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Treat yourself to an anti-inflammatory Honey Turmeric Smoothie with a refreshing blend of mango, carrots, orange, ginger, turmeric and honey. Your immune system will enjoy the nourishment in this bright, delicious turmeric smoothie recipe too!
In addition, this is a super simple, tasty and filling smoothie.
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Tips for Blending Smoothies
This smoothie has a few more ingredients than a normal recipe because I tried to cram as many anti inflammatory ingredients in as possible. I must say, the result is perfectly sweet, slightly tangy, and super orange! Here’s how I blend it:
- Blend the orange, almond milk and ginger until smooth. Start on low then increase speed as the blades chop up the ginger + break down the orange pulp.
- Add remaining ingredients and blend until creamy.
The orange acts as both liquid and fruit in this smoothie, so it goes in the first blend. If using a high powered blender, then the raw carrots should break down easily. Your smoothie may have a hard time completely breaking down the ingredients if it isn’t high powered. Steaming the carrots before using can help as well.
I leave as much white pith on the orange as possible, as there are loads of nutrients there. To lower the natural sugar, omit the honey.
Turmeric Smoothie FAQs
Yes! Follow my instructions below on how to use fresh turmeric. The health benefits far outweigh those of ground turmeric, yet I know it can be hard to find. So use it if you can find it, but don’t sweat it if you can’t.
I recommend no more than 1 tablespoon per serving (about a 1 inch piece of fresh turmeric, or 1 tsp of ground turmeric.) A little goes a long way!
Since turmeric has an earthy taste, I like to pair it with sweeter fruits like mango. It also goes well with oranges, and pineapple. My turmeric smoothie recipe includes ginger, orange, mango, carrots and honey.
How to use Fresh Turmeric in Smoothies
If you can find fresh turmeric in the produce aisle, substitute a 1-inch piece for 1 teaspoon dried turmeric (1 tablespoon peeled and freshly grated or minced). If using fresh turmeric, I add it in the first blend with the ginger to give it extra time. To cut up turmeric:
First, cut the skin from the flesh with a paring knife. Alternately, you can also use the spoon method. Apply gentle pressure with the edge of spoon to scrape off the turmeric skin.
After that, slice 1-inch of turmeric and drop into your blender to do the rest.
I recommend adding ยฝ to 1 teaspoon of dried turmeric to a single smoothie. You donโt want to go overboard with spice in a smoothie. So I’ve given this turmeric smoothie recipe just the right amount!
Favorite Ingredients to Blend
- Turmericโ is at the heart of this smoothie. With a warming earthy flavor and beautiful golden color, this spice delivers powerful anti-inflammatory benefits. Plus a boost of antioxidants for optimal health. The spice contains curcumin. An antioxidant known to reduce inflammation and boost your immune system. Used in traditional Eastern medicine for centuries, it’s beloved as a natural treatment for a wide range of health issues.
- Gingerโ This smoothie also contains ginger, another powerful anti-inflammatory spice with immune boosting properties. Above all, zesty ginger is known as a stomach soother and anti-cancer agent.
- Honeyโ Honey adds natural sweetness to this smoothie. In addition, it offers extra health benefits. It’s is a good source of antioxidants. And has antibacterial and antifungal properties. Manuka honey is made when honeybees pollinate the โManukaโ or โtea treeโ plant. Studies have shown Manuka honey holds both antibiotic and antibacterial benefits. Likewise, it’s proven to be effective in fighting infection and promoting healing. If you can find Manuka honey, itโs a great healthy addition to this smoothie!
- Orangeโ I added an orange to this turmeric smoothie recipe for a whopping dose of vitamin C to support a healthy immune system.
- Carrotsโ Carrots also deliver vitamin C to this smoothie, along with antioxidant-rich beta carotene, a powerful free radical fighter.
More Healing Turmeric Recipes
If youโre trying to step into the natural healing space more, check out these other wonderful recipes that use turmeric:
Honey Turmeric Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 inch ginger root peeled
- 1 orange peeled and zested
- ยพ cup almond milk or other nut milk
- ยฝ cup mango frozen
- ยฝ cup sliced carrots frozen
- 1 tbsp raw honey
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 1 serving homemade protein powder optional
Instructions
- Place ginger, orange and almond milk in blender. Blend until smooth.
- Add remaining ingredients and blend until creamy.
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Notes
- If frozen carrots aren’t available, swap for frozen pineapple or roasted sweet potato that’s been chilled.
- If you’re using all fresh ingredients, pour over ice to serve.
- Fresh turmeric has even more health benefits than ground turmeric. Swap in 1-inch peeled fresh turmeric.ย
- Omit honey to cut down on the natural sugar of this smoothie.
Totally loved this one!!! So refreshing!
This one is not my jam. I think the tumeric & ginger makes it too flavor spicy for me. But I dranked it.
Great smoothie. It’s got a nice zing from both the ginger & tumeric. The orange tends to to make it frothy, and I didn’t notice the carrots at all. To me it’s like a treat smoothie (and just knowing the health benefits makes it even better).
Yum! This is right up my flavor alley and I loved it. Also excited to feel the benefits from the ginger and turmeric. I’ll probably try fresh turmeric next time and see is that rounds the flavor our a bit, or perhaps it will do the opposite. TBD!
Not bad but not great. I may have added too much turmeric or too much ginger because there was a faint slightly odd taste.
This is maybe a smoothie I would make once every couple of weeks. I think it might grow on me ๐
The health benefits are fantastic but not the most wonderful flavor. Too much zing (probably from the Ginger). Iโll try it again but will play around with the Ginger amount and maybe add some protein powder, to help with the taste or even add in an apple.
Oh how I love the combination of turmeric and ginger! This one was delicious. I did not have carrots, so I used sweet potato and I added collagenโฆyum!
Not my favorite although I love ginger and honey. Possibly my fruits were just not sweet enough or because my carrots were not frozen, sliced very very thin.
Nope! We were hoping to love this one. Too strong for turmeric maybe. Just didn’t care for it. Won’t add it to our library but it was fun trying it!
Love love love the ginger! Left out the honey and it was still delicious. This will be in my rotation.
This smoothie was okay. But to be fair Iโm not a huge ginger or turmeric person, so me liking it was a long shot. Overall for me not being a huge fan of those flavors it wasnโt terrible though.
Itโs ok. Not sure this will make my top 10. I used pineapple instead of mango (I picked up the wrong bag of fruit). Will make again before making a final decision.
Honey Turmeric Smoothie, I was pleasantly surprised with this one. I used an immunity juice shot I had in the fridge and really enjoyed the freshness. Will be adding to my rotation.
I really like this smoothie. I was leery about the turmeric, even though I know the health benefits. I did not have any carrots and added Greek yogurt for protein. It could be a little sweeter. Iโm not sure if the carrots would have helped with that.
Love the orange and ginger flavors together on this one! I plan on making this one weekly to help boost my immune system and hopefully ease some of my joint pain. Thanks for sharing your recipe!