Recipe of Sweet Potato Smoothie

Sweet Potato Smoothie

Power up your day with this ridiculously thick and creamy Sweet Potato Smoothie. It’s naturally gluten-free, healthy and full of sweet, perfectly spiced, pie-like flavors!

Sweet potatoes are incredible nutritious and full of fiber. When sweet potato is paired with some banana and spices in a smoothie like this one it adds lots of flavor, natural sweetness and helps keep you feeling full for longer.

How to prepare sweet potatoes for smoothies?

When you make a smoothie with sweet potato, it’s best to use cooked sweet potato. Here’s how you can prepare sweet potatoes for smoothies:

1.            First, cut up sweet potatoes into chunks, drizzle with a little olive oil and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

2.            Bake sweet potato cubes at 375 degrees F for 20-30 minutes, flipping halfway through. Sweet potatoes are well cooked when they are fork tender.

3.            Allow the sweet potatoes to cool completely, then place into a reusable bag or a freezer safe airtight container and freeze for up to 3 months.

4.            Use them in smoothies (or any recipe!) whenever you’d like.

Ingredients:

•             1 cup / 218 g cooked sweet potato (skin removed)  

•             1 medium frozen banana

•             1 cup / 240 ml plant-based milk, plus more to thin if necessary (it's especially nice with canned light coconut milk)

•             ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon

•             ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg

•             1 small pinch ground cloves

•             1 heaping tablespoon nut or seed butter, and kind (peanut, cashew, almond, sunflower, pumpkin etc).

•             1 - 2 tablespoons maple syrup, or 1 to 2 medjool dates

•             1 small pinch salt

Method to prepare Sweet Potato Smoothie:

1.     Add all ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth and velvety.
2.     Reserving about ¼ of the milk when you first blend everything up, then check the thickness and add a bit more milk, and pulse to thin as necessary.

•             Please note that if you don't have a high powered blender you might need to add all of the milk to get things going.

Tips:

1. *The cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves can all be replaced by ½ teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice.
2. The smoothie is still great with just cinnamon and none of the other spices so feel free to omit them if you don't have them in your pantry.

Add these supplements to your smoothies for extra calming benefits:

• 1.       Ashwagandha: has been used for thousands of years as a stress reliever. It has been shown to decrease stress, anxiety and depression as well as to lower stress hormones in the body.
• 2.       Turmeric: aids in fighting anxiety and depression and may even help boost dopamine and serotonin.
• 3.       Rhodiola Rosea: is an amazing adaptogen that can help your body resist the symptoms of stress.
• 4.       Maca: works to balance the hormones and reduces everyday stress and anxiety.
• 5.       Reishi Mushroom: is another adaptogen that will help keep you stress-free.

Estimated nutrition per serving:

Calories: 389kcal | Carbohydrates: 87g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 284mg | Potassium: 1508mg | Fiber: 11g | Sugar: 41g | Vitamin A: 42163IU | Vitamin C: 53mg | Calcium: 105mg | Iron: 2mg