This coconut lime smoothie is a refreshing, icy drink perfect for summer. Enjoy with or without rum.

I know smoothies have ice in them but this coconut lime smoothie is particularly “icy”, almost like a slushie.
It’s a half smoothie, half Italian ice kind of consistency with a whole lotta piña colada going on.
Mmmk?
These were made around 3pm on a day that I woke up to a half broken blog and proceeded to spend an inordinate amount of hours (still in my pajamas) glued to the computer, on the phone with my server tech support and deleting, reinstalling and configuring new plugins. If you have a blog, I know you can sympathize.
If you don’t, just imagine pure stress and a feeling of utter hopelessness. Here’s the thing about blogging, it doesn’t come with a manual or any (free) tech support. Shit breaks and it’s all on you. When “you” has learned everything through trial and error or past experience it can be kind of fun.
And by fun I mean completely infuriating. So yeah, that was a “fun” day.
Want to know what I could really have used after that? Some alcohol. But, since 5pm was still two hours away, I behaved and resorted to the next best thing. Coconut, lime, ginger, mint and teeny tiny bit of kefir for a tangy kick all mixed up with a ton of ice in this coconut lime smoothie.
Next time, I might try something more decadent like this coconut panna cotta or this coconut lime ice cream float.
It instantly took me to a tropical beach somewhere and my head desperately needed that. My body wouldn’t have minded it either but I haven’t figured out a food or drink that has that ability yet.
So in conclusion, we’ve learned that blogging leads you to drink and when that isn’t possible it makes you hallucinate.
Obviously, I’ll be continuing with it.
Coconut Lime Smoothie
Ingredients
- 10 ounces coconut milk from a can
- 5 leaves of mint, plus more for garnish
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1/4 inch nub of fresh ginger
- juice of 1/2 a lime
- 1/4 cup kefir
- 3/4-1 cup ice
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth but still icy.
- Add additional crushed ice to two glasses, pour in drink and garnish with more mint leaves.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Gina Matsoukas is an AP syndicated writer. She is the founder, photographer and recipe developer of Running to the Kitchen — a food website focused on providing healthy, wholesome recipes using fresh and seasonal ingredients. Her work has been featured in numerous media outlets both digital and print, including MSN, Huffington post, Buzzfeed, Women’s Health and Food Network.
These flavors will soothe any stressed out blogger. Love the idea of it being like an Italian ice.
This has summer written all over it! Love!
Wow, this looks amazing! I have never heard of kefir (even my spellcheck hasn’t!), but I’m going to look it up right now!
It’s not the easiest thing to find depending where you live. You could definitely sub in plain greek yogurt instead. They’ve both got that same tangy taste to them.
This looks great! It has all my favorite flavors. :)
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This looks delicious! I can’t get enough coconut…love it!
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The flavors in this sound incredible. I was thinking of doing some kind of coconut milk smoothie(probably more along the lines of a pina colada) but this has stolen my attention. Mint, ginger, honey, lime. Holy that sounds amazing. Glad everything’s working fine on your site now – I can totally sympathize! It’s awful when stuff like that happens.