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Consuming colorful vegetables isn’t just good for your insides; it’s a surefire way to improve the look, and, yes, color of your skin. Brightly colored veggies, like carrots, contain carotene, which allows the skin to reflect a different tone. Carotene also carries the benefit of absorbing UV rays, so the smoothie recipe below will do double-duty in your quest for the sun.
Drink this smoothie daily and you will surely start to glow!
*A note about blenders. You’ll probably come across numerous bloggers and smoothie-fanatics telling you that a $400 blender is a must-have for successful smoothies. Not so. I’ve been using this simple and powerful blender and it works perfectly.
Tropical Suntan Smoothie–please pin this!
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Tropical Suntan Smoothie
Bursting with carrots, papaya, and pineapple, this tropical-inspired smoothie will give your skin a healthy glow.
Ingredients
- 1 large carrot chopped
- 1 knob fresh ginger chopped
- 1/2 c. - 3/4c. orange juice fresh preferred
- 1/2 c. fresh or frozen papaya
- 3/4 c. fresh or frozen pineapple
- 1/2 c. fresh or frozen peaches cantaloupe, or fruit of your choice
- Coconut water
Instructions
- Place carrot, ginger, and orange juice in a high speed blender. Blend together until smooth.
- Add papaya, pineapple, peaches (or other fruit) to the blender. Add coconut water to cover the mixture.
- Blend at high speed, adding more coconut water to thin if necessary.
- Pour into a glass and enjoy!
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
yum! 🙂
Do you think that blender would work for juicing, too? Great recipe- cant wait to try it
Well, the blender definitely pulverizes the fruit and veggies, but it doesn’t act the same as a juicer (which takes out a lot of the fibrous part and leaves just the juice). I like smoothies better than juicing b/c you need a whole lot less produce!
i dont like coconut water can you use something else instead