Kickstart Your Day with a Purple Berry Smoothie
Purple is my favorite color, so to pay homage to this hue, I’m sharing a delicious blueberry-flavored smoothie that’ll bring a smile to your morning. Over the past year, I’ve been experimenting with smoothie recipes and developing my go-to collection.
I’ve been obsessed with the color of my smoothies that range from red, green, pale orange, yellow and purple. I find extra pleasure sipping on pretty-colored healthy breakfast drinks, so I continue trying out new ingredients. As they say, variety is the spice of life; it’s so true with smoothies! See my Smoothie 101 post with loads of info and tips on making healthy, delish smoothies.
Health Benefits of Purple Power
I share my purple smoothie that I’ve been testing out for a few weeks. The gorgeous color is as good as it looks with mild red cabbage (my secret ingredient!) as the vegetable base. The cabbage is shockingly undetectable especially using fruit that that naturally sweetens the mixture.
Red cabbage is a good source of potassium, antioxidants and other nutrients that help maintain bone and brain health. Low in calories and high in fiber, it helps you feel full longer too, which is a good thing with smoothies. Mixing in vitamin-rich blueberries further increases the amount of antioxidants which help reduce inflammation.
Making Smoothies a Habit
On my quest to be healthier, smoothies became part of my lifestyle with a Ninja blender/food processor that I use nearly every day. I started out strong with my first recipe using kale and then took off trying an assortment of vegetables and fruits to create colorful, nourishing and flavorful blends. Here are my favorite ones so far:
- My blueberry, banana and kale recipe got me hooked on smoothies from the get-go.
- My refreshing and scrumptious green smoothie tastes like a summer day with a little fresh mint and avocado.
- The flavors of my pumpkin spice smoothie are so satisfying and remind me of the Dunkin’ pumpkin muffin … only with half the calories!!!
- Luscious with bright flavors, my red smoothie includes beets with either mango and cherries or a fresh whole orange.
CHECK OUT MY SMOOTHIE 101 POST: Your guide to making healthy and delish smoothies!
Purple Smoothie (Berries and Red Cabbage)
Ingredients
- 1 cup chopped red cabbage
- 1/2 cup frozen blueberries
- 6 frozen cherries
- 2 tablespoons ground flax
- 2/3 cups skim or nondairy milk (I use cashew)
- 2 teaspoons almond or cashew butter
- 4 ice cubes
Instructions
- Put all ingredients in a high-powered blender and process it on high speed.
- If it’s too thick, add in additional milk or water.
- If too thin, add in more ice cubes and blend.
I never even thought of using purple cabbage as a smoothie base to get some sneaky veggies in! Definitely going to try this recipe! Thanks for sharing!
I love sneaking in the veggies especially when they make the color pretty! 🙂
I love smoothies! My kids will love how purple this one turns out.
I’m obsessed with smoothies now. I just got your recipe for the green smoothie; I will try this too. Thanks for the recipe.
Love the green smoothie but this one is special, too!
It never occurred to me to add red cabbage. Such a great idea. Very pretty!
I hope you enjoy trying it!
Looks so delicious. Will definitely give it a try!
Enjoy!
Looks and sounds delicious! Love purple … Thanks for the recipe!
What a delicious way to spice up my smoothie routine! Thanks for this!
You’re welcome! Enjoy!
I love the color! As a long-time smoothie love, I have never had purple cabbage in a smoothie, but I am intrigued. Lately, I’ve been obsessed with adding some fresh ginger to mine. Can’t wait to try your purple smoothie!
I definitely would try with ginger! Yum!
This sounds so good and healthy. I love smoothies. Thanks for sharing this recipe!
I hope you’ll enjoy! 🙂
Nice recipe. Will try it out as I love smoothies!😊
Hope you enjoy it! 🙂
Purple is such an enticing color for smoothies; it gets me every time!
Why not have fun sipping a smoothie, right? 🙂
I love this recipe so much!
Me too!
My granddaughter will love this, thanks.
Oh, that’s sweet. Another purple person!
Just try this recipe, it is amazing! Thank you.
Glad you like it!
The colour looks so great. I have a similar smoothie I prepare sometimes, but I used beet instead of read cabbage. I will try your smoothie this week.
I like beets in smoothies, too. I use for my red smoothie. Also a pretty color!
This sounds like an interesting mixture! I enjoy a good smoothie in the summer. I will be giving this a try! 😍
Enjoy!
Love the natural purple color; never thought of using cabbage before. Thanks for the post!
Wow, how interesting! This looks very healthy and tasty. Thanks for sharing.
You’re so welcome!
This is incredible ❤️
Glad you like!
This looks so good. I love the color purple, too, so I would love to try it
You’ll love it.
I usually put spinach in my smoothies, so the cabbage is a new idea for me.
I love my leafy greens but it’s fun mixing up the veggies.
Ohhh cabbage! Never thought of it! Definitely will try it!
So mild you won’t know it’s in there!
I have to start making my own smoothies. They have gotten so expensive at the healthy fast casual places lately, so your recipe looks like it would definitely save money.
And you’ll know how healthy they are based on your measurements!
I drink smoothies often, usually with blueberries, spinach and banana. I never thought about using cabbage, but I’m game. Pinning this now.
When I started making smoothies, I was all about the leafy greens; not now I try all sorts of vegetables but still love my greens.
Your posts inspire me to get more into smoothies. This is a great reminder to integrate the color purple more into my diet. Thanks for sharing!
Healthy and colorful make a fun combination!
LOVE berries 😉
Thanks so much for sharing!!
You’re so welcome!
I have never put cabbage into a smoothie! Thanks for sharing; I need to start incorporating.
Try it; you’ll like it! 🙂
Wow this sounds great! I have never added cabbage or cherries to my smoothie. I will definitely give this a try.
I think you’ll really like the cabbage. A small head lasts quite a while so you’ll get in a lot of smoothies. 🙂
I love the idea of making a smoothie because it’s your favorite color! LOL. Looks yummy and delicious too!
You gotta make every day a little fun, right! 🙂
I always start my day with a smoothie! This recipes looks great. I’ll definitely be trying! 😊
This is one you can actually omit the banana and just use the berries. 🙂