Ginger+Mango Rehydration Gut Friendly Smoothie

Today I’m back with another smoothie recipe! This time it’s a super sweet, ice cold dairy-free smoothie which not only is amazingly refreshing but, more importantly, helps with rehydration. I’ve blogged before about how important rehydration to those of us with stomach issues in this hot weather (Which seemingly is actually the norm now? Is it ever going to go away?!!).

Whilst chugging water is important; we also need to get plenty of nutrients (and many of us don’t feel like eating with the weather and the sickness and fatigue it can sometimes bring!) and replace electrolytes too! If you’re having one of those days when you don’t feel like eating much first thing, starting the day with this ice cold ginger and mango smoothie will help rehydrate and give you energy. It also makes a great morning sickness remedy!

Why ginger?

This recipe post is part of Opie’s #freetheginger challenge and one of the main ingredients is Opie’s stemmed ginger. I love using ginger in all my cooking-such as my anti-inflammatory smoothie. It is great for our digestion and also nausea; which is very common in the heat! Usually, I use fresh ginger-but it can be a hassle to cut and doesn’t last very long. Stemmed ginger is really versatile and can be kept in the cupboard for ages. But doesn’t it contain sugar, you might ask?

Well yes, but for this recipe-the small amount is actually important! When we’re dehydrated and low on energy- we need to replace our electrolytes. Of course, if you suspect this is you, you need to try rehydration sachets as it can be serious. But if you’re just trying to prevent this; many rehydration recipes use a combination of salt and sugar. So not only does the small amount of syrup we’ll use make it taste delicious (and mask the salt we’ll be adding-yep I said SALT) it also helps provide much-needed sugar.

Why make it in batches?

You’ll notice this smoothie recipe serves three people. Seems odd for a smoothie right? That’s for several reasons. For one, I’m trying to make things in batches with this hot weather-as it takes so much energy to get into the kitchen!

It’s also more cost-efficient (especially for ingredients like coconut water and Mango) and it’s so easy to freeze leftovers into moulds and make ice lollies too! Finally, I have been meaning to test out my Optimum Vac2 Vacuum Blender. 

I’ve recently become an ambassador for the company and one of its benefits is that it can make smoothies than last days in the fridge (usually fruit oxidates and turns brown)! So this recipe seemed like the perfect excuse to test it out (I’ll have a full, seperate blog post review on that soon!) I appreciate not everyone can use such a blender or wants to batch blend;  so I have included single serving ingredients at the bottom of the post.

The Recipe: Ginger+Mango Rehydration Smoothie

Yield: 3

Ginger+Mango Rehydration Smoothie

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 1 minute

Total Time: 6 minutes

A refreshing, sweet smoothie to help rehydrate and refresh

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Ingredients

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• 1 cup almond milk, Use unsweetened (this recipe is sweet enough!)
• 3 pieces of stemmed ginger
• 1 chopped mango
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 1 tsp cinammon
• 1/2 cup coconut water (regular water works fine too!)
• 6 ice cubes
• 1 tbsp salt
• 2 bananas, (freeze the evening before!)

Instructions

1. The evening before, slice bananas, pop in a freezer bag and freeze. You can use fresh bananas but this will help make the recipe super cold and refreshing!
2. Peel and dice the mango
3. In your blender, add the frozen banana and mango.
4. Add almond milk 
5. Add the 3 pieces of Opies stemmed ginger. 
6. Add ice cubes
7. Add 1tbsp of turmeric and cinnamon (I personally used Spice Sanctuary's blend)
8. Add 1 tbsp of salt
9. Finally add 1/2 cup of coconut water (or water at a push)
10. Blend for 45 seconds. Check the ice cubes have been properly blitzed- if not, blend again!
11. This recipe is a batch smoothie recipe and I made 3 servings. I popped one in the fridge and then 2 in ice lolly moulds. Otherwise, please see the adaptations for making a single-serve smoothie in the notes section (However, I always recommend making in batches so you've got plenty to hand when fatigue hits!)

Notes

*Single serve smoothie ingredients*

• 1 small banana
• 1/3 cup of almond milk
• 1-2 stemmed ginger pieces (depending on sweetness)
• 1/4-1/2 chopped mango
• 1/4 coconut water/regular water
• 2 ice cubes
• Same portion of cinnamon and turmeric as before.
• 1 tsp of salt

Nutrition Notes: Ginger and Mango Smoothie

• Essentially water, sugar and salt are what helps us replenish our electrolytes. The Opies syrup provides sugar and we add a small amount of salt too.
• Mango is a perfect fruit for rehydration.
• If you find ice cold drinks upset your stomach (which can happen occasionally), don’t freeze the bananas beforehand.
• Ginger helps with sickness, nausea and upset stomach.
• Using coconut water instead of regular water will also ensure your Potassium levels are topped up (another important electrolyte)
• Bananas are great sources of soluble fibre which can help settle our stomach. They also contain potassium.

I hope this recipe is useful and can’t wait to hear your thoughts on making it below.

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