Dairy-free and healthy, this homemade Orange Julius is a delicious and nutritious treat!
Whenever I visit a new spot, try a new restaurant, or whenever someone else cooks something and I get to eat it, I’m inspired to try out a new recipe or flavor combo. All of the things I ate at CR yesterday were things I’ve had before (the gf chocolate chip cookies are what dreams are made of), but two things inspired me: freshness (everything is made fresh on site) and summery/springtime meals.
So this morning, when we were out of OJ, I remembered the bag of mandarins we had,
and made some healthy Orange Julius copycats to go with breakfast.
(For the record, I made this to photograph later, long after breakfast. During the actual breakfast ritual, it’s survival of the fastest: I’m frantically pouring, scrambling, chopping and slurping coffee while I get our food ready to eat and morning snacks packed up.)
Healthy Orange Julius
For Liv’s, I blended two peeled oranges with a cup of whole milk, 1/2 cup of ice and drizzle of honey.
Mine was made with two peeled oranges, one cup of almond milk, 1/2 cup of ice, some fresh mint (for a fresh zing!), two tablespoons of hemp seeds (to add some protein/fat since almond milk is fairly low), and some honey.
Blended on high for about a minute, and it was a refreshing and lovely morning treat with our eggs and waffles.
It TOTALLY reminded me of an Orange Julius, which I loved when I was a kiddo. I think it’s been years since I’ve had one, but I think I like the ingredients in this one better ?
Homemade Orange Julius Recipe
Here’s the recipe if you’d like to give it a try!
Homemade Healthy Orange Julius
Scale
Ingredients
- 2 mandarin oranges, peeled
- 1 cup almond milk
- 1/2 cup ice
- fresh mint
- 2 tbsp hemp seeds
- honey, to taste
Instructions
- Blend all ingredients together at high speed for about one minute.
Natural Air Freshener
Our entire house smells like orange and mint now, too!
Whenever I chop up fruit and/or herbs for photographs, I simmer them on the stove in some water (<– an idea I saw on Pinterest). The key is to make sure there is always water in the pot… otherwise the fragrance quickly becomes “charbroiled herbal death.”
Hope you have a wonderful day <3
See ya later on the Fashion page!
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