This ginger blood orange smoothie is half soda, half smoothie and completely delicious!
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 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 oj 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 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!
Bubbly ginger blood orange smoothie
This ginger blood orange smoothie is half soda, half smoothie and completely delicious!
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
- Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
I’m not a big smoothie person (pause for reaction) but I DO love blood oranges. You’re right about them: They somehow attract you with their sexy color and you’re a-goner. I should try this, though. I need to seek out this ginger brew from TJ’s you speak of! Sounds delicious!
it’s soooo good! Ginger ale works just as well though ;)
I agree, they don’t taste all that different but they are SO pretty!
Oh you fancy, huh? haha I love it! Make me one?
I loove how beautiful blood oranges are, and Im all about anything ginger! This sounds completely fantastic!
Is TJ’s the only store that sells this special ginger brew? Does it have a name?
Thanks, this recipe sounds great.
It’s the only place I’ve seen it and it’s literally just called ‘ginger brew’. Ginger ale would be fine as a replacement though.
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