Recipe: Power-Up Peach Smoothie by Natural Born Juicers

Corey and Laura Beatus jumped on juicing long before it was the cool thing to do. They met while working at New York City’s first-ever shop devoted to the trend, eventually quitting to hit the festival scene there with a mobile juice bar. They returned to Laura’s hometown of Indianapolis in 2008 and started parking their Natural Born Juicers truck at the downtown farmers market. It didn’t take long for the city to fall under the spell of drinkable fruits and veggies, leading to a booming Natural Born Juicers brick-and-mortar storefront on Mass Ave’s east end. Here, the Beatuses whip up a nutrient-packed treat to try at home.

Power-Up Peach Smoothie

INGREDIENTS

» ½ frozen banana
» 1 frozen peach without pit
» 2–3 frozen strawberries, depending on size
» 1 heaping tablespoon almond butter
» Dash of cinnamon
» 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
» 1–1 ¼ cups unsweetened almond or coconut milk

DIRECTIONS

1. Put frozen fruit in a blender.
2. Add almond butter, cinnamon, and maple syrup.
3. Fill blender with unsweetened almond or coconut milk to the 16-ounce mark and blend.
4. Add more almond or coconut milk if the mixture is too thick, and blend again.