If there’s anything I hate the most about winter (besides for unending inability to feel my toes and always wearing ice-conscious footwear), is all the colds that are constantly being passed around. In one winter, I usually get one cold/flu/something that takes over and renders me only able to lay on the couch, watch lots of Gilmore Girls or Parks and Rec and cuddle with my sweet cat for hours on end. This year, my sickness came in a more mild form, with a cold that stuck around for a couple weeks and just would not give up, even after lots of tea and naps.
Alas, this was part of the reason I just went ahead and took last week off from posting new recipes. I needed a bit of time to regroup after working a lot and giving myself a break, so I did and made this cold-fighting citrus smoothie along the way! I was actually super freaked out about turmeric at first when I started hearing about it. It’s orange, stains absolutely everything (I have the stained dish towels to prove it!) and kind of has the ability to make everything a bright yellow color. But, did you know that turmeric has all kinds of awesome superfood powers and is all around amazing for your body and immune boosting abilities? Combine that bad-ass spice with a healthy punch of in-season citrus and you have the perfect solution for that cold that just keeps dragging along. Put into a citrus smoothie, turmeric is the perfect compliment to the tart grapefruit.
Also, don’t worry, I have more of an indulgent recipe for those pretty grapefruits that are hanging out in the grocery stores right now. I’m taking my popular lemon bars and turning them into a winter citrus dessert that is perfect for your next baking project!
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Turmeric and Citrus Smoothie
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 2 1x
- Category: Breakfast
Description
Turmeric and citrus come together to make the perfect vegan immune boosting smoothie!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup So Delicious coconut milk
- 1/2 vanilla bean (scraped)
- 1/2 of a grapefruit (peeled)
- 1 frozen banana
- Juice of 1 lime
- 1/4 teaspoon dried turmeric
- 1 tablespoon agave nectar
Instructions
- In a blender, combine all of the ingredients and blend until smooth. If banana isn’t frozen, add in a few ice cubes to make sure everything gets cold.
Liz @ Floating Kitchen says
Sooo…I see turmeric everywhere too and I have confess that I have never really used it (ok, maybe a couple times in a savory dish, but never in drinks, which seems to be so popular right now). I think I gotta get on that STAT! I’ve been pretty lucky to avoid getting a cold so far this winter, but we still got a ways to go. Hope I didn’t just jinx myself!
The Frosted Vegan says
Get into it! It seems super weird, but it’s so good and just has all these superfood vibez that are so badly needed right now! Hope you don’t catch anything, eek!
Kelsey @ Appeasing a Food Geek says
Love the idea of putting of turmeric in a smoothie! Also I’m obsessed with the colors in these photos. Grapefruit is one of my most under-utilized fruits, but I keep wanting to include it in everything because it’s so pretty! I can’t wait for this rumored revamped lemon bar recipe with grapefruit 😉 xoxo
The Frosted Vegan says
Thanks love! Gah turmermic is a feel good all around good vibe thing, get it! xoxo
Sara @ Cake Over Steak says
Yaayyyy everyone is on the smoothie train lately!! I also got hit with the sickness this winter … for me it was a virus that wouldn’t quit for about 7.5 weeks. So crazy!! Thankfully for most of the time it wasn’t too bad, but I had to really slow down and give myself some time to rest (hence the lack of posting for me in Dec/Jan). I hope you’re feeling better now! I got turmeric semi-recently for a potato salad from Dolly and Oatmeal (it’s so good you should check it out), but I’ve been curious to try it in a smoothie. I’m totally in love with grapefruit ones right now, so I’ll probably try this out this week sometime. Also totally loving these photos! They look so warm and inviting.
The Frosted Vegan says
Ack, 7.5 weeks?! I fear that I’m going to keep running myself down, getting better, then doing it all over again, so I’ve been taking it easy too 🙂 I’m totally making that potato salad today, it looks so good!!
Medha @ Whisk & Shout says
This looks like such a healing smoothie! I love turmeric for an anti-inflammatory but also because it just staves off sickness like no other- seriously good stuff 🙂
The Frosted Vegan says
All the good stuff in a smoothie!
amandapaa says
sorry that you weren’t feeling good! but glad you took time away to let yourself rest. sometimes it’s hard to give ourselves the care we need.
too bad on the stained towel situation! 🙁 the same thing happened to me last year when making my turmeric coconut hot toddy. but yay for healing properties! xo
The Frosted Vegan says
Thanks for the kind words love! It’s so hard, especially with blogging, to take time off, there’s just so much to do all the time! xo
Kat says
i just finished making a pot of witches brew(as my son calls it) 6 cups filtered water in a pot then add fresh ground turmeric/ginger root ,2 cinnamon stks ,1 organic(homegrown for me) lemon&orange sliced use whole thing(i change it up and do grapefruits/limes also) bring all to a slow boil cover turn off let sit 30 min then strain.i keep it in a ball glass jar..i use this in my smoothies and in my green tea during the day.when i feel a cold coming i heat up a cup then add a spoon of honey drink it twice a day so far has kept colds/flu away a couple of years now
Kat says
oh i forgot also add a few cracks of fresh ground pepper
The Frosted Vegan says
That sounds like a perfect winter drink! Thanks for sharing Kat!