Green Antioxidant Detox Smoothie, with spinach, celery, and lime.
Today I’ll offer you a detox drink prepared with our Thermomix, but we can make it with any blender.
Spinach is rich in vitamin A and folic acid. They are also rich in nitrate, a substance subject to recent research as it seems to help increase muscle strength.
They also contain lutein, useful for the health of the retina and therefore the eyes. They are effective in case of constipation.
Lime is a natural gastric antacid (contrary to what you might think, given its taste, thanks to the organic acids it contains), aids digestion and has remarkable tonic, refreshing, antidiarrheal, diuretic, antiseptic, and bactericidal properties.
It contains potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, and calcium, vitamin C, vitamin K, and, in smaller quantities, some B vitamins and vitamin E.
Celery is composed of about 90% water; for this reason, it is diuretic and purifying. It contains lutein, an antioxidant protective of the brain

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Cost: Very cheap
Preparation time: 5 Minutes
Portions: 2
Cooking methods: No cooking required
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: All seasons

Ingredients

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3.5 oz spinach (raw)
2 stalks celery
3 leaves mint
1 zucchini
1 lime (juice and part of the peel)

Tools

What we need to make it

Blender / Mixer
Citrus juicer
Knife
2 Glasses

Preparation

To make the Green Antioxidant Detox Smoothie

Wash and dry all the ingredients.
Chop the celery.
and the zucchini too.
Dry the spinach well.
Use the citrus juicer to extract the lime juice and take half of the peel.
Now put the lime peel and diced zucchini in the bowl, and chop for 10 sec at speed 7.
Then add the other ingredients, and if you like, you can add some ice cubes.
If you have the TM6 Thermomix, you can blend at turbo speed for 2 seconds several times, otherwise 2 min. at speed 7.
Those using a regular blender can put all the ingredients together.
At this point, if you want a thick consistency, stop here, if instead you want a rather liquid consistency you can strain the Smoothie with a gauze strainer.
Here is our Green Antioxidant Detox Smoothie ready.