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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, honey, ginger, and turmeric come together in a creamy, nutrient-packed drink that tastes like a burst of citrusy sunshine.
Why This Lemon Smoothie Recipe Rawks
This lemon smoothie is bursting with bright, zesty flavor and functional benefits. It’s refreshing, nutrient-packed, and incredibly simple to make. From digestion to immunity, each ingredient plays a role in helping you feel your best. Here’s why this smoothie deserves a spot in your blender:
- High in vitamin C: The lemon flesh adds fiber to help you feel full longer and a crazy dose of vitamin C to support your immune system and fight off colds and flu. Peaches are also a good source of vitamin C and may also prevent certain types of cancer and aid in digestion.
- Naturally sweet: Raw honey adds natural sweetness to balance the tartness and an energy booster. 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.
- Anti-inflammatory: Ginger contains the anti-inflammatory compound gingerol. Ginger also helps promote healthy digestion, lower blood pressure, and increased immunity. Turmeric contains curcumin, a powerful anti-inflammatory compound that works at the molecular level to tame inflammation.
Ingredients You’ll Need
This lemon smoothie keeps things simple and clean with just a handful of powerful ingredients. Each one plays a role in making the final blend refreshing, naturally sweet, and full of feel-good benefits. Here’s what to grab before you blend:
- Lemon (peeled): Choose bright yellow, firm lemons with smooth skin for the juiciest flavor. Organic is best—especially if you plan to use the zest—since citrus fruits can be heavily sprayed with pesticides, and those residues tend to linger on the skin.
- Water: Use filtered or spring water for the cleanest taste in your smoothie.
- Raw honey: Look for local or organic raw honey for the best flavor and nutrition; it adds a rich, floral sweetness.
- Raw cashews: Adding cashews (or any nut/seed) to a smoothie increases the protein, healthy fats and fiber to keep you full longer. Raw cashews are mild tasting, which is why I use them most often.
- Cauliflower, frozen: I’ve been on team cauliflower in my smoothies for years now. Why? It’s a sneaky way to boost the fiber and make the smoothie even creamier. Try it— you’ll thank me later.
- Frozen peach: Opt for unsweetened frozen peaches for a naturally sweet and creamy texture. I love buying these in bulk whenever I find them at the store.
- Fresh ginger root: Pick firm, smooth ginger with a strong aroma. Peel the skin from the ginger with a sharp paring knife before grating the flesh. Store in the fridge for freshness.
- Ground turmeric: Choose the most high-quality, vibrant yellow turmeric for the best earthy and slightly peppery flavor. 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 Make a Lemon Smoothie
This lemon smoothie is quite simple to make, especially if you have a high-powered blender (like a Vitamix). If you’re on a mission to get healthy and naturally energized, follow along to make this smoothie in minutes.
- Combine the frozen peaches, lemon, cauliflower, cashews, honey, ginger and turmeric in a high-power blender. If using a standard blender, you can soak the cashews to soften before blending.
- Blend until creamy and smooth. If you need a thinner smoothie you can add more water until you achieve the texture you want.
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). Leave as much of the white pith on the lemon as possible. This has the most vitamin 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 feel full longer.
Easy Swaps and Add-Ins
One of the best things about smoothies is how flexible they are. Whether you want to boost nutrition, adjust the flavor, or swap in ingredients you already have on hand, there are plenty of ways to make this lemon smoothie recipe your own. Here are some easy tweaks to try:
- Add more frozen fruit: Sweeten this smoothies with more frozen fruit or try a banana!
- Add protein: If you’re looking to turn this smoothie into a meal, then I recommend boosting it with a plant-based protein powder. My homemade protein powder recipe offers 10 grams of plant-based protein, along with 4 grams of healthy fat and 7 grams of fiber.
- Swap lemons: 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.
- Swap honey: This smoothie can be made vegan by using maple syrup in place of honey and is just as sweet and tasty.
Common Questions
Lemon smoothies are packed with vitamin C, which helps boost immunity, support digestion, and promote glowing skin. They also contain antioxidants that fight inflammation, fiber for gut health, and natural enzymes that aid in detoxification. Plus, their refreshing citrus flavor makes them a delicious way to stay hydrated and energized!
Fruits that mix well with lemon include strawberries, blueberries, peaches, raspberries, mangoes, and pineapples. Lemon’s bright, tangy flavor pairs beautifully with sweet or juicy fruits, enhancing both taste and freshness in smoothies, salads, and desserts.
