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When inflammation flares—whether from hard workouts, stress, poor sleep, or just life—I don’t overhaul everything. I simplify. One of my favorite ways to do that is with Anti-Inflammatory Blender Bombs: frozen smoothie cubes you can keep in your freezer and add to any smoothie when your body needs extra support.
These smoothie cubes are packed with ingredients known for their anti-inflammatory properties, blended together once, then frozen for easy use later. Think of them as your anti-inflammatory smoothie insurance policy—ready whenever you need a boost.
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When to Use Anti-Inflammatory Blender Bomb
These lil’ blender bombs are especially helpful when:
- your joints feel achy
- workouts leave you extra sore
- stress feels high
- digestion feels sluggish
- you want proactive, food-based support
This is one of those small habits that adds up in a big way.
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Ingredients You’ll Need
Each ingredient was chosen intentionally to support the body’s natural inflammation response:
- Raw honey: Adds gentle sweetness and additional antioxidant support.
- Pineapple: Contains bromelain, an enzyme known for its anti-inflammatory properties and digestive support. Cut pineapple in chunks before blending.
- Flaxseed oil: A rich source of omega-3 fatty acids that help calm inflammation.
- Lemon juice: Adds brightness while supporting detox pathways.
- Ginger root: A powerful anti-inflammatory and digestive aid.
- Turmeric: Contains curcumin, widely studied for its inflammation-fighting benefits.
- Black pepper: Enhances turmeric absorption so your body can actually use it.
How to Make Anti-Inflammatory Blender Bomb
- Add all ingredients to one of my recommended high-speed smoothie blenders and blend until completely smooth. If needed, add a small amount of water to help everything blend evenly.
- You’ll want about 4 cups of puree total. If your mixture comes up short, add enough water to reach that amount.
- Pour the mixture into two standard 16-well ice cube trays. Freeze for at least four hours, or overnight, until solid.
- Once frozen, pop the cubes out and transfer them to a freezer-safe bag or container.
Beginner Tips
These cubes are bold and powerful by design. If you’re new to turmeric or ginger, start with fewer cubes and work your way up. Balancing them with a creamy fruit like banana or mango helps mellow the spice while keeping the benefits intact.
How to Use Blender Bomb in Smoothies
To use, add 4 cubes to your favorite smoothie recipes in place of ½ to 1 cup of fruit. They blend easily and pair well with:
- leafy green vegetables
- coconut water or non-dairy milk
- tropical fruits like banana or mango
- protein powder or seeds
These cubes are especially helpful post-workout, during times of stress, or anytime your body feels inflamed or run down.
How to Store
You should end up with four cups that you can distribute between ice cube trays. If you didn’t quite blend enough, add water until you reach four total cups. After the cubes are completely frozen, store them in a freezer-safe container until you’re ready to use. I’ve got silicone freezer bags of each of my blender bomb recipes so that I can grab what I need when I need it.
More Blender Bomb Recipes
I love having targeted ingredients ready for whatever my body needs most. That’s why I created blender bomb recipes (aka: smoothie cubes) using specific superpower plants—so support is always just a scoop away. Pick the blend that fits how you’re feeling and let your freezer do the rest of the work.
- Fiber smoothie cubes: Designed to support digestion and keep things moving, these cubes add a boost of fiber to any smoothie without changing the flavor too much.
- Healthy fats smoothie cubes: Perfect for longer-lasting energy and better nutrient absorption, these cubes add satisfying fats that help smoothies feel more filling.
- Antioxidant bombs: Packed with colorful fruits and plants, these cubes help fight oxidative stress and support overall cellular health.
- Green alkaline cubes: Loaded with leafy greens and mineral-rich plants, these cubes support balance and hydration while keeping smoothies light and refreshing.
- Electrolyte smoothie cubes: Great for post-workout or hot days, these cubes help replenish fluids and minerals to support hydration and recovery.
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Anti-Inflammatory Blender Bomb
Ingredients
- 3 cup pineapple
- 8 tbsp flaxseed oil
- 8 tbsp lemon juice
- 4 tbsp ginger root finely minced
- 4 tbsp raw honey optional
- 8 tsp fresh turmeric root or 4 tsp ground turmeric
- 1 tsp black pepper, ground
- water if needed
Instructions
- Place all ingredients into a blender and puree until smooth. If needed, add a little water. If there isn't 4 cups of puree, add enough water to equal 4 cups.
- Pour into two 16-well standard ice cube trays. Place in freezer for at least four hours up to overnight, until frozen solid. Pop cubes out of tray and transfer to a resealable, freezer-safe bag or container.
- To use, add 4 cubes to your favorite smoothie in place of 1/2 to 1 cup fruit. (See notes below for more info.)
Notes
- For an extra boost of bromelain (and if using a high-speed blender) don’t remove the hard fibrous core of the pineapple. This is where the highest concentration of bromelain is found.
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil can be used to replace the flaxseed oil.
- If allergic to pineapple, swap with the equivalent of fresh apples or pears, just keep the peels on.
- Canned pineapple won’t contain bromelain any more, so use fresh or frozen if possible.
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Leave a review for a chance to win signed copies of my cookbooks!A blender bomb is a frozen smoothie cube made by blending targeted, nutrient-dense ingredients and freezing them into cubes. Instead of adding multiple ingredients to your blender every time, you drop a few cubes into your smoothie to boost things like fiber, healthy fats, antioxidants, electrolytes, or anti-inflammatory support.
