Description
Use those food scraps to reduce food waste! Put kitchen produce scraps to good use in this Compost Green Goddess Smoothie, which is the perfect healthy, budget-friendly, gluten-free, vegan smoothie recipe to help cut your environmental footprint.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup leafy greens (i.e., beet or radish tops, broccoli or cauliflower leaves)
- 1 cup vegetable scraps (i.e., carrot or beet peels, broccoli stems, kale stems)
- 1 cup fruit (i.e., bananas, berries, peaches, nectarines, citrus—may use fruit peels)
- 2 tablespoons hemp or flax seeds
- 1 cup plant-based milk, plain, unsweetened (i.e., soy, oat, or almond)
Instructions
- Place leafy greens, vegetables scraps, fruit, hemp or flax seeds, and plant-based milk in container of a small blender.
- Process about 2 minutes, until smooth and creamy.
- Pour into two large glasses (about 1 ½ cups per glass) and serve immediately.
- May store in sealed Mason jars for up to 5 days in the refrigerator.
Notes
Collect kitchen produce scraps in an airtight container in the fridge or freezer all week long to toss into the blender to create this planet friendly smoothie recipe when you have time.
- Prep Time: 8 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Smoothies
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 216
- Sugar: 18 g
- Sodium: 118 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 33 g
- Protein: 9 g