Carrot Smoothie With Ginger And Orange
Smoothies are a great way to start the day. If you have a power blender, they’re a breeze to make. This recipe for a carrot smoothie with ginger & orange is a vibrant nutritious morning drink, full of colour and flavour.
I thought I ate a lot of fruit and veg, but I’m finding that getting in the newly recommended ten-a-day is a bit of a challenge. We usually start off our mornings with a smoothie packed full of all sorts of nutritious ingredients. This carrot smoothie with ginger and orange ticks off one of the ten. Only another nine to go then.
Juicing could be a good way of adding more fruit and veg to our diet. I’ve stayed clear of juicers, however, as I’ve heard they can be a bit of a faff to clean.
Carrot Smoothie with Ginger and Orange
I get a lot of carrots in my veg box. It can be a bit of a struggle to use them all sometimes. This carrot smoothie with ginger and orange is one of the ways I use them up. It produces a vibrant orange coloured smoothie which is brimming with flavour and vital nutrients. One glass of this keeps me going until lunchtime.
Ginger and orange are both tried and tested pairings for carrots, so why not use both? I actually used a blood orange in this particular smoothie, but any orange will do. I also added turmeric as I try and get a daily dose to ease my aches and pains. It works too.
My Optimum power blender is my smoothie workhorse. I use the large jug to make double quantities, so we have enough for two days running. The ingredients for my morning smoothies are organic as I like to start the day on a healthy note. It doesn’t usually stay that way. If you’re using carrots and oranges that aren’t organic, make sure you scrub them well.
As we make copious amounts of kefir, this is what I use in our smoothies. If you don’t have kefir substitute a third yoghurt and two thirds water. If you’re vegan you can substitute it for the liquid of your choice.
I also make a mean mango carrot smoothie. It’s quite sweet because of the mango, but what a fab colour.
Top Tip
It’s completely optional, but for an additional nutritious boost, add a quarter to a half of your orange peel to the smoothie as well as the juice. Just make sure your orange is organic or, at the very least unwaxed. If you’d not added peel before, start with a quarter, then you can add more the next time if you think it tastes okay.
Do you have any tips for getting your ten a day?
Other Carrot Recipes You Might Like
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And for even more carrot recipes, I have a whole collection from both Tin and Thyme and other fabulous food bloggers.
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Carrot Smoothie with Ginger and Orange – The Recipe
Carrot Smoothie with Ginger and Orange
Equipment
- power blender
Ingredients
- 750 ml kefir (or liquid of your choice)
- 3 carrots scrubbed & halved
- 1 thumb size knob root ginger
- 1 orange zested then peeled (I used a blood orange)
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 2 tsp linseeds (flaxseeds)
- 2 tbsp rolled oats (porridge oats)
- 2 tsp baobab powder (optional)
- 1 tsp bee pollen (optional)
- few marigold petals (optional)
Instructions
- Place everything, except the orange peel, in a power blender and blitz until smooth. I used the veg setting on my G2.3.
- Pour into glasses and enjoy.
Notes
Nutrition Estimate
Sharing
We have an ongoing task of using up the carrots in our veg box before the next lot arrive. This carrot smoothie with ginger & orange is a good way to use some of them. I’m sending it to the No Waste Food Challenge at Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary.
This sounds really lovely, and I LOVE the idea of a self-cleaning juicer! My masticating juicer hasn’t been used in months and months because it’s such a faff to clean!
I’ve been having this smoothie a lot recently, although I do interchange it with an old fashioned green one. The self-cleaning juicer is such a clever idea.
Oh, that is lovely. I really like to put a lot of veg and fruits into my daily diet, although it is a bit more expensive to eat a lot of vegs and fruits. That is a lovely smoothie. I have to try a bit more things along that line.
Thanks Chris. It’s lovely to hear from you. Something is not right in the world when eating fruit and veg and other healthy ingredients is more expensive than junk 🙁
I love carrot, ginger and orange smoothie! The addition of turmeric is so clever! Going to make this juice this week.
Thanks Pretty. I tend add turmeric to whatever I can get away with, but it works well in smoothies with other strong flavours like ginger and orange. Plus it helps to give a beautiful colour 🙂
Love the idea of carrot, ginger and orange. The Juisir does sound amazing – love that you don’t have to clean it!
Thanks Jan. I’ve been drinking a lot of this smoothie recently – I seem to have an almost permanent excess of carrots 😉 The no-clean juicer almost sounds too good to be true.
I love the sound of the juicer and the fact that you can use the bags. The carrot, orange and ginger combination is a win win in my book any day.
Thanks Nayna. Luckily it’s a win win in this household, which is just as well as I’ve been making it a lot lately. The reusable Juisir bags is a definite bonus.
That is one healthy smoothie and it must taste amazing. Great for fending off colds too. The Juisir sounds like the perfect juicer.
I try and make my morning smoothies into tasty immune booster – you’re not welcome here colds! As for the Juisir, it sounds amazing.
Your juicer looks interesting – I would like one but don’t have room. But I like the idea of adding turmeric to a smoothie
I don’t have room either Johanna and I don’t have the juicer. But I am quite tempted! It sounds good. I add turmeric to most of my green and orange smoothies. I’m a bit creaky and need a daily dose 😉
I am SO excited by the concept of the Juisir! My existing Froothie Juicer is perfect – apart from the cleaning. This will be a game changer.
It sounds quite amazing Claire and actually makes me want a juicer for the first time ever.
Thought I spotted the colour of turmeric in the mix! Love the combinations of flavours used in this smoothie and can’t help but get excited about the Juisir either!
The Juisir sounds quite amazing Michelle. As for turmeric, I stick it in whatever I can get away with 🙂
What a lovely smoothie recipe. And the Jusir looks amazing!
Thanks Kate. Carrots lend themselves particularly well to smoothies. I doubled the amount in our smoothie this morning and it was ace.
Love love love this juice! Carrot & ginger is such a great and super healthy combo!
Thanks Andrea. Carrots, ginger and orange make for a tasty and nutritious combination.
I have just spent couple of days in London on mini break with kids to go round museums etc. We also indulged a bit, food wise, and although it was really only 1.5 days we came home this evening and I felt like I need something nourishing! Your smoothie would be just perfect! I love adding ginger to any juice/smoothie type of concoctions and carrots are the perfect base, one to try!
I know what you mean. I always feel like I need something uber healthy when I’ve been away. Sounds like you had a fun time though.
I eat lots of veggies, I meant A LOT!! 1.5kg daily and my husband loves his meals with lots of fruits and no way that you can get him to finish the plateful of salads without fruit in it. BUT…we don’t drink smoothies…strange, huh? I love to eat my fruit as they are.. and my power blender is mainly for making nut butter..(really wonder if there’s a better way to make them because it’s not a fun and relaxing job to get it done)
I think you should do a post guiding us though how you eat so many veggies Angie. I love veg, but find it difficult to eat that much every day. As for smoothies, I just bung everything in the blender and walk away to do something else whilst it’s blending.
I know what you mean about trying to use up all the carrots in a veg box. I also end up putting them in smoothies and juices. I haven’t used my juicer for ages though as I can’t be bothered to clean it, so I’m seriously thinking about getting a Juisir!
The carrot conundrum! The Juisir sounds seriously good – tempting indeed.
This sounds delicious Choclette – do you put the carrots in whole or do you chop them up first? I’ll have to give this a go.
Good point Mandy. I’ve amended the recipe. I half the carrots, unless they are huge and then I’ll cut them into three. I used to bung them in whole in my 9200, but I’ve not actually tried in this one. It would probably be fine.