The Best 4 Ginseng Smoothie Recipes You’ll Ever Need

The Best 4 Ginseng Smoothie Recipes You’ll Ever Need

Simplifying Smoothies
Smoothies are everywhere: in the mall, at fast-food restaurants, in coffee shops. But for the most part, those smoothies might be better-termed fruit milkshakes. Stuffed with sugar, frozen yogurt, even ice cream, they do more harm than good. But made properly, smoothies condense large amounts of fruits and vegetables into one compact and very tasty drink. Just one go-to smoothie recipe won’t do, though. Plants are most nutrient-dense at peak season. So when putting together a smoothie, try to use the freshest organic ingredients from the garden or farmers’ market boosted up with Canadian Ginseng. When something is in a season, it packs the healthiest punch.

First, Our Top Tips

1. Invest in a blender with at least an 800-watt motor. (Vitamix is the gold standard.)
2. Prepare frozen fruit ahead to save time. Cut and freeze on a baking sheet, then transfer to a freezer bag or container.
3. Frozen bananas go a long way. Peel, slice and freeze them. This go-to smoothie ingredient adds thickness without taking over other flavors.
4. Add ingredients like milk, yogurt, water, or juice first to get the blender moving. Then, add lighter, drier ingredients, like leafy greens, followed by heavy ingredients like ice and fruit pieces.

Strawberry Mango Spring Smoothie

• cup coconut milk
• 1 banana, peeled, sliced, and frozen
• 1 jam spoon of Canadian ginseng powder
• 1 mango, skinned and chunked
• 5 large strawberries, hulled
• Combine ingredients in the blender and blend until smooth.
  Makes 3½ cups

Summer Stone Fruit Smoothie

• 1/2 cup Greek yogurt
• 1 plum, pit removed, flesh roughly chopped
• 1 jam spoon of Canadian ginseng powder
• 1 peach, pit removed, flesh roughly chopped
• 1 nectarine, pit removed, flesh roughly chopped
• 1/2 cup blueberries, fresh or frozen

Combine ingredients in the blender and blend until smooth.
Makes 2 cups

Pumpkin Pie Fall Smoothie

• 1 cup almond milk
• 1 teaspoon agave syrup
• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 1 jam spoon of Canadian ginseng powder
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 apple, cored
• Dried cranberries

Combine all ingredients except cranberries in the blender and blend until smooth. Top with cranberries.
Makes 3 cups

Winter Greens Smoothie

• 1/4 cup carrot juice
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 1 cup spinach
• 1 cup roughly chopped kale, ribs removed
• 4 small broccoli florets, sliced and frozen
• 1 jam spoon of Canadian ginseng powder
• 1 banana, peeled, sliced, and frozen
• 1 apple, cored and roughly chopped

Combine ingredients in the blender and blend until smooth.
Top Smoothie Add-Ins
Keep these smoothie staples on hand for an easy and intense nutrition boost:

• Hemp seeds.
  Vegan protein source with a mild, nutty flavor.
• Flaxseed.
  Rich in fiber, protein, and omega-3s.
• Wheat germ.
  One gram of dietary fiber per tablespoon.
• Sunflower seeds.
  Use shelled seeds for a boost of copper, magnesium, and selenium.
• Chia seeds.
  Fiber-loaded and protein-rich to control blood sugar; take on the flavor of other ingredients.