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    Home » All-Recipes » Breakfast

    New Year's Superfood Smoothie {vegan & gluten-free}

    Published: Dec 30, 2015 · Modified: Jan 3, 2022 by Margaret · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads · 2 Comments

    This vegan, gluten-free superfood smoothie recipe includes 6 superfoods - but no bananas! Avocado and dates add a creamy texture and sweet flavor.

    Top view of purple superfood smoothie in a glass with a yellow straw
    No bananas!
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    • Start the New Year Right
    • Superfoods
    • Yummy Taste
    • 📖 Recipe
    • More Smoothie Recipes
    • 💬 Comments

    Start the New Year Right

    After the holidays, many of us are looking to eat cleaner in the new year. (Lose weight is a popular resolution.) Even relatively healthy eaters can get a little sloppy around the holidays. (I may have enjoyed too many energy bites and glasses of vegan eggnog.)

    This superfood smoothie offers a healthy way to kick off a new year. It’s also a nice option for folks who aren’t crazy about bananas. Many smoothie recipes feature bananas. This one does not. Instead, avocado adds a thick, creamy texture, and dates offer a touch of sweetness.

    Superfoods

    The term “superfood” is used to describe nutrient-dense foods that are believed to promote good health. The ingredients in this New Year’s Superfood Smoothie recipe often appear on top superfood lists. (Go ahead and google “top superfoods” and see what you find!)

    Overhead view of super smoothie ingredients, including blueberries, avocado, dates, walnuts, ginger, baby kale, and almond milk
    Some of the top superfoods.

    The smoothie contains six superfoods in all:

    1. Avocados have loads of health benefits – including weight management.
    2. Kale is a good detox food. It’s also rich in calcium.
    3. Walnuts may help fight cancer, heart disease, diabetes, obesity and dementia.
    4. Blueberries top just about every superfood list. And they might help you fight wrinkles as well as disease!
    5. Dates are a healthy sweetener. They offer numerous benefits – including reducing the effects of seasonal allergies.
    6. Ginger eases aches and pains, settles upset stomachs, and fights infection and disease. And here’s some good news for lazy cooks – in most cases, dried ground ginger offers the same benefits as fresh.

    Yummy Taste

    Purple super food smoothie in a tall glass with a yellow straw
    Yum!

    While health benefits are important, they don’t trump taste. You are more likely to eat healthy if you enjoy it. So while this smoothie is loaded with healthy ingredients, more importantly, it tastes good! The dominant flavors are blueberry and ginger—with lovely sweet nutty undertones. It’s also thick and creamy.

    📖 Recipe

    Top view of super food smoothie with yellow straw
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    New Year's Superfood Smoothie {vegan & gluten-free}

    This recipe is loaded with six super foods. Avocado and dates thicken and sweeten in the place of banana.
    Prep Time 5 minutes
    Total Time 5 minutes
    Servings 1

    Ingredients

    • 1 ½ cups almond milk
    • ¼ avocado peeled
    • ½ cup baby kale or other dark leafy green
    • ¼ cup chopped walnuts
    • 1 cup frozen wild blueberries
    • 1-2 medjool dates pitted
    • ¼ tsp. ground ginger to taste

    Instructions

    • Place ingredients in a high-speed blender in the order they are listed.
    • Begin blending on lowest setting and slowly turn up to highest setting.
    • Blend on high for approximately 35-40 seconds.
    • Serve immediately.

    Notes

    Nutrition information is a rough estimate based on one serving.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 496kcal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 17g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Sodium: 506mg | Potassium: 834mg | Fiber: 12g | Sugar: 32g | Vitamin A: 3542IU | Vitamin C: 60mg | Calcium: 561mg | Iron: 2mg

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Ashley Madden

      September 30, 2016 at 12:32 pm

      Margaret, love this combination, I'll have to give it a whirl! Great shots!

      Reply
      • Margaret

        September 30, 2016 at 5:11 pm

        Thanks Ashley! I love the pun! 😉

        Reply

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