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Keto Green Smoothie

The ketogenic diet has many benefits from weight loss to brain health and more. This green smoothie is keto-friendly and absolutely delicious!
Mar 18, 2019 | Joy McCarthy

Even though I’m not doing the ketogenic diet (as you might already know from my segment on Cityline), I’ll still blend up this lean green keto smoothie from time to time. That's because it boasts healthy fats, fibre and blood-sugar balancing ingredients that’ll keep me full and happy when I drink it up at breakfast or as an afternoon snack.

If you're following a traditional keto diet of only 20 net carbs per day, this smoothie may put you over your limit, as it's anywhere from 8–10 net carbs. But if you're following your own version of keto, or just looking for a yummy low-sugar green smoothie, then slurp away!

keto green smoothie

As I mentioned in my No-Bake Keto Coconut Almond Squares post, in which I wrote more about the ketogenic diet, there are a lot of great things about this way of eating, especially when it’s used as a therapeutic diet. In particular, the emphasis on eating an abundance of healthy fats is something I live by every single day. (Funny enough, I used to be fat-phobic before I became a nutritionist!)

Healthy fats, such as avocados, nuts and seeds,
ghee, sardines, coconut oil and coconut butter,
are AMAZING for you:

  • Curb carb and sugar cravings
  • Balance out your blood sugar
  • Heart healthy: They can help boost your HDL (good) cholesterol levels and reduce your LDL (bad) cholesterol 
  • Great for brain health
  • Satisfying and SO yummy

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In addition to the good fats from the avocado and coconut butter, this smoothie has vitamin- and antioxidant-rich leafy greens, ginger, lime, pineapple, liquid stevia (which doesn't give off the same aftertaste as the powder version) and cinnamon (which is also blood-sugar balancing). You’ll notice I used plain water in order to keep this smoothie keto compliant, but if you’re not on the keto diet, then you could easily switch it up with coconut water.

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Ingredients
  • 2 cups chopped leafy greens (kale, romaine or spinach)
  • 1/3 cup chopped pineapple
  • Half a cucumber
  • Thumb size ginger
  • 1 lime, peeled
  • 1/2 avocado
  • 5-10 drops liquid stevia
  • 3-4 cups filtered water
  • 1 spoonful of coconut butter or coconut oil
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
  1. Combine all ingredients into a high power blender and blend until fully combined. Enjoy immediately or refrigerate and enjoy within 12-24 hours.

Notes

If you're following a traditional diet of only 20 net carbs per day this smoothie will likely put you over as it's anywhere from 8-10 net carbs. If you're following your own version of keto, the slurp away!

Now, if you are interested in trying the keto diet or incorporating keto recipes into your meal routine, I have a few other recipes that you’ll enjoy:

Mar 18, 2019 BY Joy McCarthy
14 Comments
MD   •   June 12, 2019

Pineapple would kick you out of ketosis very high in sugar.

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Paulina   •   June 14, 2019

Sounds delicious! Can I use dates instead of stevia? How many? Is this one smoothie??

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Joy McCarthy   •   June 16, 2019

Robyn H.   •   June 14, 2019

Looks like the perfect morning smoothie. Can’t wait to try it! Thank you!

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Joy McCarthy   •   June 16, 2019

Issy   •   June 19, 2019

I tried to pin this post with Pinterest link below but is not working. Also went to your Pinterest and it is not posted yet :-(

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Joy McCarthy   •   June 19, 2019
Issy   •   June 19, 2019

Sue L.   •   July 21, 2019

Hey Joy! sub for pineapple, dont think I have in stock/. I have a bunch of frozen berries, sb, bb, mango, ? Also, in any of your recipes that contain fruit, ie, for smoothies, can we sub frozen instead? tnx :)

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Sue L.   •   July 21, 2019
Joy McCarthy   •   July 24, 2019
Joy McCarthy   •   July 24, 2019

Megan K.   •   July 27, 2019

I just made this and its absolutely delicious. Im not doing keto so I added coconut milk and strawberries as well as a bit of tumeric and chia seeds. Divine!

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Joy McCarthy   •   July 28, 2019

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