Absolutely! Lemon smoothies are rich in vitamin C and antioxidants, which help boost collagen production, fight free radicals, and brighten your skin. The hydration from the smoothie also keeps your skin plump and radiant, while ingredients like ginger and turmeric can reduce inflammation and support a healthy complexion.
Lemon smoothies can be a great addition to a healthy lifestyle. Packed with vitamin C and antioxidants, they support immune health, digestion, and hydration. When blended with other whole ingredients like fruit, ginger, or turmeric, lemon smoothies offer a refreshing and nourishing way to boost your daily wellness routine.
You can put a whole lemon in a smoothie, but it’s best to remove the rind to avoid bitterness. Using the peeled lemon—including the flesh and pith—adds bright flavor, fiber, and vitamin C. Blending the whole fruit (minus seeds and peel) gives your smoothie a fresh, tangy boost with added nutrients.
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Perfect Lemon Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 lemon peeled
- ½ cup water
- ¼ cup raw cashews
- 1-2 tbsp raw honey
- ½ cup frozen cauliflower
- 1 cup peach frozen
- ½ inch ginger root fresh
- ½ tsp ground turmeric
Instructions
- Blend all ingredients until smooth.
- Pour into a tall glass and enjoy.
Equipment
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.
- Swap cashews for 1 serving of your fav protein powder.
Tart & tasty smoothie, made mine with lemon, plant-based milk, honey, ginger, turmeric & pineapple instead of peaches.
Although very bright it was a bit too sour for me. I did add some extra honey but still a bit to much. Maybe adding banana would have made it better for me.
Made according to recipe. Wowee!! Talk about waking up your taste buds!! What a zinger!
Too tart, so dumped it back into the blender and added a hall tablespoon of honey. Still too tart, but headed in the right direction. So added another half tablespoon honey. Finally delicious. Beautiful color! Could not taste peach at all, though. Drank 8 oz. then added some hemp hearts and half a banana to the remainder for my lunch. Haven’t tasted that yet, but anticipation is high!
Love the color and taste.
I was skeptical about this one; I didn’t think I was going to like it. I absolutely LOVED it! It was so bright and flavorful!
Oh this is my jam! Love the tart lemon and ginger and fresh turmeric is the clincher…not always available but so worth it. I didn’t bother grating the ginger or turmeric (just cut into a couple of chunks each) which is probably harder on my Vitamix but there you have it. I did take out the seeds of the lemon. I needed a splash more water as all of my other ingredients were frozen. We all think this would make fabulous popsicles this summer.
I am really not a lemon person so this was pretty sour for me. I added in a half banana and I think it helped somewhat! Going to try and get a half glass down! Lol
This was my least favorite as it was rather tart. I substituted strawberries for the peaches so maybe that is why. I also keep slices of fresh turmeric root in my freezer, so I used that instead of the ground turmeric. It is probably very healthy though.
I would have never thought to put lemon in a smoothie but SGS has me loving it in almost all of them! I don’t love ginger so this smoothie wasn’t my favorite but I would drink it again because it wasn’t bad and I know that all of these ingredients are so good for our bodies.
I liked it; not love it. Also too much work 🙂
Loved the flavor on this! I actually put in two lemons and took the seeds out first. However, the volume on this was a lot lower than the other smoothies. Shockingly my toddler loved it too!!
So far, my favourite smoothie. I love lemons so what can I say. I did add some Hemp seeds too and I have a good blender.
Very tasty and quite tart, but it’s okay. Would be a great drink in the summer-time. Mine actually was much less quantity than the other three, certainly was not 16 oz as it didn’t even fill up an 8oz glass, so not sure what I missed as I checked and rechecked the ingredient list and I put everything in that was listed. Probably need suggestions on what I can add to reduce some of the tartness and then I would like it much more.
The smoothie taste was surprising tart and rich ginger & turmeric after taste. This would have worked better with fresh ripe peaches vs. frozen, and I substituted maple syrup as I did not have honey. I did not make it as recommended – resulting in an unfair rating. I will have to revisit this one in the summer. With all that, it is still a lot better than some of my concoctions in the past!
Tangy is the one word that describes this smoothie. Will awaken all your taste buds! Added water and will try this one again.
Love the taste … peeling and deseeding the lemon is a pain in the butt!
Tart and tasty!! I used local peach and honey, and lemon I had previously blended. Then I made an extra cup using SGS anti-inflammatory smoothie cubes (in place of the fruit, turmeric and ginger), which turned out a little sweet from the mango and pineapple. For today, this smoothie replaced my usual morning drink of hot water with lemon and ginger. I considered adding greens, but I wanted the vibrant yellow colour!