Vitamin C Booster Smoothie - delicious and refreshing smoothie packed with Vitamin C!
This horribly long winter means a long flu season. We had the flu this year and it was awful. The whole household - one big sneeze fest.
After that, we had a few colds. If you have kids - you know what that means. It's really hard to hear your child cough and look plain miserable.
Last year, I made sure we all were getting a lot of Vitamin C. We had orange slices or juice everyday. This year I failed with this and I had to pay for it.
So when my kiddos woke up with scratchy throats and runny noses last week - I made them this smoothie immediately. The next day everyone felt much better.
Oranges and carrots are both know for being a great natural source of Vitamin C and anti-oxidants. I am not saying that this smoothie will prevent a cold of a flu or it will stop it, but for us it definitely helped in easing the effects and shortened it.
`There is one thing you may want to consider when making this smoothie, is the flavor the carrots add to it. It definitely tastes like carrots. If you are worried that your kids won't like it, you can use one regular carrot and 4 baby carrots (they are sweeter in taste and not so earthy) and use more orange.
I love my Blendtec for making smoothies! I push one button and the smoothie cycle does all the work. It makes a perfectly smooth drink!
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Vitamin C Booster Smoothie
Ingredients
- ½ orange peeled and de-segmented
- 2 regular carrots washed and peeled and chopped, or 1 regular and 4 baby carrots
- 1 cup water
- 1 apple cored and chopped
- 1 cup ice optional
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a blender.
- Blend until smooth.
- Enjoy immediately!
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Stacy | Wicked Good Kitchen says
Beautiful smoothie and full of healthy goodness! I have everything on hand, too. Making this for breakfast in the mornin'! Thanks for sharing, my friend. 🙂
Curry and Comfort says
My daughter had a cold yesterday that kept her home. I should have seen this post earlier. 🙂 Look perfect to mend those sniffles.
the wicked noodle says
Looks so refreshing and healthy!
Jessica says
We could use this smoothie at our house. Hope your family is feeling better!
cheri says
Great smoothie, hope you all feel better soon.
Averie Cooks says
I have a smoothie with the very same exact name as yours! I posted it over a year ago. Yours looks great!
CrunchyCreamySw says
Thanks, Averie! Off to check out yours!