Make your own spinach smoothie with Haskins for a spring detox
Haskins Garden Centre is encouraging gardeners to make the most of their homegrown spinach with a revitalizing and nutritious smoothie.
Alasdair Urquhart, Haskins’ in-house plant expert, commented: “Spinach is brilliant at surviving the winter and bouncing back in April. It’s one of those plants that you can keep picking a handful of leaves and within a week or so there will be new ones to re-harvest.”
“Even if you haven’t had time to grow your own spinach, you can still follow our step-by-step recipe.”
Ingredients (serves one)
- 2 handfuls of spinach leaves
- 1 banana
- 1 apple
- 1 orange
- water as needed
Method
- Peel the banana, apple and orange and cut into slices or separate into segments.
- Place in the blender.
- Wash spinach leaves and add to blender.
- Add water as needed.
- Blend until smooth and serve.
Alasdair added: “This healthy smoothie is perfect for spring cleaning your digestive system and contains really simple ingredients for a powerful detox ahead of the summer months. What’s more, it’s so satisfying to use your own home-grown spinach and celebrate its ‘garden to plate’ journey.
“We recommend adding the orange because the addition of a citrus fruit will help increase the body’s ability to absorb many of the beneficial nutrients in spinach, including iron.”
Spinach is a nutrient-rich vegetable, containing high amounts of carotenoids, vitamin C, vitamin K, folic acid, iron and calcium, making it the perfect crop for a detox. Spinach also contains folate, niacin, riboflavin, and potassium.
To produce smoothies with a kick, Haskins recommends adding a Matcha Green Tea shot. This would provide a caffeine boost as well as provide additional anti-oxidants.