Anti-Inflammatory Cherry-Spinach Smoothie

I was going to try it, but then saw the ridiculous number of carbs!

This looks and sounds like a fav smoothie but how can this be a heart suggested meal when the sodium is soooo unbelievable high?? What particular item is the one that contains soooo much sodium here? Or is this a typo in the nutrition fact area?

So I try to use the base of recipes and use what I have on hand (to save on costs!) I am lactose intolerant and try to stay away from dairy as much as humanly possible, so I skipped out on using any. I did buy flax milk to try that on the next go around however. I used 1c cherries, 1c spinach, 1 banana, 3/4 c pineapple juice, 1tbsp almond butter, 3/4 c water, and a dash of honey and garnished with chia seeds. This turned out MUCH better than I anticipated (although it wasn't a bright pink, more like a murky darker red) and left me feeling very full and satisfied! Hopefully this kept it as close to a Mediterranean diet recipe as possible, always appreciate feedback. 1 cup of my recipe: Cals 226, Total Fat 5.2g, Sat Fat .5g, Cholesterol 0mg, Sodium 15mg, Total Carb 45.9g, Dietary Fiber 4.2g, Total Sugars 32.1g, Protein 4g, Calcium 45mg, Iron 3mg, Potassium 617mg

This is my go-to morning smoothie. The ginger adds a very refreshing taste and it’s filled with very healthy ingredients. If you like ginger, hope you’ll give it a try.

If you don’t like kefir (which I don’t), substitute almond or coconut milk. I also added 2 scoops of vanilla pea plant protein powder in place of the avocado which makes it a little sweeter plus pack a bigger protein boost. It was good and probably will be even better using chocolate protein powder rather than vanilla!

Full of goodness. I won’t say it’s delicious but it’s not bad. You gotta love all of the ingredients. I used very little almond butter-too much makes it bad to me. I also used a mini avocado. Make sure to use the 1% Kefir. 5 stars for nutritional content and 3.5 for taste. The ginger makes it!