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morning smoothie with a kick

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Recipe by
Janus Joy Miller
@earth2joy
Friendswood, TX

I got a Vitamix for Christmas from Santa, and I LOVE it! I use it all the time - mostly to make fruit & veggie smoothies, sometimes soups, and occasionally spreads and such. Today, I felt like a ginger, celery, apple, carrot, grapefruit, lemon, bell pepper smoothie. Usually, I'd add kale or spinach, but today, I didn't have any. Nor did I have any ice! All I had was cubes of frozen coffee. I thought, well, if it's awful - oh well. To my tremendous surprise, it was extraordinary! Something about that roasted coffee flavor with the lemon and other fruits. I will definitely be making this again.

yield 2 to 4
prep time 5 Min
method No-Cook or Other

Ingredients For morning smoothie with a kick

  • 1 lg
    ruby red grapefruit, peeled
  • 1 lg
    sweet apple, cut into 8 chunks
  • 1 md
    peeled carrot, cut in 3 or 4 pieces
  • 1 sm
    meyer lemon, cut in half, unpeeled
  • 6 stalk
    average size celery (equivalent to about a cup and a half)
  • 1
    knob of fresh ginger, 1" long x 1/2" dia
  • 1/2 lg
    red bell pepper, cut into chunks
  • 4
    packets truvia sweetener (or real sugar or honey to taste)
  • 2 c
    water
  • 6
    cubes frozen black coffee (equivalent to maybe half a cup or so) more or less to taste

How To Make morning smoothie with a kick

  • 1
    Put all the fruit, vegetables, water, Truvia (or other sweetener) and ginger in a Vitamix blender. If you don't have one, you can use a regular blender, but it won't be as smooth.
  • 2
    Blend on the smoothie setting, or until smooth.
  • 3
    Add frozen black coffee and blend until smooth.
  • 4
    Serve cold. Garnish with an orange slice.
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