Smoothie Mix & Match Ingredient Lists

Looking to level up your smoothie game? Whether you're in the mood for a detoxifying green smoothie or craving a vibrant red, orange, or yellow creation, our Mix and Match lists have you covered. In this guide, we break smoothies down by color—first diving into the world of leafy greens and color-compatible fruity ingredients; then moving into red, orange, and yellow blends. With endless combinations at your fingertips, you'll be mixing like a pro in no time!

The Green Smoothie Builder

Certain fruits and vegetables can mix with the green color of leafy vegetables and turn what was supposed to be a vibrant green smoothie into a brown monster smoothie. The color of the smoothie won't affect the flavor, though, and even the vitamins and minerals will remain intact. However, we do "eat" with our eyes as well as our palate, and therefore a brown smoothie may end up being thrown down the kitchen sink, no matter how tasty and nutritious it is. To save you trial and error, we have created a Mix-and-Match Ingredient Chart which can act as an easy-to-use green smoothie builder. The ingredient lists it contains should help you pick green smoothie ingredients that will yield beautiful green smoothies!

How to Use this Green Smoothie Ingredient Chart?

With a little bit of imagination and experimentation, you can create countless green smoothie recipes with the help of the Mix-and-Match Ingredient Chart below. Pick one or more greens/vegetables from the first two ingredient categories (vegetables and fruit) and mix them with a liquid of your choice (from the third category) in a high-powered blender or food processor. If you are using a lower powered blender, be also sure to read the article How to Make Green Smoothies in a Regular Blender.

To enhance the texture of your green smoothie, add an ingredient from the fourth category of the Mix-and-Match Ingredient Chart. To boost the flavor and nutrient profile of your smoothie, add one of the healthy smoothie "add-ins" from the fifth category.

Finally, before you start using the Mix-and-March Ingredient List below, keep the following color mixing rules in mind: Green vegetables and green fruit such as kiwifruit will yield smoothies with an intense green color. If you like your smoothies vibrant green, mix green-colored vegetables with yellow fruit. If you don't mind a deeper color, you can also mix greens with orange fruit.

The Red/Orange/Yellow Smoothie Builder

In the strictest sense of the word, green smoothies are made of green leafy vegetables and other common green smoothie ingredients. However, there are plenty of vegetables that are not green but that can offer an equally broad range of health benefits. Red vegetables, in particular, are loaded with health boosting nutrients. Red smoothie ingredients don't blend well with green ingredients (unless you like your smoothies brown), but there are plenty of orange and yellow vegetables and fruit that will mix well with red ingredients. Veg-and-fruit smoothies created using red and orange/yellow ingredients will range from light orange to bright red in color.

To use the Mix-and-Match Smoothie Ingredient List below, pick one or more red, orange or yellow vegetables from the first two ingredient categories (vegetables and fruit) and mix them with a liquid of your choice (from the third category). Keep in mind that the more yellow ingredients you use, the more yellow/orange your veg-and-fruit smoothie will be. Focusing on red vegetables and fruit will yield smoothies with a more intense red color.

If you like your red smoothies thick, pick a texture-enhancing ingredient from the fourth category in the below Mix-and-Match Ingredient List and add it to the mix. To finish off your super healthy creation, add one of the healthy smoothie add-ins from the last list.

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