Stick to your new year resolution’s with this silky creamy healthy refreshing orange smoothie! It’s delicious, and healthy! Plus it’s vegan, and gluten free too!
This is first time I tried to put the whole (no peel, no seeds) orange in the blender! Wow, it worked like magic! No extra waste, and I kept the fiber too! The best thing is, YOU really don’t need a fancy juicer or some famous brand that make smoothies! Any good quality basic blender will do the work! I don’t even have options on mine!
My friends and readers I’m adding this button, so if you don’t like all the babbling about my life, and the nutrition information, you can just jump to the recipe!
It’s been long time since I talked about what’s going on in my life, the weather now in Jordan is very chilly. It’s below zero Celsius, which is uncommon. Believe me it’s colder than IOWA! While this may seem unbelievable, here the air is very dry; it penetrates your bones! And makes the weather much much colder! So my son is taking a break from the school, which made me insane already!
He is super super active! ! While I’m trying my best to engage him with activities throughout the day, along some physical activity, he still sleeps late. I can hardly create new recipes now, therefore I’m opting for easy healthy recipes that helps me nourish my body, and my family as well! especially healthy smoothies, If you are in my situation or a similar one, this smoothie is a lifetime savior!
This orange smoothie is so refreshing yet fulfilling, and can be consumed for breakfast! This version is vegan, but you can adapt it easily to your taste.
Orange now in season, and I love how naturally sweet it is! Along with the coconut, you really don’t need any kind of sweetener!
Now let’s talk how nutritious is this smoothie!
Combining nuts, and fruits is the definition of healthy comfort meals. You will have healthy fats, carbs, fibers, vitamins,and antioxidants! It has almond which are one of the healthiest nuts, along with aromatic coconut milk that has distinctive healthy fats, and with soluble fibers from oatmeal, that can remove the bad cholesterol away from your arteries. But our star today is orange, let’s talk about it!
Why do you need to eat orange:
- It has more than your daily need of vitamin C, and good amounts of vitamin A, folate, potassium, and calcium.
- Some studies, shows that certain antioxidants in orange can reduce the risk of leukemia in children.
- Orange can lower blood pressure by stabilizing the potassium-sodium ratio in the blood, and therefore it helps reduce the risk of developing heart diseases.
- It has lots of compounds, phytochemicals, and flavonoids that have anti-inflammatory properties.
- The antioxidant vitamin C helps your skin to look better and firmer; because it fights the skin damage from pollution and the sun, and plays a vital role in forming collagen, that is critical to reduce wrinkles.
Orange and diabetes:
A small orange has between 10-15g of carbohydrate, which is not really a big number. If you are a diabetic person, you just need to be sure of the whole sum of carbs in a one meal, which is maximum 60g according to the American diabetics association. Now if you are a healthy person, and eat whole fruits you may have a lower risk of developing diabetes 2, and that’s according to a study led by Harvard school of public health.
Now let’s go to the recipe, and enjoy!
Healthy Orange Smoothie
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