This kale weight loss smoothie is made using a handful of healthy ingredients. It’s delicious, low-calorie, detoxing, and full of nutrients.
There is nothing better than a delicious healthy green smoothie.
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Kale Weight Loss Smoothie
Kale Weight Loss Smoothie is made using a handful of healthy ingredients. It’s delicious, low-calorie, detoxing, and full of nutrients. There is nothing better than a delicious healthy green smoothie.
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 1 1x
Ingredients
- 2 cups of fresh kale (washed)
- 1/2 large avocado
- 4 soft pitted dates (or 1/2 cup frozen berries)
- 1/2 lime/lemon juice only (freshly squeezed)
- 1 tbsp of freshly minced ginger
- 1 cup of cold water (or coconut water)
Instructions
- The kale is washed, then all the ingredients are added to a blender. Blitz until smooth. No more than 2-3 minutes.
- Add ice to your serving glass if you like, and pour the smoothie over.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
*For smoothie benefits, recipe notes, and more, scroll down!
- Prep Time: 3 minutes
- Cook Time: 2 minutes
- Category: Drinks
- Cuisine: Mediterranean
- Diet: Vegan
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 smoothie
- Calories: 223
- Sugar: 8.8g
- Fat: 9.9g
- Carbohydrates: 17.2g
- Fiber: 6.6h
- Protein: 2.2g
Weight Loss Kale Smoothie Benefits
This kale smoothie has many benefits. Kale is a well-known superfood that is full of nutrients and also works great in smoothies.
This kale smoothie for weight loss isn’t just good for weight loss. it contains numerous healthy ingredients that can contribute to overall wellness.
So, here are the benefits of drinking this kale beverage:
- Aids Weight Loss: The smoothie can help weight loss by boosting your metabolism, keeping you full, and being low in calories.
- Rich in Nutrients: This kale smoothie is high in vitamins A, C, and K, as well as minerals like iron, calcium, potassium and magnesium.
- Contains Antioxidant Properties: Kale is rich in antioxidants that can help fight oxidative stress.
- Fiber Content: This smoothie is rich in fiber thanks to the kale and dates, and the use of ginger further helps to keep your digestion healthy.
- Alkalizing Effect: The use of freshly squeezed lemon juice can help balance the body’s pH levels.
- Anti-Inflammatory: Contains gingerol, which has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects.
- Nausea Relief: This can help relieve nausea and vomiting for some people thanks to the ginger.
I recommend that you also try my weight loss kale and apple smoothie and my blueberry and kale smoothie recipe!
When To Drink This Smoothie
I lost weight by drinking this smoothie for breakfast allon with light protein, such as boiled eggs or scrambled tofu.
I consumed the smoothie for 7 days, once a day.
I recommend that you do the same.
I also ensured that I was physically active and made better food choices for the rest of the day.
Optional Smoothie Recipe Swaps And Substitutions
Below I am going to leave some options for you to make some changes to this low calorie kale smoothie, just in case you want something different.
- Instead of kale, feel free to use spinach or other greens of choice.
- Instead of lemon juice you can use lime juice.
- If you don’t have or like dates or dried fruit in general, use 1/2 cup of berries instead.
- I used plain water because it contains no calories, but if you want something more flavourful use coconut water instead.
- This smoothie doesn’t come out very thick, so if you like thick smoothies, either add 1/2 cup of ice cubes or for extra sweetness and taste add 1/2 cup of frozen banana slices.
My Top Tips:
- Do not over-blend. Blending for too long will cause the smoothie to become foamy.
- Serve over ice. Even if you chill the inrgedients before blending, the smoothie won’t come out cold and refreshing. Serve the smoothie over ice for that reason.
- Measure The Ingredients Carefully; This is a weight loss smoothie, you want to measure the ingredients exactly as listed.