I’m all about the smoothies right now. Also, I’m all about tart cherries, beets, and pretty red things. It is, after all, almost Valentine’s Day.
Let’s get festive with this cherry beet smoothie!
Smoothies are one of my favorite weekday breakfast items. Not only are they delicious, but they are quick to make, super healthy, and keep me full through the morning. Plus, they never get boring, because you can easily swap the ingredients.
My morning smoothies always contain the following:
- Nut milk – usually almond milk, but sometimes cashew milk
- Seeds – chia seeds or flax seeds
- Greens – usually kale
- Protein – usually protein powder, but sometimes nuts or nut butter
- A frozen banana – sometimes half of one, sometimes a whole one
Often times that is just what it is, but other times I like to switch it up and experiment with new flavors. Some days I’ll add carrots or spices or both. Some days I’ll sub half of the banana with other frozen fruit, like pineapple or mangos. Some days I will have this apple ginger cucumber green smoothie and some days I’ll have this pineapple ginger turmeric protein smoothie. There are just so many flavor combinations to try!
This cherry beet smoothie was inspired by Valentine’s Day. It’s pretty and I love it. In it are all the things I already listed along with a few others: a beet, frozen tart cherries, and apple cider vinegar.
Beets are packed with nutrients like manganese, vitamin C, betaine, fiber, and potassium and have detoxification and anti-inflammatory benefits. Beets can also help prevent heart disease and boost energy. The only downside is that they are super colorful and can stain your hands red. It’s ok though, the beets are worth it.
Cherries boast many of the same health benefits, but they also help with post-exercise muscle soreness and sleep. I love having frozen cherries in my freezer with a couple of dark chocolate chips when I need to satisfy my after dinner I-need-something-sweet craving.
I also added in some apple cider vinegar (ACV). I love this stuff. It helps support a healthy immune system, promote digestion, and aids with weight loss. The acidity of the ACV pairs well with the earthiness of the beets.
With all that said this an extremely delicious and healthy concoction.
I hope you try this cherry beet smoothie! It’ll make you feel healthy, beautiful, and loved from the inside out.
- 1 cup almond milk (or cow, soy, cashew, etc)
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
- 1 medium beet, peeled and cut into large chunks
- ½ cup frozen tart cherries
- ½ frozen banana, sliced
- 1 tablespoon almond butter*
- 1 handful greens (spinach, kale, beet greens)
- Add everything into a blender and blend until smooth. Top with extra cherries and chia seeds. Enjoy!
For some strange reason I’ve never combined beets and cherries in a smoothie before, which I will be correcting now because of this. Looks like heaven!
It tastes like heaven too! I hope you try it out!
I like draining a can of sliced beets then freezing them flat in a gallon sized freezer bag. Same with canned paraplegic chunks. Those I buy unsweetened canned, pour off the juice to drink, freeze chunks laid flat in a quart freezer bag. That way I always have a variety of fruits to use in my smoothies. Frozen veggies like kale, broccoli, etc. work fine too.
That was pineapples. One comment for devouring a whole can of beets, beware of next day red stool, sorry if tmi, but was scary the first time.
It was scary the first time it happened to me too!!