It’s easy to design your own smoothie by adding to a liquid base some fruit, veggies, nuts or seeds, oil and a probiotic.

If you have a high-speed blender, add some veggies, nuts and seeds to your smoothie, as its powerful motor will give you a lovely smooth texture. If you don’t, then leave them out as the texture will be a bit chunky and not so nice. Leave in the hemp and chia seeds and flaxseed meal, as they blend nicely. Try to always include a micro green like spirulina, barley grass or wheatgrass so you have a green smoothie. This will help clean out your liver with each sip. Then finish with a sweetener and a probiotic if desired.

LIQUID BASE FOR A GREEN SMOOTHIE

750 ml (26 fl oz/3 cups) base liquid (choose from: oat, rice, quinoa, hemp, soy or raw (unpasteurised) cow’s milk, coconut water or water).

FRUIT

1 cup fruit (such as papaya, strawberries, banana, berries, any melon, pear, lime, lemon, dates, goji berries).

VEGGIES

1 cup veggies (such as broccoli, beetroot, cucumber, carrot, baby spinach, cabbage, kale, zucchini).

SUPER NATURAL FOODS FOR A SMOOTHIE

1 tsp each of any or as many of these super natural foods as you like – camu camu powder, gubinge powder, spirulina, wheatgrass, barley grass, pea protein powder, mesquite powder, maca powder, psyllium husks, raw cacao, puffed grains, acai powder, silken tofu for protein and fibre; coconut, hemp, chia seed or flaxseed oil; ground flaxseeds, LSA, hulled or unhulled tahini, chia seeds, hemp seeds, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, pepitas, raw unsalted nuts.

SWEETENER

1 tsp of a sweetener (optional) – raw honey, rice syrup, coconut syrup or pure maple syrup.

PROBIOTIC

1 tsp probiotic (optional) – kefir, quark or yoghurt

The Carousel thanks Janella Purcell for this recipe.

Janella’s Super Natural Foods is published by Allen & Unwin.