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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.
BAM!! This smoothie will WAKE UP your tastebuds! Love the zing of the lemon.
This smoothie brought out the sunshine in winter. Delicious and refreshing.
Lovely Lemon! I really liked this. I needed to boost the sweetness to offset the tart so I added more peaches and a spot of alternative sweetener. I also added a splash of vanilla, hemp hearts, and pea protein powder. Yum!
Added bonus… we have no banana today! 🙂
forgot to rate this 5 *****
Loved this unexpected combination. Very refreshing and super tasty.
Tart and refreshing!!
What a bust of flavor! I was surprised how yummy this was. Definitely tart so I added a little vanilla protein powder. Even vanilla extract would be a nice addition. Would be a wonderful summer drink too
Like upgraded lemonade. Delicious if you like lemons
Nice tart and sweet smoothie. I like the balance of flavors.
Lemony greatness
If you’re a lemon lover, it’s a 10! It’s a refreshing drink to sip little by little., not a smoothie per say
Love it. A real energy boost.
The Perfect Lemon smoothie has a very pretty yellow color, but is a bit too tart for my taste. If I cut back on the lemon, it would probably be fine since I like all the other ingredients. I appreciate the dose of Vitamin C, though!
This is my first time to follow your recipe to make smoothies, it is delicious. I like all ingredients, thank you very much.
Hi Vicky! Awesome! So glad you loved this one. We have a whole section of smoothie recipes on the blog, you should give it a glance!
This is one of my favorite smoothies to make-so good! I don’t add turmeric since I take curcumin. Still DELICIOUS. If the lemons are too tart, I just add a bit more honey. (I’ve never tried Meyer lemons -definitely will the next time I see them in the store).
Hi Janet! So glad you loved this one, we have more smoothie recipes on the blog you should try!
Looks very easy to make & refreshing.
Hi Steve! You will love this one, so refreshing!
I’d forgotten to add some protein boost (I used hemp hearts and ground flax seeds), which definately made it creamier and dialed down the tartness (used a regular lemon).
Hi Dimi- I love your suggestion for creating a creamier lemon smoothie. Rawkin’!