Tropical Blue Spirulina & Banana Smoothie.
This blue smoothie is like a tropical vacation for your mouth - with banana, pineapple, and coconut flavors, and a bright blue color from blue spirulina.
Recipe
Blue Spirulina Smoothie
This blue smoothie is like a tropical vacation for your mouth - with banana, pineapple, and coconut flavors, and a bright blue color from blue spirulina.
Ingredient batch: 1.5× original. Base yield: 2 smoothies.
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- Yield
- 3 smoothies
- Prep
- 5 minutes
- Cook
- 5 minutes
- Total
- 10 minutes
Ingredients
- 355 mL plant based milk soy or coconut milk recommended (volume measure)
- 355 mL frozen banana (volume measure)
- 177 mL frozen pineapple (volume measure)
- 89 mL coconut chips (volume measure)
- 15 mL blue spirulina (volume measure)
Base draft — original amounts
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- 1 cup plant based milk soy or coconut milk recommended
- 1 cup frozen banana
- 1/2 cup frozen pineapple
- 1/4 cup coconut chips
- 2 tsp blue spirulina
Instructions
- Blend all ingredients until totally smooth, about 1 minute.
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This blue smoothie is like a tropical vacation for your mouth – with banana, pineapple, and coconut flavors, and a bright blue color from blue spirulina.
What Is Blue Spirulina?
Blue spirulina is an edible organic material that comes from algae called spirulina, a type of blue-green algae that grows in fresh water and salt water. Normally, spirulina as a nutrition supplement is green, but the blue pigment protein in it can be extracted and that is what blue spirulina comes from. Blue spirulina is also known as blue majik.
The benefits of blue spirulina are that it is high in protein, iron, and B vitamins. For vegans, a little more iron here and there is usually a good thing! I like adding this blue spirulina as a natural food coloring to my smoothies, smoothie bowls, and even frosting. It's expensive, but a little goes a long way.
Blue Spirulina Nutrition
Here is some information on the nutritious properties of Spirulina as a dietary supplement.
| Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) | |
|---|---|
| Energy | 1,213 kJ (290 kcal) |
| Carbohydrates | 23.9 g |
| Sugars | 3.1 g |
| Dietary fiber | 3.6 g |
| Fat | 7.72 g |
| Saturated | 2.65 g |
| Monounsaturated | 0.675 g |
| Polyunsaturated | 2.08 g |
| Protein | 57.47 g |
| Tryptophan | 0.929 g |
| Threonine | 2.97 g |
| Isoleucine | 3.209 g |
| Leucine | 4.947 g |
| Lysine | 3.025 g |
| Methionine | 1.149 g |
| Cystine | 0.662 g |
| Phenylalanine | 2.777 g |
| Tyrosine | 2.584 g |
| Valine | 3.512 g |
| Arginine | 4.147 g |
| Histidine | 1.085 g |
| Alanine | 4.515 g |
| Aspartic acid | 5.793 g |
| Glutamic acid | 8.386 g |
| Glycine | 3.099 g |
| Proline | 2.382 g |
| Serine | 2.998 g |
| Vitamins | Quantity %DV† |
| Vitamin A equiv. beta-Carotene lutein zeaxanthin |
4% 29 μg 3% |
| Thiamine (B1) |
207% 2.38 mg |
| Riboflavin (B2) |
306% 3.67 mg |
| Niacin (B3) |
85% 12.82 mg |
| Pantothenic acid (B5) |
70% 3.48 mg |
| Vitamin B6 |
28% 0.364 mg |
| Folate (B9) |
24% 94 μg |
| Vitamin B12 |
0% 0 μg |
| Choline |
13% 66 mg |
| Vitamin C |
12% 10.1 mg |
| Vitamin D |
0% 0 IU |
| Vitamin E |
33% 5 mg |
| Vitamin K |
24% 25.5 μg |
| Minerals | Quantity %DV† |
| Calcium |
12% 120 mg |
| Iron |
219% 28.5 mg |
| Magnesium |
55% 195 mg |
| Manganese |
90% 1.9 mg |
| Phosphorus |
17% 118 mg |
| Potassium |
29% 1363 mg |
| Sodium |
70% 1048 mg |
| Zinc |
21% 2 mg |
| Other constituents | Quantity |
| Water | 4.68 g |
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| †Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults. Source: USDA FoodData Central |
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