Cinnamony Blueberry Gingerbread Smoothie

Posted byLori Posted onNovember 22, 2011 Comments9
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Now, I don’t know if gingerbread is a Thanksgiving flavor, a Christmas flavor, a Starbucks sugary syrup (sugary but wow it’s good), or just an obsession of mine, but I’m going with the gingerbread flavoring as long as I can.

Don’t let the ingredients in this smoothie intimidate you, this smoothie is easy. It’s really just a basic smoothie of greens, liquid, fruit, and spices. Oh, and some fun superfoods that I just can’t live without.

Superfoods I’m talking about are staples in my diet. Maca powder helps deliver pure energy, adrenal support, and a hormone helper. Raw honey is a wonderful alkaline-forming food. Raw honey is also anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-fungal, an energizing foods, and helps aid in digestion. The homemade Gingerbread spice includes cinnamon and ginger, both of which I believe are superfoods.

Cinnamon regulates and keep blood sugar level, been known to lower LDL cholesterol, has an anti-clotting effect on blood, and may even help with arthritis pain. Some even say just smelling cinnamon boost cognitive function and memory. Ginger is super anti-inflammatory, a natural painkiller, maybe help with reducing cancers including ovarian and colon cancer, and may prevent winter-time colds and the flu.

This is why I love food. Food can cure, or at least help, so many health problems. Not only nourishing, foods are healing.

…and SO good.

Cinnamony Blueberry Gingerbread Smoothie

Makes 2 regular smoothies, or 1 hungry-girl smoothie

  • 1 1/2 cups coconut water (or almond milk)
  • 1/4 cup coconut meat (optional, from young coconut)
  • 1/2 cup frozen or fresh blueberries
  • 1 cup spinach
  • 1-2 tbsp raw honey, more or less if you like your smoothie sweeter
  • 1 tbsp maca (for a yummy malty taste and extra energy)
  • Gingerbread Spice
    • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
    • 1/4 tsp allspice
    • 1/4 tsp ground ginger
    • 1/4 tsp coves
  • 1 large cup of ice
  • pinch of love

Directions:

Place all ingredients into a blender. Blend on high until smoothie. Add more ice if you love super frosting smoothies like I do.

 

What foods do you use because they are super? Or just delicious?!

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  1. […] LOTS of Green Smoothies: Blueberry Gingerbread Smoothie […]

  2. […] smoothie was inspired by a recipe I found online for a Cinnamon Blueberry Gingerbread Smoothie but I just didn’t have all the ingredients so I made my own […]

  4. This sounds wonderful! I really HATE coconut, so I was wondering what I could add instead of that? Do I actually need something that adds texture?
    Thanks, I really love your recipes:)

  5. Hmm, I do like cinnamon and ginger in my blueberry smoothies, so this does look like a good match!

    My superfoods aren’t as fancy as yours. I go for bananas, nuts, and spices 🙂 Still not liking the coconut water!

  6. Maca makes me so happy! And I can’t live without my greens powder, cacao nibs, and honey! I’m finally getting your PB in the mail today too, sorry it took so long! 🙂

  7. I use protein powder, spinach, maca, and cinnamon in every smoothies I make. It tastes good and I love the healing properties.

    Yesterday I ground my own cinnamon from sticks. It’s amazing how much more fresh it tastes!

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