Shake your world with microgreens smoothie

Smoothies are one of the simplest ways to get microgreens into a daily diet, since they need no cooking and the greens go in raw.

We went looking on social media and on specialist sites for combinations that people actually make, rather than inventing our own from scratch. Below are the most interesting ones we found, and at the end our own recipe.

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Cauliflower microgreens smoothie

On TikTok we came across a Spanish-speaking nutritionist who shares a smoothie recipe with microgreens — her profile is @minutohealthy, and it is worth a look. She uses:

A banana
Frozen berries (blueberries in this case)
Greek yogurt
Chia or flax seeds
A bit of ginger (optional)
A splash of water
Cauliflower microgreens

Blend everything together and it is ready. She describes it herself as a “nutrient bomb.”

A second idea from @minutohealthy

The same account suggests a different combination. This one starts with ice to make it extra refreshing, and includes:

A banana
An apple with the skin on — do not peel it, the skin carries fibre, antioxidants and vitamins K, A and C
Yogurt
Some source of fibre
A source of protein (tofu or a protein supplement will do)
Hemp seeds (chia seeds work as a substitute)
Peanut sprout butter
Granola on top
Chia sprouts

Nut lover’s smoothie

This one has no dairy in it at all — the body comes from the nuts:

Apple
Nuts — cashews in this case, though walnuts or peanuts work too
Ice
Water
Your microgreens of choice

This one comes from the Instagram account @bienverdes, which is dedicated to microgreens.

Green smoothie from microgreen-shop.com

From a site that specialises in selling microgreens — also dairy-free, blended with water:

Broccoli, alfalfa, kale or red clover microgreens
Spinach
Carrot
Banana
Apple
Water

Our own: pink berry smoothie with microgreens

We are fond of berry smoothies, so we put together a pink — or purple, depending on the berries — version of our own:

Red berries: strawberries, raspberries and blackberries
A small glass of milk
A spoonful of Greek or plain yogurt
A handful of peanuts
And the point of the exercise: the microgreens

We used cinnamon basil. To match the colour you could add red amaranth or red radish microgreens instead.

What all five have in common is narrower than it looks: the microgreens go in raw and unheated, blended with fruit. Everything else varies — two of the five have no dairy or plant milk at all, and the liquid is just water and ice. That is the useful part. Once you know the greens are never cooked, the rest of the recipe is a matter of taste rather than method.