Naturally cleanse the body with this beautifying apple cider vinegar smoothie made with beets, spinach, and sweet red grapes. Perfect beauty drink for a beaming complexion and to support weight loss!
The ultimate elixir of a beauty drink! This apple cider vinegar smoothie is packed with antioxidants, flavor and one of the best healthy smoothie recipes you'll love!
Quick Look
- 🕒 Prep Time: 5 minutes
- 🍽️ Serving: 1
- ⚡ Calories: 242kcal
- 🥣 Ingredients: 7 (spinach, frozen red grapes, raw beet, cashews, parsley, apple cider vinegar, water)
- 🍌 Banana free, and no added sugar
- 🌶️ Flavor Profile: Sweet frozen grapes and earthy raw beet with a bright tang from the vinegar
- ✋ Difficulty: Everything goes in the blender at once.
Quick Answer
Blend 1 cup packed spinach, 1 cup frozen red grapes, half a raw beet, 2 tablespoons raw cashews, 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar and ½ cup water until smooth, adding ½ cup ice to thicken. It comes to 242 calories. Grapes contain alpha hydroxyl acids that help dissolve the dead skin cells that clog oil glands, beets jumpstart the body's natural detoxification process, and apple cider vinegar balances pH levels while replenishing minerals and helping to control hunger.
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One of the best smoothies I have ever had is this apple cider vinegar smoothie! I know, apple cider vinegar in a smoothie sounds a little strange to some peeps, my husband was one of them. But it adds a beautiful pop of taste, and is bursting with incredible health benefits. So if you are wondering how to use apple cider vinegar, this is a great recipe!
We love to enjoy apple cider vinegar (ACV) drinks such as this apple cider vinegar drink, apple cider vinegar shots, cranberry juice detox water, and also sipping it in soups like cabbage soup. If you want, I even have a recipe on how to make apple cider to vinegar to make your own batch. All you need is just one tablespoon a day of ACV to get some of the benefits of apple cider vinegar and this beauty drink is one of them!
While beauty is in the eye of the beholder, there are certain foods and drinks that can help make that first impression you see in yourself and others more radiant. Clear skin, silky hair, whiter teeth, bright eyes (no yellow please, which is a sign of liver issues!), are all beauty traits that indicate health and wellness. But beyond just what the eyes see, beauty starts from the inside out and through the foods we consume. After all, you are what you eat, literally!
Drinking this apple cider vinegar smoothie releases vital nutrients into the body that improves life, skin (the largest organ), and helps the detoxification process.
Why This Smoothie Works
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- Frozen grapes replace the banana. This ACV smoothie is made with no banana, and the frozen grapes bring both the sweetness and the thickness a banana usually provides.
- Raw beet drives the detox. Beets are wonderful to jumpstart the body's natural detoxification process and push out toxins from the body.
- Cashews carry the fat. Two tablespoons of raw unsalted cashews make it creamy and slow the sugars down.
- One tablespoon of vinegar is the dose. All you need is just one tablespoon a day of ACV to get some of the benefits.
- Parsley is not a garnish here. It is rich in nutrients including vitamin A, vitamin K, and vitamin C, and it shows up in the blood sugar research alongside the vinegar.
Why You'll Love This Smoothie
- Five minutes and one blender.
- No banana, for anyone avoiding the carbs and sugar.
- A beauty drink that earns the name, built on grapes, beets and parsley.
- 242 calories with real fiber and healthy fats, like my green detox juice.
- Part of the wider ACV lineup with apple cider vinegar and honey and the detox drinks collection.
Key Ingredients
- Spinach - natural source of plant protein and calcium.
- Frozen red grapes - a rich source of antioxidants.
- Raw red beet - are wonderful to jumpstart the body's natural detoxification process and push out toxins from the body and are great in drinks like this detox beet juice.
- Cashews or Almonds - adds healthy fats, use unsalted and raw.
- Parsley - is rich in nutrients including vitamin A, vitamin K, and vitamin C.
- Apple Cider Vinegar - is a natural tooth whitener and contains malic acids that remove stains from teeth. It also balances pH levels while replenishing minerals including potassium, calcium, iron, sodium and magnesium. It also helps to control hunger.
- Water or Coconut Water - helps to push fiber through the body to flush toxins away. Optional to add ice to thicken and make this smoothie more slushy.
Full recipe ingredients and measurements are in the recipe card below.
Health Benefits
There are incredible health benefits from drinking apple cider vinegar, beets, grapes, and parsley that directly result in areas of skin, face, weight loss and blood sugar.
