Boost your im­mune sys­tem func­tion and re­duce your risk of catch­ing the pesky cold or flu by in­creas­ing your Vi­t­a­min C in­take! Kill those germs and re­ju­ve­nate your body with this quick and de­li­cious vi­t­a­min C smooth­ie! This recipe us­es sim­ple in­gre­di­ents and tastes sweet de­spite not adding ex­tra sug­ar. Our bod­ies do not pro­duce Vi­t­a­min C for it­self so we have to in­take through our di­et. This pow­er­ful an­tiox­i­dant guards your cells from the dam­ag­ing ef­fects of free rad­i­cals and of­fers promis­ing health ben­e­fits like iron ab­sorp­tion, and healthy skin. This smooth­ie is awe­some be­cause it com­bines a va­ri­ety of cit­rus fruits and veg­eta­bles like or­ange, ba­nana, car­rots, cran­ber­ries and ap­ples that you drink eas­i­ly in a few sips.

In­gre­di­ents

1 or­ange peeled

1/2 cup car­rot

1 ba­nana

1 ap­ple cored and chopped

2/3 cup al­mond milk (or non-dairy milk)

10 dried cran­ber­ries

1 ta­ble­spoon ground flax seed

1 cup ice

Di­rec­tions

1) Place the frozen man­go, straw­ber­ries, pineap­ple, and ba­nana in the blender. Let the frozen fruit sit for a few min­utes so that it soft­ens slight­ly - it will be eas­i­er to blend.

2) Add the ground flax seed and non-dairy milk, and blend on high speed un­til very smooth.

3) Pour in­to a glass and top with chia seeds.