Best Lambsquarters Smoothie Recipes

LAMBSQUARTERS SEED SMOOTHIE

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By fall, there is a second harvest of lambsquarters. Not the leaves this time, but the seeds, which have a nice flavor and can be used in smoothies, soups, scrambled eggs... use your imagination. This is the seed smoothie I made today.

Provided by Irma Nippert

Categories Drinks Recipes Smoothie Recipes Veggie

Time 10m

Yield 1

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

⅔ cup lambsquarters seeds
2 cups water, or more to taste
1 pear, cut into chunks (including core and seeds)
1 apple, cut into chunks (including core and seeds)
3 beet tops with stems
1 tablespoon honey, or to taste
1 pinch ground ginger

Steps:

Rinse lambsquarters seeds in a fine-mesh strainer. Drain.
Combine rinsed seeds, water, pear, apple, beet tops and stems, honey, and ginger in a high-powered blender. Blend slowly until chunks are smaller. Increase speed to high and blend until smooth and creamy.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 277.8 calories, Carbohydrate 70.7 g, Fat 0.9 g, Fiber 14.6 g, Protein 5.4 g, SaturatedFat 0.1 g, Sodium 305.7 mg, Sugar 48.5 g

LAMBSQUARTERS SMOOTHIE

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A green smoothie made with a highly nutritious garden weed. Lambsquarters is often compared to spinach, but with a milder flavor.

Provided by Irma Nippert

Categories Drinks Recipes Smoothie Recipes Veggie

Time 10m

Yield 2

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

3 cups water
2 apples, cored and quartered
1 kiwi, peeled and quartered
1 cup coarsely chopped lambsquarters stems and leaves
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon flax seeds
1 pinch ground ginger

Steps:

Combine water, apples, kiwi, lambsquarters, honey, flax seeds, and ginger in a blender; blend on high speed until smooth, about 30 seconds.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 172.1 calories, Carbohydrate 37.3 g, Fat 3.2 g, Fiber 7.3 g, Protein 3.1 g, SaturatedFat 0.3 g, Sodium 27.6 mg, Sugar 26.4 g