Talk about a smoothie full of life and powerful nutrients! Perhaps we can call it a superfood smoothie?! The ingredients can’t get much more colorful – red from cherries, orange from oranges, green from collards, and blue from blueberries. Eating all the colors of the rainbow means you’re getting a variety of health-promoting, disease-fighting phytonutrients.
Yield: about 7 cups
I N G R E D I E N T S
3 cups water
½ - 1 bunch collard greens
2½ cups fresh or frozen blueberries
1 cup fresh or frozen cherries, pitted
2 small oranges, peeled
1 two-inch piece fresh ginger
D I R E C T I O N S
Add all ingredients to a high-powered blender and blend until smooth. Serve immediately.
Recipe courtesy of The Institute for Functional Medicine