Clearer skin and radiant face: Grapes contain alpha hydroxyl acids that help dissolve the dead skin cells that clog oil glands, causing pimples. Fruits in general tend to help with clearer skin as they are nutritionally dense and hydrating.
Weight loss: Fruit vinegar and acetic acid (the main ingredient of vinegar) affect lipid profile and weight loss, and have become very popular the past few years [source]. ACV helps the body break down protein, some of which help with the creation of growth hormone. That growth hormone is what breaks down fats and promotes weight loss.
Helps control blood sugar: Several studies clearly demonstrated that the consumption of apple vinegar and parsley can help control blood sugar levels in patient with glucose abnormalities [source][source].
Banana free: Bananas tend to get a bad rap since they are high in carbohydrates and sugar. The flip note is that they are full of minerals and potassium. I personally eat a banana almost every day but many people try to avoid them. I like to skip them in smoothies as much as possible so this vinegar smoothie does not contain banana. Side note: also try my dragon fruit smoothie which is also made without banana.
How to Make an Apple Cider Vinegar Smoothie
1Add the spinach, grapes, beet, cashew, parsley, apple cider vinegar, and water to a high speed blender and mix until no visible chunks.
2If your smoothie needs to be thicker, add about ½ cup of ice and blend until smooth.
3Pour into a glass and serve right away.
As always, be sure to check out the full recipe details in the recipe card below.
Expert Tips
- Freeze the grapes ahead. Wash and rinse them, dry with a paper towel, pull them off the vine and set them on a small baking sheet or plate. Freeze for 1 hour before using, or store them in a sealed freezer bag after that for any future use. This is also a great way to use grapes that would otherwise spoil.
- Peel and halve the beet. Skin removed, ends cut off, sliced in half, so the blender can break it down.
- High speed blender helps. Raw beet and cashews need power; blend until there are no visible chunks.
- Only one tablespoon of vinegar. More does not make it work better, it just makes it sharp.
- Drink it right away while it is cold and the color is still bright.
- Rinse your mouth after. ACV is acidic, so a swish of water protects tooth enamel, same as with ACV shots.
Smoothie Supplements and Add-Ins
In addition to the ingredients in this apple cider vinegar smoothie, supplements can be added for extra nutrients and protein. Feel free to make the recipe as is or try adding:
- 1-2 tablespoons hemp seeds
- 1 scoop plain protein powder
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
- 1 scoop of collagen
- 1 teaspoon bee pollen
For more in the same vein, my kale banana smoothie and blueberry lemon after workout smoothie are the two I rotate with this one.
Apple Cider Vinegar Smoothie FAQs
Wash and rinse off the grapes then dry them with a paper towel. Remove the grapes from the vine and set them on a small baking sheet or plate. Place in the freezer for 1 hour before using, or after an hour store them in a sealed freezer bag for any future use. This is also a great way to use grapes that would otherwise spoil.
This is not a one step cheat drink to getting rid of acne and losing weight, however by consistently adding this apple cider vinegar drink into your diet is a great place to start along with avoiding refined sugar, smoking, and processed foods.
It adds a beautiful pop of taste rather than tasting like straight vinegar. One tablespoon in a full blender of fruit and greens reads as brightness, the way lemon juice would.
Yes, raw unsalted almonds work in place of the cashews. Both add healthy fats and body to the smoothie.
Raw beet is what jumpstarts the detoxification process here, and half of one is enough. If raw beet is too earthy for you, start with a quarter and work up.
Fruit vinegar and acetic acid affect lipid profile and weight loss, and ACV helps control hunger. It is a helper alongside a balanced diet, not a fix on its own.
Apple Cider Vinegar Smoothie (Beauty Drink)
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Ingredients
- 1 cup spinach packed
- 1 cup red grapes frozen (see notes below for freezing grapes)
- ½ raw beet half of one raw beet with skin removed, ends cut off and sliced in half
- 2 tablespoons raw cashews or almonds
- 1 tablespoon parsley fresh
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- ½ cup water or coconut water
- ½ cup ice optional to thicken
Instructions
- Add the spinach, grapes, beet, cashew, parsley, apple cider vinegar, and water to a high speed blender and mix until no visible chunks. If your smoothie needs to be thicker, add about ½ cup of ice and blend until smooth.
- Pour into a glass and serve right away.
Notes
- FREEZING GRAPES: Do this in advance by washing and rinsing off grapes then drying them with a paper towel. Remove the grapes from the vine and set them on a small baking sheet or plate. Place in the freezer for 1 hour before using, or after an hour store them in a sealed freezer bag for any future use. This is also a great way to use grapes that would otherwise spoil.
- Nutrition is calculated with water and substituting it with coconut water will change it.
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