Carrot and Orange Smoothie Juice – Raw Vegan Vitamix Recipe

Do you ever find you have too many carrots sitting in the fridge? Do you buy a big kilogram bag because it was 10p more than the smaller bag?!

I’ve been eating carrots as a snack with hummus, in salads, and on their own and still have loads in the fridge. This smoothie/juice is a great way of using some up and adding some variation to breakfast. I say juice, because the carrot breaks down so small, with enough water is thinner than a smoothie, but still has a bit of texture. Its raw and vegan, plus its super healthy start to the day!

Ingredients:

3 Medium carrots

1 Inch chunk of ginger

2 Oranges

300 mls water

5 Ice cubes

Add all of the ingredients into a blender, in the order listed, I use a Vitamix Aspire, blend for 1 minute on high or until it reaches a smooth consistency, depending on your blender. You should then have a carrot juice, which tastes strongly of orange and after kick of ginger. Great way of disguising carrots into a drink for fussy eaters 😉

Fun Fact:

The actual plant of a carrot (greens above ground) can grow up to 1 m (3.2 ft) tall and flowers around June to August (northern hemisphere summer) with a bright white flower. – Science Kidz

Warning this smoothie does NOT contain bananas, I just thought the face was fun!

Blood Orange Smoothie Recipe – Vegan and Raw

If your trying to do a raw or vegan diet or just get into the habit of a healthy breakfast, here is a easy recipe for a vitamin filled energising breakfast.

Recipe:

4 blood oranges

1 banana

1 kiwi

1 Cup water or 7 Ice Cubes

Blender

Instructions: 

Add all of the ingredients into a blender, I use a Vitamix Aspire, blend for 1 minute on high or until it reaches a smooth consistency, depending on your blender.

Drink and enjoy!
Fun fact about blood orange, did you know its the cold conditions they grow in, which bring out the deep colourings? Mine came in my organic veg box, they came from growers in Spain, where they’d had a particularly good cold snap just before picking! I’m not sure of what other conditions they need but if its a cold dreary winter, surely the UK would be great to grow them in!