Keep your watermelon chilled in the fridge and when you’re ready to make this smoothie, chop the watermelon into cubes and add to the blender jug.
Squeeze the limes and add the juice to the blender jug.
Blend well and then strain it through a kitchen sieve to remove the rough seeds so that you’re left with a very smooth drink. If you happen to use seedless watermelon you should still strain it so that your smoothie is perfectly smooth.
Happy National Nutrition Month! This year we’re celebrating a world of flavors with this multi-flavors, multi-vitamin smoothie.
This smoothie has the important nutrients you can use instead of a daily multi-vitamin supplement. Plus it tastes yummy too!
Did you know? Supplements are a way to bridge micronutrient nutrition gaps you might have if you’re not eating enough food or eating a variety of foods throughout the day. This multi-vitamin smoothie not only helps bridge these gaps but can help you digest and absorb these nutrients as well.
Multi-Vitamin Smoothie
Prep time: 5-7 minutes
Servings: 1
Ingredients
1 cup frozen wild blueberries
½ cup frozen strawberries (around 7-8)
1 banana – peeled and sliced
½ cup tightly packed baby spinach
1 tablespoon smooth peanut butter
1 tablespoon chia seeds
2 medjool dates – seeds removed and chopped
½ cup unsweetened soy milk
½ cup concord grapes juice – 100% juice, not from concentrate
1 very tiny square of Pacific kombu – I used Emerald Cove and soaked the square overnight so it was easily blended.
*TIP: To save time: Prepare ingredients the night before in your blender and leave in your freezer or refrigerator overnight. Then whirl and go in the morning!
Preparation
Place all ingredients in a blender. Blend until thoroughly combined.
Important MULTI-NUTRIENTS provided in 1 serving:
Nutrient
% of your Daily Recommended Value
Vitamin A
36.2 %
Vitamin B1 (thiamin)
11.7%
Vitamin B2 (riboflavin)
23.8%
Vitamin B3 (niacin)
28.6%
Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid)
12.8%
Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine)
43.0%
Vitamin B9 (folate)
27.1%
Vitamin B12 (riboflavin)
10.0%
Vitamin C
106.8%
Vitamin D
25.0%
Vitamin E
9.3%
Vitamin K
212.3%
Calcium
32.3%
Choline
8.6%
Copper
26.4%
Iron
26.9%
Magnesium
39.2%
Manganese
273.2%
Phosphorus
24.4%
Potassium
42.8%
Selenium
12.5%
Zinc
16.1%
Some other important nutrients (% data not available) are:
Biotin – found in the peanut butter.
Iodine – from the kombu seaweed. Kombu has the highest amount of iodine compared with other seaweed and is higher than most foods in general. 1 sheet of it can produce about 2000% of your recommended daily amount, why is why we only used a tiny square. Plus it doesn’t have that fishy taste.
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