This was the very first recipe posted on The Balanced Platter and I want to celebrate it here today!
Vitamix Recipe #19: Vegan Brilliantly Berry Beet Smoothie from Ricki Hellier. I had never used cooked beets in a smoothie before. I normally use raw beets. But after tasting this smoothie, "I'm gonna be doin it a WHOLE lot more!" This smoothie is absolutely delicious. All of the ingredients come together in just the right amounts for a sweet decadent healthy treat.
Ricki called this a "New Year's Detox Smoothie" in her post, and credited the powerhouse beeroot as the magic ingredient. As she said, beets help tone the liver, and are full of antioxidants, soluble fiber, folate, potassium, vitamin C and tons of other essential nutrients. Other magic powerhouse ingredients include kale, which contains chlorophyll, a potent detoxifier, and cucumber, which is highly alkalizing. This smoothie has a gorgeous rich vibrant purple hue and is a wonderful allergy-friendly smoothie for the whole family. It tastes like a treat! It is gluten free, dairy free, egg free, nut free and soy free. I used Growing Naturals Vanilla Blast Rice Protein Powder, but you could use any protein powder you have. I am just a fan of Growing Naturals because it is vegan, non-gmo, gluten free, raw, and sprouted.
Trust me, give this vegan brilliantly berry beet smoothie a go and you will delighted. It is pretty had to "beet!" Thanks Ricki. You are "s'blended"!
This recipe published here with permission from Ricki Heller.
Healthy Vegan Brilliantly Berry Beet Smoothie
- 1 medium beet, baked until soft at about 180 / 350, peeled and cut in chunks
- 1 cup mixed berries fresh or frozen (blackberries, blueberries, raspberries and strawberries)
- 3 large or 4 medium purple kale leaves
- 1/2 medium cucumber, peeled and cut in chunks
- 1 Tbsp fresh lime juice (about 1/2 lime)
- 1 scoop of plain or vanilla protein powder (I used Growing Naturals)
- 1 cup rice milk
- 5-10 drops liquid stevia or 1 packet of dry stevia
- Place all of the ingredients in a high-speed blender (I use a Vitamix) and blend until smooth.
- Note: if you use fresh berries, you might want to add 1-2 ice cubes for a cold smoothie.
- Drink immediately for the best flavour and texture.
- Makes 1 large 16-oz glass or two small glasses. YUMMO!
This recipe published here with permission from Ricki Heller.
Piggy Cooking Tips
here’s a great way to clean beet stains
Beets are delicious! But they can be messy to work with and stain everything they touch including hands, cutting boards and bench tops. I always use gloves to handle beets so I don’t spread the juices to everything else in my kitchen. To remove the beet juice from cutting boards and bench tops just sprinkle the surface with some salt. This helps to lift the residue. Leave it sit for a while and then rinse and scrub with soap and water.
You can’t beet that!
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Add Your GruntOoooo. I love beets! This looks just great! Smoothie a go go. Love it :-)
Jennifer! This smoothie is SOOO good!
Can’t wait to hear what you think as a beet lover :)
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This smoothie is BERRY nice!!! Get it? Couldn’t resist. Beet-eautiful. Okay, enough… I absolutely LOVE that you are putting protein smoothies on here, Blender Girl!!! Awesome flavor - The cucumber & lime are so fresh – nice touch ;-)
HA! Love it!
Yes! This smoothie is hard to “beet”!
But I can’t take credit.
It is ALL Ricki!
I am so glad you enjoyed this!
I LOVE this smoothie too! Ricki ROCKS!
Hey there! Can I share this recipe on my blog for my juice & smoothie raw feast? I will link the recipe to your site!
Hey Heather,
You are absolutely welcome to use any of my original recipes whenever you like with links back to the original post.
However, this recipe was created by the fabulous Ricki Heller from Diet, Dessert and Dogs.
I will connect you both by email.
She is SOOO lovely.
I am sure she will be happy for you to share her amazing smoothie recipe.
Aw, thanks so much for that incredible intro (and I’m thrilled to be part of The Balanced Platter as well!). :) Glad you liked the smoothie. I was never fond of raw beets in smoothies, but once I figured out the cooked angle, I realized I adored them that way. Hope your readers think so, too! :)
Pleasure! You deserve that introduction and more! I think you are just AMAZING!
Yes! The cooked beet tip is the best new thing I have learnt in AGES!!!!
Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou!