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
Equipment
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.
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.
Admittedly I hate carrots and put more in this by mistake, but just did not love it. The carrot taste came through too much for me. That said I did force it down and felt better afterwards so I’m hoping I can force myself into liking it
Good smoothie. More pineapple taste than carrot.
My favourite smoothie in the 10 challenge. It was delicious and I will make it again for sure. I swapped out the strawberries for raspberries. Mm so yummy. 5 stars for you!!
I had never imagined carrots could blend so well. WOW! And taste even good. I loved it.
Hey Lorraine,
Yay for trying new ingredients with your smoothie!
Happy blending!!
Delicious. I love the combo of veggies and fruits in a smoothie, but not a fan of coconut water. Thankfully, it tasted great with filtered water.
Much to my surprise the carrots were great in this smoothie, it was quite refreshing!
Hey Tiffany,
That’s awesome! So happy we were able to surprise you with this recipe 🙂
Cheers!
I love adding carrots into my smoothies and this one was a good one for sure! It’s a keeper in my book!
Not a fan of the Carrot in a smoothie. I love carrot ginger juice. Adding almond milk was the deal breaker for me.
Hey Sandra,
You could always try it again with a different nut milk and see if that is better for you!
Loved this one!! Super tasty and who knew carrots could go into a smoothie!!
I never would’ve thought of this combo on my own. It was very tasty!!
Hey Katie,
Love that we got you to try something new!!!
Happy blending 🙂
Very interesting with carrots.
Who knew? I’ve juiced carrots but never smoothies them with strawberries and pineapple. I love veggies in my smoothies so will try more carrot and less fruit next time, but very tasty!
Hey Rebecca,
Glad we got you to try something new!!
Yay for more veggies in your smoothie 🙂
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!)