Think of blender bombs as prep-once, blend-anytime helpers. They save time, reduce decision fatigue, and make it easier to support your body with specific plant-based ingredients—especially on busy days when you still want your smoothie to work a little harder for you.
Most of my blender bomb recipes are to use 4 cubes to replace 1/2 cup to 1 cup of fruit in a smoothie. My fiber smoothie cubes can be blended with the liquid of your choice to make a smoothie all by themselves.
You can turn these blender bombs into a smoothie by themselves, or add to any smoothie you want by replacing 1/2 to 1 cup of fruit with these cubes.
I made these last night and had them in my smoothie this morning!!! They are SO good! It gave my kale mango smoothie a nice lemony zing and reminded me of the Mean Green juice that I love from Joe Cross. My husband has a herniated disc and struggles with sciatica and other back pain and I’m hoping these will help calm the inflammation!!!
Hi. I read your review. Thanks for it. I also hope you guys find the help and possible solution for your husband’s pain.. check The Miracle Ball Method. By Elaine Petrone. I have found her method helpful. She does a free event online, once a month, which I found helpful for understanding the book better. I hope to one day be able to help people through this method, but am not currently affiliated. Also, she can help online, but once a month she does a free event, just to clarify, and see if you are interested.
I wasn’t sure about adding milk to this recipe- I would usually add water or coconut water to citrus smoothies. But it made it creamy without compromising on the fresh taste. I used homemade oat milk. The colour is bright and vibrant for a happy day ahead!
4 stars because I’d like to try it with water next time 🙂
Best thing ever. I swear this along with some stretching helped me heal my de quervain’s tenosynovitis, I was in so much pain in my wrist and I feel this helped. I love this, and it tastes so freaking delicious on its own! Thank you ladies!!
LOVE that this helped you Seidy, and that you’re using food and movement to heal your body naturally! Please continue to feel better and better. <3
I wasn’t sure about adding milk to this recipe- I would usually add water or coconut water to citrus smoothies. But it made it creamy without compromising on the fresh taste. I used homemade oat milk. The colour is bright and vibrant for a happy day ahead!
Your recipes along with the informative information about the ingredients used is simply amazing. I have food allergies & food sensitivities to almost everything that I was eating. I had to switch to a vegan lifestyle for health reasons. Finding this website with healthy, vegan style foods & smoothies is a life saver for me. It presents healthy recipe choices and priceless information that helps me to make right food choices to better my health and still be able to eat foods that taste good.
So glad you found us Elaine!!!
Excellent idea to freeze this for ease of use! And it’s delicious. Thanks
This is great and such a beautiful color!! I’m counting on this to help my body feel better.
This was delicious before even pouring into the cube trays!
Made this today in smoothie form, making the cubes tomorrow…thank you SO much, my allergies had been really acting up, and this made my body just feel so much better. I have spinach cubes in the freezer as well as frozen bananas, I learned how to do all of this from you guys! Thank you so much..I can’t wait to get flax seed oil from Trader Joes!
Excellent recipe. I also used frozen pineapple, worked just as good, but I will try the 100% pineapple in a can this week for the cubes recipe. Thank you again! Instant relief, I couldn’t believe it. Oh, I subbed Flax Seeds and made sure to pulse them really fine in the blender, and then added the frozen pineapple and other ingridents, mine needed a little bit of water, but it still worked just as good!
That’s great, Rebecca! And just to let you know, we prefer to use fresh or frozen pineapple as opposed to canned because the canning process neutralizes the wonderful bromelain found in pineapple (the enzyme with powerful anti-inflammatory properties that reduces swelling). Remember, you can always buy frozen and let it thaw in the fridge overnight. 🙂
I totally understand thanks for the tips, my Trader Joes didn’t have fresh pineapple yet so I got the frozen…but I’m trying the cubed smoothie today….how do you reccommend using them in a smoothie? with water or milk?
Thank you for the great recipe…:)
Hey Rebecca, I think it depends on personal preference but I’d blend them in a smoothie with tropical fruit, with either water or milk as a base.
Today I made the Tumeric Booster Smoothie Cubes. I am very interested in the anti-inflamatory effects. I used apples with the skin on for the fruit and olive oil instead of flaxseed oil. The smell of apples and ginger are dominant so far. Into the freezer now and tomorrow into the smoothie.
This is ALSO a TEN!
They are SO fragrant and could just drink as is (in a shot-size form, like shots of freshly pressed wheat grass)!
They are THAT good!
A MUST to add to your smoothie-making adventures!
Cheers to kicking inflammation’s butt! 😉
So glad you love them, Elizabeth! Thank you for the great review!! 🙂
I love all the ingredients in this one. So easy to add to a smoothie for that added boost. Thanks for the recipe!
So glad you love this!
hi,
I love your blog! How do you use the turmeric cubes? Do you put them in a drink or do you just eat them as a popsicle?
Thank you! We like to add the cubes to our smoothies, sometimes in place of some of the fruit. For example, you can use 1 cube for an extra boost or 3-4 cubes in place of 1/2 to 1 cup fruit. Enjoy!
I purchased your 21 day cleanse a few years ago and have changed computers and lost my copy.i Can I still access or do I need to repurchase
Hey Jenny,
Once you make a purchase you always have access to it. You can email our Rawkstar Erin at hello@simplegreensmoothies.com and she will help you access your cleanse again! 🙂