Broccoli is one of the best foods that mother nature makes. Just how good for you is broccoli? See a snippet from CNN I posted below this recipe. I frequently add broccoli to many of my fruit smoothie recipes so just about any smoothie can become a broccoli smoothie.
Ingredients
- 1 Carrot (chopped)
- 4 Florets of Broccoli
- 2 Handfuls of Spinach
- 1 Apple (chopped)
- 2 Oranges (peeled and quartered)
- Orange Juice to dilute
You can change the fruit and vegetables to your requirements but this is one way of ensuring you get the portions of fruit and vegetables your body requires.
Thanks to C’s Development Page
From CNN report on the health benefits of broccoli
When it comes to basic nutrients, broccoli is a mother lode. Ounce for ounce, boiled broccoli has more vitamin C than an orange and as much calcium as a glass of milk, according to the USDAs nutrient database. One medium spear has three times more fiber than a slice of wheat bran bread. Broccoli is also one of the richest sources of vitamin A in the produce section.
But the real surprise is this vegetables potent cancerfighting components.
At the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, food chemist Dr. Paul Talalay has gone so far as to name his lab after Brassica, the genus that includes broccoli and cauliflower. Talalay and his team at the Brassica Chemoprotection Laboratory have discovered that broccoli is rich in substances called isothiocyanates chemicals shown to stimulate the bodys production of its own cancer-fighting substances, called phase two enzymes. According to Talalay, these enzymes, in turn, neutralize potential cancercausing substances before they have a chance to damage the DNA of healthy cells.
To test broccolis cancer-fighting power, Talalay fed rats hearty servings of the vegetable for a few days and then exposed them to a potent carcinogen known to trigger a form of breast cancer in the animals. Broccoli-munching rats were half as likely to develop tumors as animals on standard chow, according to results published in the April 1994 Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.
Even those rats that did develop cancer ended up with fewer and smaller tumors, which is an important advantage in itself, says Talalay.


I always thought that fruits and vegetables were not to be used together.I love the sound of your recipe,and I hope that my thinking is wrong.
Thanks,melvin james
fruit can for sure be mixed with veggies,
the fruit adds great flavor. If you add dark green leafy veggies, the fruit will mask the bitterness (like chard, spinach, etc) I add some blueberries because it looks better and blueberries are a ‘wonder’ food.
Do you pre-cook these veggies?
nope, raw is best.
Would blueberries, spinach, and broccoli, be good together?
If you think they would, then maybe they would be. I’m always surprised at how distinct certain flavors will blend.
Let us know how it turns out.
Thanks a lot for your recipes! My son wouldnt touch veggies and fruits…but now your recipes have ensured that he gets his daily portion of fruits and veggies into his system!!
Thanks again! :)
can you please send me some recipes that i can use raw veggies and or mix with fruit.
If that will make it taste better. if the taste isnt good. NO one will drink it. So for me taste is important.
i’m kind of new to juiceing but so far I Love it.
thank you
Yeah, raw is better if you want to break your blender. Veggie fibers are tough. Unless you have a really awesome blender, I recommend steaming at least the broccoli first. Do it a few hours ahead so it’s cold by the time it goes in the blender.
VttaMix is the blender you want… I have one and I love.
They are worth the money..Costo sells them.
I put lots vegs furit in my husbands smoothies.
Things he needs but would never eat..
I add protein (Muscle Milk) to her smoothies…
I’m looking for a recipe for a blueberry broccoli smoothie
Help if you can….
Hi Sandra. I found only one and you have probably seen it too since it was the only broccoli blueberry smoothie recipe on the web. It was on the liverstrong.com site and I posted it here with some thoughts of mine. http://www.smoothieweb.com/broccoli-blueberry-smoothie/
is it okay to add whey protein to the smoothie?
Adding whey protein is a delicious and easy “whey” to add protein to your smoothie. Whey it up!
Hello,
I make a smoothie of broccoli,spinach,apple,carrots,beet and hand ful of any berries with orgnanic skim milk.
is this health and good one?
CNN is not reliable, must be another reason to make people eat broccoli
great im looking forward to get some new exciting but healthy recipes from you. i am looking for the 7 ingredients that my grandma used to feed us. but i forgot to ask those 7 and its dark green in color. all veggies,i hope you can send me another. its truly healthy even 4-6 days my cheeks already bloomed.
tnk you
I am gonna try this for dinner tonite with my kidos.