Layered Christmas Smoothie Recipe + some Healthy Christmas Tips!

Tis’ the season to have some fun with your food and still keep some of those healthy habits! Going a little off the healthy bandwagon is totally natural and the last thing you should do is feel guilty about it and stress over it all. Stress is WORSE than some of the food out there. So lets have some fun! 

At Christmas time lets just focus on being thankful for all the good in our life. That includes GOOD FOOD! We have a few recipes to get you inspired in our back catalogue of Festive Treats.

Vegan Santa Hats which are super simple and look great! Our Santa’s Cheesecake Hats which taste amazing AND they’re Vegan!

We even have a delicious VEGAN Stuffing Recipe you can try!

Here at Raw Blend we LOOOOOVE our smoothies though so you cannot go past our Layered Christmas Smoothie.

Layered Christmas Smoothie

Submitted  by Tommy @Raw Blend
Makes – 1.5L to 2L
Serves – 2 to 4 people

Ingredients – Red Layer

• 1/2 cup yoghurt
• 2 bananas (peeled)
• 1/2 mango (without pit and peel)
• 4 strawberries (with stem)
• 1/2 beetroot (peeled)
• lemon slice
• 2 ½ – 3 cups ice
• Optional: squeeze honey

Ingredients – Green Layer

• 2 bananas (peeled)
• 1/2 mango (without pit and peel)
• 1 handful kale
• 2 handfuls baby spinach
• 1 handful parsley
• lime slice
• squeeze honey
• 2 ½ – 3 cups ice

Method

1. Put all the Red Layer ingredients into the Vitamix 2L container in the order listed and secure the lid.
2. Select Variable 1. Turn the machine on and quickly increase the speed to 10, then override to High.
3. Use tamper really well to press the ingredients into the blades.
4. Blend for 10-20 seconds. The mixture should be blended through but still remain a thick consistency.
5. Pour into a jug/bottle and repeat the process for the Green Layer Ingredients.
6. Carefully pour/layer the Red Layer Ingredients into 2 glasses (straight sided preferably) so they are half full.
7. Carefully layer the Green Layer Ingredients on top of the Red Layer Ingredients, gently spooning mixture around the inside edge of each glass to create a clean horizontal line.

Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year!