Apple smoothie is a healthy fall-ish color drink you can smile about… and when paired with the balancing tastes of sweet potato and carrot, you’re also getting a trifecta of anti-inflammatory goodness with vitamins and beta-carotene that’s the orange rainbow compound good for eyes. 🌈
Plus these ingredients are easy to find year-round and is great for season transitions where hot and cold (life on ho-ld) meet. 😊 So that’s pretty much year-round for a year-round beverage option!
For a great breakfast smoothie, it’s as simple as cooking a sweet potato and 2 medium peeled carrots until soft.
Let them cool and then blend with milk and a chopped apple.
…Oh yeah, the apple is the star ingredient.
I chose a Red Delicious apple because it’s a bit more sweet than a green apple.
Red apples are the ones with quercetin that is buzz talk (or you may have heard of).
But green apples, like a famous tart Granny Smith is one of the most anti-inflammatory apples.
…So either red or green, you can’t go wrong when comparing apples to apples. 🍎🍏
And if you want to kick it up a notch, you can add a ‘lil cinnamon to give a better version taste like in cinnamon cereals, but without the added sugar.
…That’s huge!
And you can do the same tasty and anti-inflammatory goodness intentions with an apple smoothie milkshake (recipe below 🧃).
This drinkable shake is a breakfast meal (inside a drink) because it also has eggs.
It’s a egg protein shake that’s bordering on ice cream for breakfast… that puts a smile on old faces especially when it’s hot enough outside. 😋
…Which btw, when you make homemade ice cream… it can be healthy with a few healthy ingredients.
So if you’re looking for a satisfying cool refreshing snack, this could be one to try that meets your hotter moods and sweet tooth.
…I remember as a child when I came home from the dentist after having cavities filled because I ate a lot of sugar… and I didn’t mind because I was always excited to have ice cream for dinner. 🍨
That was the sugar freak in me and still is today in a healthy living way.
And, maybe that’s what it’s like for you or someone in your household situation who wants to enjoy sweet, but lower the sugar intake.
I know I wouldn’t have liked a sophisticated (aka grown up) milkshake taste like apple-sweet potato.
But a vanilla milkshake… oh yes! or maybe even a Vanilla Cinnamon milkshake that’s closer to familiar common ice cream flavors that the little people like. 👧🏻
And then maybe grow up one day wanting to try other flavors they never liked before.
And if that’s what we’re up for, then adding a hint of natural peanut butter enhances the body’s absorption to an apple and sweet potato milkshake dessert snack-meal loaded with fat-soluble vitamins… plus another taste dimension!
Now that’s something to wake up for 🍎
And for a little detox kick, add a little ginger for a natural energy jolt⚡️to your souped up apple smoothie.
You can visit these links for more smoothie beverage recipe ideas and simple and delicious anti-inflammatory recipes.
Apple Smoothie Milkshake with Cinnamon
Ingredients
- 2 medium or large eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1 medium apple
- cinnamon to taste
- 1 tbsp peanut butter
- 1 small sweet potato, cooked soft
- cardamom
- ginger to taste (or zhugh on top)
Instructions
- On low to medium stove heat in a pot, constantly stir eggs and milk until almost boiling (small bubbles). Then let cool in the refrigerator until cold.
- Blend all the ingredients together. Then freeze.
- Bring out to room temperature and enjoy! It's best to freeze the milkshake so it sets, and then add any leftover in the refrigerator if you do not finish.
- If you want to build a (second) layer of the sweet potato, after you freeze the first layer, you can add the second layer. Easy peasy and you get to mix and enjoy all the flavors together when it has melted some.
