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One of the very first weapons in my natural cold-and-flu arsenal is blending something like this Cold Busting Smoothie. This smoothie is something that I make when I start to feel tired and mucus is starting to build-up in my sinuses.
I made this smoothie when I was sick with a minor cold in the past winter. It was early December and I was starting to feel the first symptoms of the cold. That’s when I said to myself that it’s time to make a smoothie high in phytonutrients, to help protect my immune system. My most important weapon against the cold was drinking one of these immune-boosting smoothies every morning during the cold period, and even a few days after the cold was gone.
Cold Busting Smoothie ingredients
One super healthy way to recover from a cold is to eat foods high in phytonutrients, healthy fats, quality proteins, warming spices (such as ginger, turmeric or cinnamon), but also superfoods (chia seeds, hemp seeds or raw cacao). Staying away from anything that is even remotely connected with sugar is a must when you have a cold, since sugar is not giving you nutrients and instead it’s weakening your immune system.
When it comes to the quality of ingredients used, I always try using organic ingredients whenever I can and I advise you to do the same. This way you’ll get more nutrients into your body and the overall health benefits will be amplified, since organic plants come with more nutrients overall.
Cold Busting Smoothie
Equipment
- Blender
Ingredients
- 1 avocado (skin and seed removed)
- 1 golden apple (seeded)
- 350 g frozen blueberries
- 1 banana (peeled and cut)
- 5 mandarins (peeled and seeds removed)
- 1 green kapia pepper (sliced)
- 2 tbsp hemp seeds
- 1 tbsp chia seeds
- 1 tbsp raw cacao
- 1 tbsp whey protein powder (chocolate flavor)
- 1.5 tbsp extra virgin coconut oil
- 1 tsp cinnamon powder
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp ginger powder
- 1 slice lemon (cut in 4)
- 2 dried dates (seedless, chopped small)
- 250-300 ml water (or enough to cover ingredients)
Instructions
- Chop all the ingredients and remove any seeds or inedible skins.
- Put everything into the blender without adding the water.
- Once all the solid ingredients have been moved into the blender, add the water but make sure not to add too much water.
- Blend on medium speed until smooth. Use the pulse function a few times in order to obtain a creamier consistency.
- Pour into glasses, drink and relax. Now let those nutrients help your body heal itself!
Notes
- Texture: well mixed but not very creamy, still was super ok
- Taste: a bit sour-ish from the berries, feels like ginger and cinnamon
- Color: dark red color
Should you manage to use 100% of the ingredients as organic ingredients than go for it because it’ll totally be worth it. If not, don’t worry about it right now, just try using as many organic ingredients as you can. You can always adapt this recipe for your needs or based on the ingredients you have in your kitchen. For example, you can use coconut milk or almond milk instead of plain water, and you’ll end-up with a creamier texture overall. If you like your smoothie sweeter try using more dried dates or add a banana. You may even use healthy type of sweetener such as coconut sugar. In case you’re using an organic lemon you can leave it with the skin on, otherwise remove the lemon skin just to be safe of contaminants.
Healthy immune boosting smoothie
This smoothie was well mixed but not very creamy (maybe my blender was to blame) and the taste was just a tiny bit sour-ish and not that sweet (those frozen blueberries were not sweet after all). All in all this was a great smoothie and helped my immune system get past the cold in record time.
Give this Cold Busting Smoothie a try, especially if you feel like a cold may get your way! You might be surprised of how fast a smoothie like this one will help you not only get past the cold, but also clear your nose and throat from mucus in record time.
What are your go-to ingredients that you like consuming in order to fight a cold? Share with everyone!
Lots of ingredients that make-up a wonderful smoothie. Made it the other day and it was super good!