By Adrienne Smith
Our Nextdoorganics weekly packages of local produce help stock your kitchen with fresh, seasonal items. Of course, some seasonal winter produce comes into heavier rotation than others.
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Kale will be in most weekly packages this year. But don't worry about getting bored. This dark, leafy green works in most recipes. Soups, sautés, breakfast hashes.... you can throw kale into just about anything. Smoothies included! To get you started, we've rounded up Green Blender's best smoothie recipes with kale below.
Related: Learn more about Green Blender, which provides weekly packages of organic smoothie ingredients and recipes.
Easy Smoothie Recipes With Kale
Now, we all know kale's multitude of health benefits: beta carotene, vitamin C, calcium and antioxidents are packed into the leafy green. But kale also helps cut a smoothie's sweetness from fruit and adds fiber to keep you full.
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This apple pineapple express smoothie gets a bump of omega-3 fatty acids, protein and fiber from chia seeds. The pineapple and apple lend the smoothie that tropical taste of summer.
Try this chocolate tahini no bake smoothie if you're craving something sweeter. Sure, the smoothie has cacao powder and cacao nibs for a chocolate-y kick. But the tahini, oats, apple and kale keep this smoothie healthful.
Can't find a shiro plum? Any old plum will do in this shiro plum crumble smoothie. With oats, walnuts and dates, this smoothie makes breakfast both filling and flavorful.
Green Blender's tropical recharger smoothie is packed with nutrients. Pineapple, ginger, kale, bananas and coconut water all work together to help you recover from your workout, your nasty cold or your late night out.
Don't worry about hacking into a coconut for this smoothie. Green Blender's carrot coconut lime smoothie uses shredded coconut for maximum ease.
Just four ingredients (not counting water and ice) are needed for this chocolate maca malt smoothie. Maca, a Peruvian root, brings Vitamin C and E, calcium, zinc, iron and more. Plus, it gives the smoothie that "malt-y" taste.
This green kale lagerfeld smoothie recipe will keep you feeling as good as the style icon himself. Don't skip the spirulina, a blue-green algae with plenty of protein.
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