Green smoothies with kombucha

Kombucha promotes your well-being. In several articles we have already reported on how the ingredients of the fermented tea beverage can support your intestinal health, your beauty and your acid-base balance . Mixed with other valuable ingredients, I would like to introduce you to a few recipes for green smoothies for even more vitality.

Smoothies, now on everyone's lips, can be the perfect breakfast, the optimal snack or a quick lunch - a delicious treat for any time of the day or simply a plus of micronutrients to your normal meals.

What makes the green smoothie so special?

The essence and most important thing in the green smoothie are the green leaves. Green plants contain all the essential minerals, vitamins and amino acids we need to be healthy. There is much to suggest that green plants have always been a staple of human life.

Our diet has changed a lot over time. Refined sugar, white flour, hydrogenated fats and many other highly processed foods are crowding out nutritious and natural products. With a smoothie you at least have the opportunity to get all the necessary nutrients in a simple form and to support your immune system in everyday life.

That's what's in the green smoothie

Essential vitamins

Vitamins only develop their full power in combination with other vital substances. A smoothie can bring these together and make them bioavailable to your body.

More minerals than you might think

Green leaves are the plant's treasure trove of minerals. Get your dose of calcium and magnesium for healthy bones and chewy teeth with daily green smoothies.

Precious trace elements

For example iron for blood formation, zinc for a good mood, phosphorus for the bones and selenium for a stable nervous system.

High quality amino acids

Not only vegans, but all of us and especially athletes benefit from the high-quality vegetable proteins.

Antioxidants that keep you young and healthy

There are plenty of these substances in leaves, fruits and fruit kernels, which render free oxygen radicals harmless and thus keep you young and fit.

The mysterious superstar chlorophyll

The green gold in all leaves, especially in wild herbs such as stinging nettles, goutweed, dandelion and daisies, effectively protects the body and even detoxifies it.

Healthy Fiber

Especially together with the chlorophyll in the smoothie, they clean the intestines, support digestion and make an effective contribution to detoxification. Best basis for the healthy living cultures from the kombucha to settle in your intestines.

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Keep it simple

Try it out and slowly approach your favorite ingredients. Make sure that you like it, that you can digest your smoothie well and that you feel good afterwards. If you crave other ingredients and get tired of something, swap them out. This is also important so that you do not ingest too many of the protective substances present in a plant (healthy for humans in small amounts).

The basic smoothie should ideally always contain the following ingredients – preferably all organic:

• Fruit eg apple, banana, pear, mango, berries
• 1 slice of lemon or lime
• Ginger
• Leafy greens or green vegetables, eg leaf spinach, lettuce, kale, celery, nettle
• Liquid, e.g. filtered tap water, mineral water, kombucha, freshly squeezed juice

Possible extras: seaweed, such as chlorella, nuts and spices, such as hemp seeds or nut butter, turmeric, cinnamon, wild flowers or needles / leaves from trees and shrubs. Here is a list of ingredients that are great for smoothies.

Tip: Feel free to use frozen fruit or leafy greens, such as frozen baby spinach. These can be stored for a long time and still contain most of the micronutrients when shock-frozen.

Green Kombucha Smoothies - 3 recipes

Green Basic Booch

Ingredients for about 1 liter

• 1 ripe banana
• 1 to 2 apples depending on size
• 2 handfuls of spinach leaves
• 1 slice of lemon, approx. 2 cm thick, leave the pits in
• Ginger to taste
• Mint to taste
• 1/2 L Kombucha, homemade or Kombucha Original

How to do it

1. Peel the banana, roughly break into pieces.
2. Remove the stem from the apple. Cores and casings are also used. Cut the apple into pieces.
3. Cut the zest from the lemon slices. You can add a little of it to the smoothie to flavor it. Tip: Leave the white skin around the lemon on. It contains health-promoting secondary plant substances.
4. Put all ingredients in the blender
5. Blend all the ingredients until they are as finely blended as possible.
6. Pour into a nice glass, decorate as needed and enjoy your smoothie.

Tip: Please make sure that the smoothie does not heat up too much by mixing for a long time.

Berry Booch

Berry smoothie recipe with flowers

Ingredients for about 0.5 liters

• 1 to 2 handfuls of edible flowers, e.g. daisies, dandelions, pansies, deadnettle, forget-me-nots, cuckoo flower, wild roses
• 2 bananas
• 200 to 300 g fresh berries raspberries, strawberries, blueberries
• 1 pinch ground vanilla
• 200 to 300 ml kombucha currant , depending on how creamy you like your smoothie

How to do it

1. Clean ingredients, if necessary peel or remove pulp
2. Cut to blender size.
3. Place everything in the blender and blend until smooth.
4. Enjoy from the heart.

Honeybreeze Booch

Honeydew melon smoothie with lemon balm

Ingredients for approx. 650 ml

• 5 sticks of chard
• 2 sprigs of lemon balm
• ½ honeydew melon
• ½ avocado
• 1 banana
• 200 to 300 ml kombucha passion fruit

How to do it

1. Clean ingredients and cut to blender-friendly size.
2. Halve the avocado, deseed and scoop out the flesh.
3. Put everything in the blender and puree until fine.
4. Enjoy your honeydew melon smoothie.

Tip: Depending on the blender model, I recommend pouring the kombucha into a glass beforehand and stirring out the carbon dioxide so that no unnecessary pressure is built up in the device when mixing.

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FAQ

Which blender do I need for a green smoothie?

It's best to get advice there. Recommended brands are: Vitamix, Nutribullet, Bianco di Puro, Wartmann Mixer

Buy a smoothie or make it yourself?

Ready-made smoothies are:

• highly heated and therefore have fewer nutrients than fresh smoothies
• no (alkaline) raw food
• are made from processed ingredients and not whole fruit
• They're pretty expensive, but it's worth making your own
• are not fresh
• may contain additives such as sugar, flavorings or colorings
• often consist mostly of cheap ingredients
• are often filled in plastic bottles that are hazardous to health and remain on supermarket shelves for a long time
• allow no control over the quality and origin of the ingredients
• cannot keep up with the taste of freshly prepared smoothies

Conclusion: It is better to make your own smoothie than to buy a smoothie! Tastes better and is definitely healthier.

What does NOT belong in the Green Smoothie?

To ensure that the green smoothie remains a basic and easily digestible meal, I advise against adding the following ingredients:

• Unripe fruits – Not only are these bad for the body, but they can really ruin the smoothie’s flavor.
• Sugar additives or substitutes, in any form as well as honey, syrups, maple syrup. If your green smoothie isn't sweet enough for you, just use really ripe fruit like brown bananas, sweet mangoes, or Medjool dates.
• Dairy products such as yoghurt, quark or milk. These impair the basic effect of the smoothie and make it difficult to digest. The same applies to juices and plant milk:
• Juices - Commercial fruit and vegetable juices are highly heated to allow long storage times. Juices, such as apple juice, tomato juice, orange juice, vegetable juice, and multivitamin juice.
• Plant milk / vegan milk , such as rice milk, soy milk, oat milk and almond milk etc.
• Oils, nuts or seeds could make it difficult to digest and impair the alkaline effect. Exception: If you fancy a smoothie variety, then you are welcome to prepare the smoothie in a bowl and top it with finely chopped fruit, granola, berries, herbs and superfoods such as chia or hemp seeds.

Sources:

• dein-ernaehrung.de Ulrike Eder
• Book: Green smoothies - The healthy mini-meal from the blender ,
  dr Med. Christian Guth / Burkhard Hickisch, GU
• gruenesmoothies.de

Happy cooking and good health!