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This carrot smoothie recipe is surprisingly delicious with a variety of fruits and veggies. I’ll show you exactly what ingredient to use if you’re looking to take your health to the next level. Grab your blender and let’s go!
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Health Benefits of a Carrot Smoothie
This carrot smoothie recipe shines most in its vitamin C and fiber content. Fiber is an underrated part of a healthy diet, so I love when one of my smoothie recipes contains a solid amount of dietary fiber.
The other big star in this carrot smoothie is vitamin C. One serving gives you over 100% of the recommended daily intake of vitamin C. So not only will this smoothie satisfy your taste buds, it will also boost your immune system naturally. Want to know more? Check out the vitamin C benefits and see why this nutrient is a smoothie superstar.
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Raw vs Cooked Carrots
Someone asked me whether raw or cooked carrots were more beneficial in this carrot smoothie. I laughed, thinking it was a joke… and then I actually researched it. The answer may surprise you!
According to the National Library of Medicine, cooked, pureed carrots actually released more beta-carotene than raw carrots did. So if you’d rather cook your carrots before blending, then go for it! Either way, carrots are a great, sweet veggie to add to all kinds of smoothies.
To Peel or Not to Peel
As with many fruits + veggies, the peel (or outside wrinkly part) of a carrot actually contains some of its nutrients. So I recommend leaving that carrot whole before blending. This way you can benefit from as much of that carrot as possible. If your carrots came with their leafy green tops, then you can even toss those in. For tips on getting the creamiest, most nutrient-packed blends, check out my guide on how to make a smoothie.
Carrot Smoothie Ingredient Swaps
If you’d told me when I started drinking smoothies that I’d be adding veggies like kale or spinach into my smoothies, I’d have told you you were crazy! Yet the more I drink smoothies with leafy greens, the more my body starts to crave other veggies and so I got creative with my blends.
- Swap spinach with another leafy green vegetables. Carrot tops are perfectly edible, and would make a great swap in this smoothie!
- Swap coconut water with regular water, or a brewed herbal tea.
- Switch out those strawberries with another berry (raspberries would be my first choice!). If you want to keep the sugar low, you can use my low sugar fruits list.
- Mango is a great swap for the pineapple. For easy prep, check out my guides on how to cut mango and how to cut pineapple so your fruit blends evenly every time.
Boosting Your Smoothie with Plant-Based Protein
While this carrot smoothie recipe has 4.1 grams of protein, you can boost it to 14.1 grams of protein and make it a complete meal! My homemade protein powder is 100% plant-based with 3 simple, organic ingredients: hemp protein, chia seeds, and flaxseeds. These 3 superfoods are ground into a fine powder, and together provide healthy fats, essential amino acids, and the cleanest protein you’ll find on the market.
More Plant-Based Recipes
Here are some other ways to use up that bag of carrots in your green smoothies. Maybe these’ll inspire you to include a spot for carrots in your next garden!
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Strawberry Carrot Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 cup spinach
- 1 cup coconut water
- ½ cup carrot
- ½ cup strawberries frozen
- ½ cup pineapple frozen
- 1 serving homemade protein powder optional
Instructions
- Blend spinach and coconut water together until smooth.
- Add remaining ingredients and blend again.
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Notes
- Use at least one frozen fruit to make the smoothie cold or serve over ice.
- Using steam carrots make it easier to blend, or you can also leave them raw. Either way, the right smoothie blenders make it quick and easy.
- Make frozen meal prep smoothie packs so you have smoothie packs ready to go.
Yumo, love your recipes, so simple and tasty, I am a convert, would love the book!!
This smoothie is so yummy! I love the idea of adding carrots to a smoothie. It came out a bit grainy due to put the carrots into the blender in fairly large pieces, so will have to try grating them next time.
With 5 stars!
Never in my life would I think to put these ingredients together but I am sure glad you did! I love the flavor that the carrot brings to this recipe. My new fave!
First time for using carrots in a smoothie for breakfast but I didn’t mind a bit. I love carrots and they didn’t make the smoothie taste weird at all (like I thought it would!)
Pretty good! The strawberry and pineapple did a good job of camouflaging the carrot!
This was quite good. There was something about combining carrots and spinach that had me worried but I really enjoyed it. These recipes rawk!
This one was ok. Not a fan of the carrot taste, even though I like carrots. I’ll try steaming them a little next time.
Love this smoothie – plan on adding it to my rotation of smoothies I make using Bell Peppers (red, yellow or orange ones) and Celery!
This was different. I got a strong carrot taste but it was balanced by the strawberries. I didnt really get any pineapple coming thorough but maybe it worked in the background.
Perfect timing for this recipe! I was just trying to think of ways to use up the rest of my shredded carrots – I didn’t think about adding them to smoothies, but was pleasantly surprised with their added flavor, thanks!
I loved the consistency of this smoothie..I steam the carrots slightly and then blend with the coconut water which was smooth quickly then add the other ingredients..I took out pineapple and add cherries and I would call this smoothie my favourite one so far..DELICIOUS
This had a strong carrot taste which is ok with me as I like carrots
First time using carrots. I grated them and they blended up beautifully. Unique taste.
Four stars, I was okay with this combination. First time adding carrot to a smoothie.
Loved this one! So did my husband.
Really yummy!! My husband and I have enjoyed every one from day 1 of the challenge!
The kids didn’t like, but my husband and I enjoyed.
I really like this one, and using carrots was new to me! I’ve never trusted my blender to handle them, but now I know it can if I steam them first! It has just the right amount of sweetness.
This wasn’t terrible, but it mostly tasted like carrot to me.
This smoothie was good.
Grating carrot was delightful, made a smoother texture for sure. Ok flavour, will try again.