Photos by Rikki Snyder
This super-simple Pineapple Coconut Vitamin C Smoothie hides a powerful little secret inside all that creamy deliciousness: it’s got 140 mg of the cold-fighting vitamin. For women, that’s nearly double the recommended daily allowance (source: Mayo Clinic). Want even more Vitamin C? Consider adding vitamin-rich papaya, guava, kiwi, more orange juice (or orange segments), a few fresh kale leaves, or even a few sprigs of parsley.
PrintPineapple Coconut Vitamin C Smoothie
This creamy, indulgent-tasting, and super-simple vegan smoothie boasts a big boost of vitamin C.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 1 smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 cup fresh or frozen pineapple chunks
- 1 medium frozen banana
- 3/4 cup light coconut milk
- 1/2 cup pure orange juice
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a blender and puree until smooth. Pour into a glass and serve with a straw.
50 Comments
Laura (Tutti Dolci)
January 11, 2014 at 12:00 pmI love these tropical flavors!
Liz
January 27, 2014 at 9:49 pmQuestion: Could you go sans-banana? Would it still taste super good and stay smoothie-ish?”
Kare Troughton
January 28, 2014 at 9:17 amHi Liz, I haven’t tried it without a banana … with so few ingredients, it is pretty essential to the recipe, but might be totally doable! Perhaps add some ice to keep it cold and a little Greek yogurt for texture.
Sky
February 23, 2014 at 2:06 pmIs the coconut milk the one out of the can or the cold case paper jug?
Kare Troughton
February 25, 2014 at 11:28 amSky, I used canned lite coconut milk. But it’s a pretty flexible recipe; either will work! The canned coconut just tastes richer.
Megan
March 10, 2014 at 8:09 pmBeautiful pictures!! I’m going to have to try this!
irma
March 18, 2014 at 7:20 pmHi, Karen, I’m new convert and still missing meat sometimes 🙂 Found this while searching, wow, thank you, It tastes great! And almost cost nothing since I live in tropical country and plant my own banana and coconut trees, well, at least my dad do 🙂 thanks again for the share.
sara edwards
June 1, 2014 at 2:21 pmDo you know about how many calories are in this smoothie? Thanks!
Kare Raye
June 2, 2014 at 9:21 amHi Sara, we don’t provide nutritional info here but we do love the recipe analysis tool at about.com. http://caloriecount.about.com/cc/recipe_analysis.php