This ginger blood orange smoothie is half soda, half smoothie and completely delicious! It’s bubbly and refreshing and perfect for winter.

We’re interrupting doughnut week for a quick health break. I don’t know about you, but after the donut massacre that went down in my house yesterday, I could use a healthy smoothie.

Or 10.

It’s blood orange season and while I really don’t think they taste that dramatically different from a regular navel orange, their color is so striking that it somehow seduces me into spending triple what a normal orange costs as I load them in my cart every year.

I bought this amazing ginger brew a few weeks ago at Trader Joe’s and fell absolutely in love with the stuff.

It’s spicy, strong and like the badass cousin of the ginger ale in the soda aisle. I mixed it with some orange juice one night (an old childhood favorite)  and have been drinking some variation of that every day since.

Yesterday it was with blood orange juice, a little banana and ice.

What resulted was this blood orange smoothie that’s really half soda, half smoothie and full on deliciousness that got sucked down in about 5 seconds flat between donut taste testing.

There are so many things I could complain about during winter, this isn’t one of them.

Back to donuts tomorrow! And I don’t think I’ve ever been so excited to share a recipe with you before so don’t miss it. Sneak peek here!

Love this bubbly ginger blood orange smoothie recipe? 

Try other smoothie recipes: Layered Strawberry Ginger Peach Smoothie, Guava Pineapple Smoothie and Roasted Apricot Green Smoothie.

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Bubbly Ginger Blood Orange Smoothie

Yield: 1-2 servings

Prep Time: 3 minutes

Total Time: 3 minutes

This ginger blood orange smoothie is half soda, half smoothie and completely delicious!

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Ingredients

• 1 blood orange
• 1/4 cup ginger ale (or ginger brew if you have it)
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1/2 small banana
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• dash ground ginger
• handful of ice

Instructions

1. Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.

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