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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.
I find it’s important to get the ratios right. I remember making my own concoctions when I first bought my Vitamix, throwing in WAY too many carrots one time… that was not good. This smoothie was MUCH better; the carrots did not overshadow the other flavours. I freeze carrot tops to add small amounts to any smoothie for more nutritional greens.
This was good. It was the first time I have ever put carrots in my smoothie. I used raw carrots but sliced them up thin. Next time I will try roasting them or steaming ahead of time. Still good with raw carrots but I’m interested to see how it if the flavor changes of roasted or steamed carrots are used. This turned out to be a very liquidity smoothie but I still enjoyed it
While blending this one I kept thinking, “Wow, I wonder if this is like baby food?” (because of the color, I think). I’ve not eaten baby food, so, I’m not sure. It’s not one of my favorites from the challenge, but admittedly, I forgot to steam the carrots beforehand. I blended them with the spinach to try to help with consistency, but it was still a little gritty (I used baby carrots bc it’s what I had). I added a little coconut milk for some more liquid because my pineapple and strawberries were both frozen and it was a little thick.
Update: it got better as I drank it, but still not in my top 5 for the challenge.
Liked this smoothie, one of my favorites. I couldn’t really taste the carrots. I may start adding them to more smoothies
Very fresh and hydrating
I really like the flavor of this recipe. My Vitamix threw chunks of carrot and spinach into the top of the blender, I would recommend scraping out the lid and sides then remixing a little so as to not loose all these good bits.
I thought the carrot would be too fibrous, but it worked well. Another smoothie enjoyed.
Loved this smoothie. I forget to add carrots to my smoothies. I’ll remember now! So good!
The carrot taste was very faint. This would be even better if I added more carrots. I also had to add about a quarter cup more of coconut water because it was to thick to blend. Overall a good smoothie.
Carrot? I didn’t taste carrots! This one might be my new favorite.
I mixed this up a bit by swapping kale for spinach,
using pineapple flavored unsweetened coconut water, adding flax seed, and an inch of ginger root. It was pretty good. I liked the ginger and flax seed, but tend to prefer spinach over kale. I also used cooked carrots.
I usually juice my carrots and not in my smoothies. I enjoyed it.
Day 8 of the Green Smoothie Challenge – Today’s smoothie was the Carrot Smoothie with spinach, coconut water, carrots, strawberries and pineapple. I had forgotten to get more spinach when I went to the store the last time, but I did have a little spinach left and used that in my smoothie along with some of the leafy part of the bok choy I had bought. Not sure if it was the bok choy, carrots or something else, but my smoothie seemed to have a bit of spice to it – which I kind of liked.
No. Perhaps I didn’t blend.it long enough. I could still feel the carrots. The texture was not at all pleasing.
I added Flax Seed to this smoothie as my something wild! It was good but not my favorite.
Yummy, I was very surprised by the carrots. Would try this again.
The color was not appealing, but pleasantly surprised by the taste. Nice and fruity. For me it was too much liquid so I would cut it back next time.
This is a nice smoothie. I used half cup of coconut water and half cup water.
I love adding carrots to smoothies; they provide a sweetness and flavor that is so good! This was definitely a winner
Very filling. Would add carrot to other recipes