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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!
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.
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. 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!).
Mango is a great swap for the pineapple. While some of these swaps will lower the amount of vitamin C in this smoothie, a vitamin C smoothie cube can also be added.
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: organic hemp protein, organic chia seeds, and organic flax seeds. 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 fridge. Maybe these’ll inspire you to include a spot for carrots in your next garden!
- Carrot Ginger Soup
- Carrot Tops Smoothie
- Simple Carrot Salad
- Cantaloupe Smoothie
- Loaded Sweet Potato
- Minestrone Soup
Have you ever made a smoothie with carrots? Don’t forget to leave a comment + rating to let me know what you think of this smoothie!
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.
Equipment
Notes
- Use at least one frozen fruit to make the smoothie cold or serve over ice.
- Can chop and steam carrots to make them easier to blend, or leave them raw.
Not a keeper for me… I’d rather eat the raw carrots on the side. Or maybe I just need to add more fruit.
Enjoyed this one and you don’t even taste the carrot. Added turmeric ginger smoothie cubes, pumpkin and hemp seeds.
A pleasant surprise!
This was delicious!
It was OK.
I was apprehensive about this one, because i haven’t like the carrot smoothies i’ve made in the past. Steaming the carrot ahead of time really made a difference. I didn’t notice it this smoothie. The predominate flavors were of strawberry and pineapple.
Yum….. an interesting smoothie. As always I made it a meal replacement smoothie and I added something wild too: a piece of fresh ginger!!!
I can’t even taste the carrot. For me that’s great! Lol! This one is nice and tangy, not overly sweet, and refreshing start to my morning.
I’m on the fence with this smoothie. Not sure if it’s the carrots in a smoothie. While I like carrots not sure I like it in my smoothie, I do like trying new things. I’ll keep an open mind to trying it again n maybe adding some other fruits❤️
This one was just alright; I used purple carrot so maybe it gave too strong of a carrot flavor? I did taste the hint of sweetness, so it was interesting getting the earthiness and sweetness.
Hi Laura – Great feedback! Purple carrots actually have one of the most sweet flavors of all the carrots. However, they also can have a peppery taste along with it, which might account for the earthiness. If you’d like the nutritional benefit of carrot, yet a milder flavor, you could try a yellow carrot next time. They are said to be the most mild and have hardly any earthy flavor. Let us know what you think if you do!
Yummy and refreshing!!
I love adding carrots to my smoothies but not with spinach. That was too many veggies for me
Day 8 of my 10 challenge – this one has me nervous first one adding vegetables but YUM YUM YUM , these challenges are really inspiring, have me trying smoothies for the first time and consuming more fruit and vegetables than I have ever had in my life !!!
I share in all my smoothie groups and NutriBullet recipe pages I can not recommend these recipes another !!!
Pretty good! I haven’t used carrots before.
Was surprised at the flavor, will definitely try this one again.
I do not particularly like carrots, especially in my smoothies. It just isn’t as smooth and I guess I have sensory issues. lol.
The taste was not so bad, just didn’t like the texture. I made a 2nd and left out the carrot, but added some kale and i liked it better.