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.
Very good. I added unsweetened protein powder for a boost in protein and made it a meal replacement.
I thought this one would be more fruity, but tasted a little bland to me. I added a half a banana which gave it enough sweetness to make it ok. Also not a very pretty green color, but luckily tasted good in the end.
I have to admit I was not looking forward to the carrots, but it still tasted pretty good. Just takes some getting used to but my taste buds are complying 🙂 Day 8!
Wow, I’m surprised. I wasn’t sure how I was going to react to the addition of carrots. I was scared it was going to be lumpy but it wasn’t. I love this flavor profile. I’m giving this 4stars instead of 5 because my smoothie was to thick, 1/2c of liquid didn’t suffice, I had to modify so it was 1c of liquid. That said, I froze my carrots with the fruit as part of my smoothie prep, so not sure if left unfrozen if that would have accounted for the other 1/2c of liquid, I’m guessing so. Now I want to know what other flavor profiles/fruit combos carrots can go with.
Sooo good! Not too sweet but sweet enough to be yummy! My favorite of 10 day challenge…
I found it really tasty, although I’m pretty sure I added way more carrot than needed, so that was the main flavor.
I had a difficult time blending this one…the final result was soo thick for my liking. Maybe I need to make some adjustments.
This was good to know about raw vs cooked. I’ve done a raw diet and my body liked it at the time, but it wasn’t sustainable for my lifestyle.
Not too sure about today’s smoothie. I think it’s because my blender didn’t blend the carrot that well and everything was a bit chunky.
Used baby carrots and I subbed kale since I ran out of spinach. Very good, not overly sweet.
I like it with turmeric boost cubes
I followed this recipe as close as I could with the fruit and veggies but only using 3/4 cup of coconut water and 1/4 cup of water today. I liked the carrot taste, but it still was a little too sweet for me. I added some unflavored protein to give it more nutrition and lime to tamper the sweetness but still had some oatmeal for breakfast.
Day 8, Carrot Cooler
Added Tumeric Smoothie Cubes
Substituted baby kale and celery leaves for spinich
I made this one with baby kale, but would prefer spinach. After tasting, I boosted with coconut smoothie cubes to help lessen the kale flavor. I like the addition of carrots. It must have been good because it didn’t last long!
Not my favorite but it wasn’t awful. I added hemp seeds for some protein.
Loved this smoothie… a little sweeter! I add my Lean Protein Powder and Chia Seeds too!