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Vanilla Cardamom Apple Pear Kefir Smoothie

A tangy, creamy kefir smoothie with crisp apple and pear, a nutty almond butter body and a warm, floral cardamom-vanilla finish.

Vanilla Cardamom Apple Pear Kefir Smoothie

Ingredients

  • ½ cup40 gOld-fashioned rolled oats
  • 1¼ cups300 gWatercold
  • ¾ cup (180 ml)200 gPlain kefir, low-fatchilled
  • 1 container (6 oz)150 gPlain Greek yogurt, nonfatchilled
  • 1¼ cups chopped150 gApplechopped, skin on
  • 1 cup sliced150 gPearschopped, skin on
  • 1½ tbsp24 gAlmond butter, no salt added
  • 1 date24 gMedjool dates, pittedchopped
  • 1 tsp4 gVanilla extract
  • ½ tsp1 gGround cardamom

Steps

  1. The night before, stir the oats into the cold water in a jar, cover and soak in the fridge overnight, at least 8 hours.
  2. In the morning, pour the soaked oats and their water into the blender and blend until completely smooth to make a quick oat milk.
  3. Add the chopped dates to the oat milk and blend for 30 seconds so they break down fully.
  4. