Kiwi Smoothie Ingredients
- ripe kiwis
- avocado
- banana
- spinach or other greens
- plant-based milk, vanilla-flavored, is nice
- Sweetener of choice- maple, honey, agave, coconut sugar
- ice
How to make the BEST Smoothies (10 tips)
1. Never stick a spoon or spatula in a running blender.
2. Pour the liquid in the blender first. Then add the fruit. This will help to get things moving. Never, no matter what, add sticky or thick things like peanut butter in the blender first.
3. Start the blender on the lowest speed and gradually increase the speed to high, and shut it down the same way, gradually slowing it down.
5. If you can’t eat fresh fruit fast enough, freeze it for smoothies. (Peel it, cut it into small chunks, put it in a zip lock) Anything goes grapes, apples, kiwi, bananas, berries, oranges, mangoes, anything really. Avocados can even be frozen.
6. In winter, add something hearty or rich like bananas, nut butters, tahini, oatmeal or avocado, for a little extra heartiness.
7. A smoothie is not a milkshake. Try to keep it healthy. Otherwise, just have a milkshake. Use soy, almond, rice or coconut milk, fruit or veggie juice, aloe or just water. Use maple syrup, brown rice syrup, honey, agave, or fruit itself, as sweetener.
8. Play around with adding fresh herbs and spices and seeds.
9. Chilly frosty smoothies are yummy. Room-temperature smoothies are not as tasty. If not using any frozen fruit, throw in a few ice cubes. It makes it so much more palatable.
10. If your smoothie is bland…try adding a little citrus juice, or zest to brighten up the flavor.
More Smoothies to Enjoy!
Kiwi Smoothie
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Total Time: 5 mins
- Yield: 2
- Category: Smoothie
- Method: Blended
- Cuisine: american
- Diet: Vegan
Description
This Kiwi Smoothie is sure to brighten your day! Made with banana, avocado, and spinach, it’s sweet and tart, and deliciously addicting. Vegan!
Ingredients
Instructions
- Place the liquid in the blender first, then kiwi, banana, avocado, spinach and honey. Blend on low speed, increasing to high speed. Blend it up until creamy and very smooth.
- Taste-kiwis very in tartness- add more sweetener or a little squeeze of lime juice if you like.
- Add ice and blend again. Scrape down sides if necessary.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 10 ounces
- Calories: 239
- Sugar: 25.9 g
- Sodium: 79.4 mg
- Fat: 6.4 g
- Saturated Fat: 0.9 g
- Carbohydrates: 43.2 g
- Fiber: 7.3 g
- Protein: 6.7 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
I was wondering what the 1T was in the ingredients list?
It is listed as ⅛ cup lime juice +1T?
This smoothly has a beautiful texture and colour but was quite tart! I experimented with adding some dried lemon myrtle powder (leaves) & a bit more honey – better but I’ll cut back on the lime juice if the kiwis are more tart in flavour next time. Thanks for these delicious healthy WholeFood recipes 🙂
Hi Lynne- thanks for the feedback- helpful! I made some adjustments to the recipe- it all depends on how ripe the kiwis are, so adjusting to taste may be the way to go here. 🙂
Many Thanks for your timely response and for making the recipe adjustments. It’s a winner!
Yes, best to use ripe soft kiwis here!
I was wondering why the information for the nutrition is blank and what the amounts are.
Hi William, this is located at the bottom of the recipe card. Do you not see it? maybe the calculator was down, but it is working now. 😉
Dit ga ik maken , lijkt me heerlijk!
Heb geen honing in huis moet het maar zonder
Lieve groet,
Trudy
Thanks Trudy!
good morning i was wondering if you had any other smoothie recipes to share? i am in the process of detoxing and need inspiration. my plan is to do a 3 day detox to cleanse and get my body and mind in a healthy place. I eat fish/seafood 2x a week, no dairy or other animal products. Thank you for your time.
Elsa
Elsa there are several smoothies on the blog- just type smoothie in the search bar and good luck with your detox!
Thank you, it was so good! I used the ice cubes this time, but would it still work leaving them out completely, since it’s winter?
Please post more smoothie recipes. I’d love a not-boring one with blueberries from you 🙂
Yes, I just find it’s better when cold. 🙂
Super tasty! Thank you x
This looks so delicious! I keep finding myself coming back to this blog for healthy treats and ideas and still i am impressed with the unique recipes you share! That Kiwi mix looks so good! I think i might just have to try it out. Thanks for the goodie yet again!
What could be better than healthy food that looks so appetizing! Cool post, thanks
It was pretty good. I’ll try it. Thank you for your sharing and presentation
Interesting recipes. Healthy food can be delicious. Thanks for the useful tips.
I have a wonderful avocado cheesecake recipe!! ?
In this smoothie is a vitamin C bomb. The kiwi and lime combo is perfect. I gathered the best paleo desserts on my blog here – http://fitbodybuzz.com/paleo-desserts/ and I listed this smoothie recipe as well. Thanks for the great recipe and presentation.
Thanks James!
This looks delicious. Surprisingly, I have all the ingredients on hand. Re her suggestion to not put spoons in the blender, I have a wooden spoon I call “the object lesson”. I used it instead of pusher in the food processor.
I am not really fond of including ice cubes into the smoothies, I like to freeze my fruits 🙂 Which liquid do you recommend if we do not have vegetable milk? Which juice suits this smoothie better? thanks!
Yes, absolutely freeze the kiwi! I really think most fruit juices would taste good here…apple, orange, pineapple…play around with it!
Wow, that is a crazy color. I need to eat something like this for breakfast more often, too. I’ll try it!
Yum ~ fits right into my new diet <3 ~ used no honey, thanks!
Yum – Fits right into my new diet. Thanks!
Hi there. The current Food on Friday on Carole’s Chatter is collecting links to posts about shakes and smoothies. I do hope you link this lovely one in. This is the link . Please do pop back to check out some of the other links – there are a lot of good ones already. Have a great week.
This smoothie was pretty good, except that I think I added too much honey.
Tried this. It was pretty good except I think I put a little too much honey in it. Next time I will put less or maybe omit it completely.
Just got a bag of kiwis from my CSA — I had NO idea what to do with them, but this sounds like a great idea!
i just made this and it’s super yummy! The perfect balance of sweet from the honey, rich creaminess from the avocado and tartness from the kiwi! mmmmmmmmm!
Yay! And I bet your new Vitamix made it extra smooth and creamy! I really need a new blender.
Oh wow this looks delicious. I’m lucky enough to live on an avocado orchard, however finding MANY things to do with avocado is hard and shockingly it’s easy to get sick of them. Thanks for the recipe!
Wow. I’m jealous!
This sounds so satisfying! One of my favorite snacks is avocado with a sprinkle of salt, squirt of lemon, and drizzle of honey. This is like the creamier, smoothier version of my favorite snack! Such a great idea.