Ingredients

• 1 medium beet (cooked or fresh)
• 1/3 fresh pineapple
• 1 banana
• 1 orange (juiced)
• about 2 cm piece of ginger
• 1 cup cold water*
• juice from 1/2 lime or lemon

Preparation

1. If cooking the beet, wash it (do not peel). Place it in a pot, cover with water, and cook until soft for about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Drain, cool, and peel.
2. Cut the cooked or fresh beet into pieces and place in a blender container.
3. Wash the pineapple and cut off the needed portion. Peel it fairly thickly, leaving only the soft flesh, and cut out the hard core. Cut the flesh into pieces and add to the beet.
4. Add the peeled banana, orange juice, peeled ginger sliced into pieces, water, and lime or lemon juice. Blend in a standing blender into a smooth smoothie.