It’s no secret that I love smoothies.  They are pretty much a daily thing around this house.  While I think smoothies are an excellent way to cram a whole lot of fruit and veggies into one meal sometimes I crave a simple smoothie.  Enter this 3 ingredient smoothie.  The players are just one small beet, 3-4 cups of watermelon, and a small handful of mint.  The result is a neon pink smoothie that is refreshing and satisfying.  Somehow the watermelon really mellows out that typical earthy beet taste that I used to despise.  Now I like it.  Did you know our taste buds do change with time?  I’m still waiting for mine change enough so I like olives but it hasn’t happened yet.

 

Ingredients:

1 small beet, raw*

1 small handful of fresh mint

3-4 cups of fresh watermelon

Blend together and enjoy!

*I used a Vitamix blender which can handle raw beets.  If your blender isn’t up to the challenge you could just poke the beet with a fork and pop in the microwave for a couple of minutes to soften it up a bit.

Just look at that color!  It was a great way to add a little brightness to this cloudy day.