AIP gut healing smoothies are hard to come by.
Many smoothie recipes out there contain gut-inflammatory ingredients like nut butter and almond milk, FODMAP veggies and fruits, or funky protein powders that are not always optimal for people who follow an AIP lifestyle or have gut problems. (Hello bloating, gas and constipation).
Never fear! My 8 delicious AIP Gut Healing Smoothies to the rescue!
8 AIP Gut Healing Smoothies
In less than 2-minutes, breakfast, lunch or a power-packed snack is served—rich in gut healing ingredients to soothe your tummy and leave you nourished (not curled in the fetal position on the floor with tons of stomach pain)!
Gut Healing AIP Smoothie #1: Gut Love Shake
My classic “staple” breakfast in my 28 Day Gut Kickstart program I walk my patients through.
Ingredients
Liquid: 1 cup water OR kefir (coconut milk, goat’s milk kefir coconut water kefir) OR lite canned coconut milk OR homemade Tigernut milk
Fruit: Choose 1: 1/2 cup frozen berries or 1/2 green tipped banana or small green apple or other fruit of choice
Healthy Fat (choose 1-2): 1⁄2 avocado, 1 tbsp sunflower seed butter, 2 tbsp organic ground flaxseed, 1 tbsp MCT oil, 1 tbsp coconut butter
Greens: 2 large handfuls dark leafy greens (kale, lettuce, baby collards, etc.)
Protein: 1 scoop quality protein powder (collagen, beef isolate, grass-fed whey protein)
Optional Gut Boosters
- 1/2 cup crushed ice (makes thicker)
- 1-2 probiotic capsules (powder)
- 1 scoop bovine colostrum powder or IgG powder
- 1 in. peeled fresh organic ginger
- 1 tsp manuka honey or organic raw honey or monk fruit
- mint/peppermint leaves
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tbsp carob powder or unsweet cacao powder
- 1 tsp vanilla
Directions
Blend all ingredients in a blender.
Gut Healing AIP Smoothie #2: Veggie Mashup
Get your pre-biotic fiber and short chain fatty acids on! Eating different vegetables is key to healthy gut bacteria. Beneficial bacteria need fiber to populate. Fiber also acts as a binder to bind up toxins and get em out of your body. Use the veggie mashup shift the microbiome in a positive direction more effectively.
Ingredients
Buy 15-20 different organic veggies of choice.
Examples: carrot, carrot greens, parsnip, mint, cilantro, fenugreek, parsley, dill, spinach, kale, bok choy, beet, broccoli, fennel, cauliflower celery, radish with greens, zucchini, kholrabi, turnip.
Directions
- Process veggies to a pulp in a food processor. Mix well.
- Then spoon out and store in baggies or glass containers in the fridge or freezer to blend into a high speed blender along with water or liquid of choice for a daily smoothies.
- Add 5-6 heaping spoonfuls to a smoothie, soup or eat straight each day to get your veggies on.
- Add optional monk fruit to taste if desired.
Gut Healing AIP Smoothie #3: “Coffee” Smoothie
- Ingredients
1/2 cup coconut milk, homemade tigernut milk or water - 1 cup chicory dandelion coffee or mushroom coffee
- Pinch saigon cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 scoop AIP vanilla protein powder
Optional add ins:
- Pure maple or 1-2 drops stevia/monk fruit
- Dash pink sea salt
Directions
Blend all ingredients in a blender.
Gut Healing AIP Smoothie #4: Vanilla Healing Milkshake
Ingredients
- 1/2 ripe banana
- 1/2 cup coconut milk
- 1 tbsp melted organic coconut butter or sunflower seed butter
- seeds from one vanilla pod or 1 tbsp organic vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp raw manuka honeyor pure stevia/monk fruit
- pinch sea salt
- 1 serving collagen protein
- 1 scoop gelatin
- 1/2 cup crushed ice
Directions
- Place all the ingredients, except the gelatin, into a blender and blend well until smooth
- Add the gelatin (if using) and stir well until it dissolves
- Transfer to a large glass, jar or other storage container and let sit in the fridge overnight. This allows the milkshake to thicken. Serve and enjoy!
Gut Healing AIP Smoothie #5: Chocolate Frosty
Ingredients
frozen cauliflower florets, 3/4 cup or 1/2 green tipped banana
1/2 cup thick coconut milk
1 serving protein powder (collagen, beef isolate, grass-fed whey protein)
1 tbsp sunflower seed butter or 1/3 avocado
1 scoop bovine colostrum powder or IgG powder
1 tbsp cacao or unsweetened cocoa powder (optional)
pinch monk fruit or pure stevia or 1 tsp. Manuka honey (optional)
Directions
Blend together in a blender.
Gut Healing AIP Smoothie #6: Refreshing Green Smoothie
- Ingredients
1/2 cucumber, chopped - 1 stalk celery
- parsley
- juice of 1 lemon
- 1/2 avocado
- power greens or spinach, 2 big handfuls
- 1/2 cup water, unsweetened coconut milk or hemp milk
- 1/2 large green apple, cored and chopped OR 1 tsp manuka honey + 1 tsp vanilla extract (if not using fruit) or monk fruit /pure stevia
- 1 cup ice
Directions
Blend together in a blender.
Gut Healing AIP Smoothie #7: Golden Milk Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsweetened coconut milk
- organic rooibos tea or herbal chai tea or herbal ginger tea (2 bags or fresh leaves, prepared)
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger (if you do not opt to use ginger tea)
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 1 tsp saigon cinnamon
- collagen peptides or pure protein powder (1 serving)
- 1 tbsp ghee or coconut oil (optional for extra creaminess)
- optional: 1/2 cup fresh chopped pineapple OR sweetener of choice: maple syrup, Manuka honey, monk fruit, pure stevia
Directions
- Prepare tea on stovetop (boil water and add tea/tea bags), then let cool
- Add all ingredients together in a blender.
Gut Healing AIP Smoothie #8: Apple Pie Bone Broth Smoothie
Ingredients
1 cup chicken or beef bone broth (Kettle & Fire), room temp
1 cup baked or stewed apple
1 tbsp cinnamon
1 cup tigernut milk or coconut milk
1 tsp pure maple or manuka honey, or pinch monk fruit or pure stevia
1 tsp vanilla extract or 1/2 tsp vanilla powder
Collagen peptides
optional: toasted coconut chips on top for crunch
Directions
Blend together in a blender.
Hope you enjoy these different yummy of AIP Gut Healing Smoothies.