Pineapple, Arugula, Macadamia Nut

Name: Pineapple, Arugula, Macadamia Nut
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters 240 ml fresh-pressed apple juice; 2 Tbsps chia seeds or flax seeds; 2 Tbsps roughly chopped raw macadamia nuts; 177 milliliters 20 g firmly packed fresh mint leaves; 355 milliliters 255 g chopped fresh pineapple, chilled; 177 milliliters 20 g firmly packed arugula/rocket, tough stems removed; 1 pinch Pinch of sea salt; 177 milliliters 180 ml filtered water

Need a gluten free, primal, and whole 30 side dish? Pineapple, Arugula, Macadamia Nut could be a spectacular recipe to try. One serving contains 258 calories, 4g of protein, and 12g of fat. This recipe serves 2. If you have fresh-pressed apple juice, sea salt, macadamia nuts, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Combine the water, apple juice, pineapple, arugula/rocket, mint, macadamia nuts, chia seeds, and salt in a blender. Blend until smooth.

Ingredients you will need

Macadamia Nuts

Apple Juice

Chia Seeds

Pineapple

Arugula

Water

Mint

Salt

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Blender

Chia seeds create a physical barrier between carbohydrates and the digestive enzymes that break them down, thus slowing the conversion of carbohydrates into sugar.

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Chia Seeds

Sugar

From Super-Charged Smoothies: More Than 60 Recipes for Energizing Smoothies by Mary Corpening Barber and Sara Corpening Whiteford. Text copyright © 2010 by Mary Corpening Barber and Sara Corpening Whiteford; photographs copyright © 2010 by Jenifer Altman. Published by Chronicle Books LLC.

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Smoothie