Cold Fighting Power

This green smoothie features vitamin C packed oranges and broccoli and immune boosting ginger to help fight off early spring colds. A particularly nasty chest cold is making its way through our house. My daughter was the first to succumb and I have spent the last few nights listening to my husband wheeze in his sleep. So far I’m the lone holdout – knock on wood.

I’ve been fortunate in the cold department this winter. Working remotely helps, but I do have family members who like to bring germs home. I credit my seemingly strong immune system to following a plant-based diet, but as I listened to my daughter and husband hack and rasp I thought a little something extra might be in order. I developed this green smoothie recipe as a tasty way to get some additional immune boosting nutrients.

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Orange Ginger Green Smoothie

Prep Time 5 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Servings 1

Ingredients

• 1 cup plant milk (I use fortified organic rice milk)
• 1 banana small
• 1 cup frozen broccoli florets
• ½ orange medium, peeled
• 1 Tbsp. hemp seeds
• ¼ tsp. ground ginger

Instructions

• Add ingredients to a high-speed blender in the order they are listed.
• Begin blending on low and increase to highest speed.
• Blend on high for approximately 30 seconds.

 Note: I do not include nutrition information with my recipes because I subscribe to the theories presented in the book Whole and believe we should focus on eating a variety of whole foods instead of counting calories or keeping track of individual nutrients.