Green Tea Cucumber Refresher
Updated Jul. 29th, 2024
Add a little oomph to your green tea morning routine. By combining some juicy fruits and a few sneaky vegetables to your regular cuppa, this smoothie is sure to satisfy your thirst and then some. With tastes like this, you might even say others around you will go green with smoothie-envy.
- Gluten Free
- Dairy Free
- Corn Free
- Egg Free
- Sugar Free
- Vegetarian
Ingredients:
| 1 cup brewed green tea, cooled [you could just use water, if you prefer] | 20 green grapes | 3-4 ice cubes |
| 1 cup honeydew melon, cubed | ½ cucumber, skin removed and chopped | |
| 1 plum, pitted | 1 large handful of spinach |
Directions
- Boil water for green tea – once boiled, pour and set aside to brew for 3-4 minutes.
- Meanwhile, use this time to chop your fruits, pit your plum and remove skin from your cucumber.
- Combine all above ingredients into your blender, and bring your contents to a drinkable consistency.
- Sit back, sip and enjoy!
Make It This Way
To make this smoothie a little less on the sweet side, try only adding half of the grapes it calls for, or better yet, don’t add them at all. To add an extra boost to your morning, try adding unflavored whey, rice or hemp protein.
Try This
Instead of reaching for a sugar-filled drink to enjoy on a hot summers day, whip up a patch of these to enjoy poolside – you’re company will thank you for it!
A delicious and refreshing way to get more hydration and up your water intake by making infused water! the green tea cucumber refresher is a great way to cool down during the warmer months and is a delicious way to incorporate easy nutrients into your diet without thinking about it. I love infused drinks so this recipe is genius, especially on hot days! Cucumber is traditionally refreshing as it is as well. This is a recipe everyone can enjoy. Thank you for sharing!
Hello,
Green tea is great for those hot summer days, and this is definitely a refreshing recipe to serve at your next summer dinner or BBQ. The green tea is also great for the skin and helps eliminate toxins.
Have a healthy day!
This looks good. Will have to try it soon. I like the fact that it uses Green Tea as antioxidants and fresh veggies and fruits. Nice refreshing drink for summer. Makes a good green juice too. Can't wait to try it out. Thanks for sharing.
Hello Trina,
We love to hear that you're excited to try this refreshing drink recipe. It's excellent for summertime and to rehydrate after spending time outdoors. This recipe is also delicious and detoxing in the morning:
https://www.nationalnutrition.ca/articles/healthy-recipes/mint-and-lime-zest-infused-water/
Enjoy!
I love green tea and I personally very much like for it to be a bitter brew (which is one reason why I am so very fond of the antioxidant-rich sencha tea variety). But, this said, I am also a fan of sweeter teas, particularly sweeter green teas, because the earthy flavor takes on a new profile and is elevated in the background of sweetness. Grapes, especially chilled or cold, add a most wonderful and refreshing sweetness: I think that it is simply brilliant of you to leverage the flavor of grapes in this sweet tea recipe. And, I bet that the honeydew has a similar effect!