Pink Pineapple Smoothie

A tropical pineapple smoothie like a beach party treat with anti-inflammatory properties from 5 ingredients, including celery seeds. Dairy-free, gluten-free, vegan.

Pink Pineapple Smoothie

A delicious 5-ingredient pineapple smoothie that is kid-friendly yet tastes like a pina colada. And best of all, it's sweetened by fruit only, as in pears and pineapple. That's it! No need for sweeteners, even healthier ones like maple syrup.

The wholesome nature of the ingredients are the reason behind the powerful healthy benefits this smoothie provides.

Aching joints? Headache? Queasy tummy? All be gone with the powerful inflammation properties of this yellow frosty treat. And the mental boost that comes from drinking a beachy tropical drink like this are also huge.

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Ingredients in This Pineapple Smoothie

So where does this tropical flavor come from? It's in the pineapple coconut combination. Here are the ingredients you need to make this delicious refreshing smoothie.

Pineapple - Of course. But fresh or frozen? The answer is frozen to keep the drink frosty. You can buy frozen pineapple in bags in the freezer section, or you can buy fresh chunks or even a whole pineapple, chop it up and freeze that.

Dairy free milk - I recommend using coconut milk found in your grocer's dairy section, not canned. Coconut will contribute to the tropical flavor, but you can use any milk just beware the flavor will be blander.

Fresh Pears - I like to sweeten all my smoothies with fruit. I often use pears because they are sweet yet neutral in color. But don't use hard green pears or the flavor will be bitter. You can use ripe bananas instead if you can't find ripe pears. Or green grapes work too.

Lemon juice - Even pears and pineapples are sweet so in contrast I like to freshen the flavor with a bite of citrus. Plus the added lemon juice means more vitamin C.

Celery Seeds - only a half a teaspoon and you can find them in the spice section of your grocery store. These are optional for anti-inflammatory boosting.

Raspberries - to make a portion of the finished pinapple smoothie pink!

How to Make A Pineapple Smoothie

It's easy to make this two-toned smoothie.

STEP 1: Blend all the pineapple smoothie ingredients together.

STEP 2: Remove all but one cup of the yellow smoothie from the blender and add in the raspberries. Blend that until you have a pink smoothie.

STEP 3: Serve both colors layered. I layered mine with some fresh coconut yogurt for even more of a tropical feel.

How To Store A Pineapple Smoothie

I typically recommend you drink your smoothie immediately. If you must, refrigerate your smoothie only a day. Any longer and the nutrition starts to diminish.

But you can freeze them. I tell you all about smoothie cubes here and provide recipes so you can create cubed smoothies to store and make as needed.

To store this smoothie simply, pour it into an ice cube tray, freeze overnight. Put the cubes in a sealed container or storage bag in your freezer. The night before you'll want a smoothie, put six cubes in a glass and set it in the refrigerator.

The next morning, blend again if you must or stir. You can add a half a cup of coconut milk if need be to loosen it up to blend.

How to Make A Frozen Pineapple Smoothie Popsicle

Pour the mixture in a popsicle mold and insert sticks and freeze. That's it! Don't have a popsicle mold? Use paper cups, bathroom sized are the perfect mold. Just remember to insert sticks or straws before they freeze solid.

How This Pineapple Smoothie Helps with Inflammation

Bromelain is the substance in pineapple that knocks inflammation out of your body.
In case you didn't know, inflammation is at the root of many issues -- from sadness to serious illness. So I decided to put at least one anti-inflammatory smoothie into my daily regime.

Other Ingredients to Add to This Pineapple Smoothie

Want to up the inflammation power? Here are a few other ingredients that you could consider adding in small amounts: broccoli, spinach, sweet potato, papaya, berries, turmeric, apple cider vinegar, garlic, ginger, pineapple, cucumber, parsley and more. Even a lesser known inflammation fighter, celery seeds.

Just be sure to add these in small amounts to not drown out the pineapple coconut tropical flavor.

Another ingredient that you could add won't necessarily boost anti-inflammatory power but it is such a popular smoothie add-in I thought I'd share: Spinach

To add spinach to this smoothie, you'd add 1 tightly-packed cup of leafy greens to the blender after you've add the liquids. Bear in mind, this addition will add a tinge of green to the otherwise yellow smoothie.

How Celery Seeds Fight Inflammation

I thought one ingredient might catch your eye and deserve a bit more detail.

Celery seeds, which develop off the flowers of the celery plant, can be bought from your grocery spice section. The seeds have long been used in alternative medicine and is known to be a very strong anti-inflammatory. The tiny seeds, which actually taste like celery, are also said to support digestion, detox, and de-bloating effects, according to at least one study. As with all supplements or new ingredients, be careful about possible allergic reactions and certainly consult your medical support person with any questions.

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