Spa-Inspired Smoothies

Treat your body to healthy, delicious, and relaxing spa-style smoothies in your own home. Try Taste for Life’s Be Green Smoothie and a mood-enhancing mango smoothie from Gary Null’s The Joy of Juicing. (Both are vegan!)

Be Green Smoothie
From the Taste for Life test kitchen

10 minutes prep time                      Serves 2

Ingredients:

• 1/4 honeydew melon, cut into chunks
• 3 kiwi fruits, peeled and quartered
• 1/2 c pineapple juice
• 1 Tbsp lime juice
• 4 ice cubes
• 1/2 scoop of your favorite greens powder
   

Directions:

1. In a blender combine all ingredients.
2. Process until smooth. Serve immediately.

Mango Mood Enhancer

From The Joy of Juicing, 3^rd Edition by Gary Null, PhD ($18, Avery, 2013)

Makes 3-3 1/2 cups

Ingredients:

• 1/4 c freshly squeezed lemon juice
•  1 c vanilla-flavored rice milk
• 2 large mangoes, peeled, pitted, and cut into 1-inch cubes
• 1 eight-ounce container lemon-flavored nondairy yogurt
• 400 mg magnesium
• 120 mg ginkgo biloba
• 16-20     ice cubes
   

Directions:

1. Blend all the ingredients in a blender on high speed until smooth and creamy.
2. Serve immediately.