Use your food scraps to reduce food waste and your environmental footprint! Put those kitchen scraps to good use in this super easy, healthy recipe for Compost Green Goddess Smoothie. This smoothie utilizes produce food scraps, such as radish, beet, or carrot tops; broccoli or cauliflower leaves; carrot and beet peels; and tough broccoli or kale stems. Instead of putting that leftover scrap of food in your compost bucket, plop it in the blender! In fact, you can collect kitchen produce scraps in an airtight container in the fridge or freezer all week long to toss into the blender to create this planet friendly smoothie recipe when you have time.
The perfect addition to your food waste recipes collection, these homemade earth friendly smoothie cups are delicious, nutritious, and budget-friendly. Considering we have such an issue with food waste in America, I’m always looking for ways to trim my food waste in the kitchen. And this food waste smoothie is a great start! Plant-based, vegan, gluten-free, and nutritious, the whole family can enjoy this smoothie recipe. Learn more about food waste here.
Compost Green Goddess Smoothie
Total Time: 8 minutes
Yield: 2 servings 1x
Diet: Vegan
Description
Use those food scraps to reduce food waste! Put kitchen produce scraps to good use in this Compost Green Goddess Smoothie, which is the perfect healthy, budget-friendly, gluten-free, vegan smoothie recipe to help cut your environmental footprint.
- 1 cup leafy greens (i.e., beet or radish tops, broccoli or cauliflower leaves)
- 1 cup vegetable scraps (i.e., carrot or beet peels, broccoli stems, kale stems)
- 1 cup fruit (i.e., bananas, berries, peaches, nectarines, citrus—may use fruit peels)
- 2 tablespoons hemp or flax seeds
- 1 cup plant-based milk, plain, unsweetened (i.e., soy, oat, or almond)
Instructions
- Place leafy greens, vegetables scraps, fruit, hemp or flax seeds, and plant-based milk in container of a small blender.
- Process about 2 minutes, until smooth and creamy.
- Pour into two large glasses (about 1 ½ cups per glass) and serve immediately.
- May store in sealed Mason jars for up to 5 days in the refrigerator.
Notes
Collect kitchen produce scraps in an airtight container in the fridge or freezer all week long to toss into the blender to create this planet friendly smoothie recipe when you have time.
- Prep Time: 8 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Smoothies
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 216
- Sugar: 18 g
- Sodium: 118 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 33 g
- Protein: 9 g
