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Pucker up and sip on this lovely lemon smoothie. Learn how to make a lemon smoothie with ease and enjoy all the brightness these vibrant fruits have to offer.
This vibrant and refreshing smoothie is just what your body needs to stay energized and healthy. Frozen peaches, lemon and honey as well as ginger and turmeric are blended into a nutritious drink. It even tastes like a blast of citrusy sunshine. Just 5 wholesome ingredients (plus water) are needed to learn how to make a lemon smoothie, and drink to your health.
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Health Benefits of a Lemon Peach Smoothie
Lemon: This smoothie calls for a whole lemon without the rind. Lemon flesh provides fiber to help you feel full longer. Lemons also give this smoothie a dose of vitamin C, which is just what your body needs to fend off both cold and flu viruses.
Peaches: Peaches are in the stone fruit family, and stone fruit gets its name from the hard, inner seed. They are an excellent source of vitamin C to support a healthy immune system. Peaches may also prevent certain types of cancer and aid in digestion.
Honey: Honey not only adds natural sweetness to this lemon smoothie, it’s also a natural energy booster. Look for raw honey in the baking aisle of your grocery store. Unlike pasteurized honey, Raw honey does not undergo the heating process, and all of the nutrients are preserved. Raw honey has antioxidant and natural anti-bacterial properties that can help improve digestive system as well as help you stay healthy.
Ginger: Ginger contains the anti-inflammatory compound gingerol. Ginger also helps promote healthy digestion, lower blood pressure, and increased immunity. Peel the skin from the ginger with a sharp paring knife before grating the flesh.
Turmeric: Turmeric contains curcumin, a powerful anti-inflammatory compound. The medicinal effects of turmeric work at the molecular level to tame inflammation that leads to diseases like heart disease, cancer, metabolic syndrome, and Alzheimer’s. Turmeric delivers antioxidants for boosting your immune system. If you don’t have access to fresh turmeric for your lemon smoothie, then you can swap in dried powdered turmeric. If using fresh, then use about a ½ tablespoon-sized knob. Peel the turmeric first, then grate before adding to the blender.
How to remove the rind from a lemon
- Wash and dry the lemon before removing the peel.
- Using a vegetable peeler, peel the rind (like you would an apple). Leaving as much of the white pith on the lemon as possible. This has the most vitamix C of the entire lemon!
- Discard the rind and cut the lemon into quarters. This fleshy part of the lemon contains the fiber, and adding this to your smoothie will keep you feeling full longer.
How to Make a Lemon Smoothie
Combine the frozen peaches, lemon, honey, ginger and turmeric in a high-power blender. Blend until creamy and smooth. Add water for a thinner consistency.
Make this immune-boosting lemon peach smoothie part of your weekly breakfast routine. Get healthy and energized as you sip on this delicious and wholesome smoothie.
Boosting with protein
If you’re looking to turn this smoothie into a meal, then I recommending boosting it with a plant-based protein powder. My protein powder recipe offers 10 grams of plant based protein, along with 4 grams of healthy fat and 7 grams of fiber.
Boosting smoothies like this lemon smoothie helps keep you full longer, as well as helps the body turn the natural sugar from this smoothie into useable energy.
More Lemon Smoothie Recipes
I love adding lemon to my smoothies so I have some more fun recipes to share with you!
- Lemon cleanser
- Citrus kiwi smoothie
- Fruit and vegetable smoothie
- Apple celery smoothie
- Immune boost smoothie
- Spinach orange smoothie
If you blended a smoothie that tastes less than great, then try adding a squeeze of fresh lemon juice to it. Lemon can help brighten up that smoothie a bit, as well as bring the other flavors together.
If you find lemons a bit too tart for a smoothie, then try buying Meyer lemons. I can seriously eat these lemons by themselves, they are so sweet and juicy.
Would you please rate + review this smoothie once you make it? Your reviews help so much!
Perfect Lemon Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 lemon peeled
- ½ cup water
- 1 tbsp raw honey
- ½ inch ginger root fresh
- 1 cup peach frozen
- ½ tsp ground turmeric
- 1 serving homemade protein powder optional
Instructions
- Blend all ingredients until smooth.
- Pour into a tall glass and enjoy.
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Notes
- To make this smoothie vegan, replace honey with maple syrup.
- Meyer lemons are slightly sweeter than traditional lemons, which can help if you don’t love the pucker or a lemon.
- Use at least 1 frozen fruit for a refreshingly cool smoothie.
Perfect Lemon Smoothie is truly perfect . I added Chia seeds, 20 grams of protein and an organic stevia leaf.
Today’s smoothie was very lemony . It took getting used to while sipping. I just kept reminding myself of all the vitamin c I was absorbing!
This smoothie was as to be expected… a little tart. With the lemon as well as the turmeric… it delivers a punch of tartness. It is not my favorite but it’s not bad!
I love the color of this one and it’s very refreshing. The tang from the turmeric took a little getting used to.
I followed ingredients exactly. I don’t even taste the peaches. Just tastes like tart lemon. Not liking it but I’ll drink some for the health benefits.
My second not favorite. Too much tumeric for my taste. I did like the lemon though.
Can not rate. This was horrible! Way to bitter and sour. Hubby gagged!
This was SO good! I didn’t expect to like it this much, and I’m always looking for ways to add tumeric to my diet because it’s REALLY good for us. Bravo!
Love this bright delicious balanced smoothy
Whew! Todays was a little tart but I added some vanilla protein powder and a little more honey and it was fine.
Good but tangy. Not my favorite so far!
Very refreshing and a bit spicy. Loved the sour and tanginess of the lemon and the spice of the ginger. Might add a bit more honey or peaches on the next attempt. With no veggies I felt like this was not a completely balanced smoothie. Might try it again some carrots or cauliflower.
I liked the combination of flavors a lot. Definitely will be great on hot summer days or on days when I feel a little under the weather. I use my smoothies as a meal replacement and this one didn’t give me that feeling of satiation, so I probably won’t make this one very often unless I have a surplus of lemons. Still, turmeric and ginger were great additions.
Wow! Loved this one! Added l-glutamine and bcaa as pre-workout smoothie this am… simply delicious!
What an interesting combination of flavours. The lemon tartness of course but also the ginger and turmeric. Peaches are not coming thru though
I expected this one to be tart based on lemon being in the description. To my delight this was a refreshing smoothie that is full of yummy goodness. I enjoyed it much more than I expected to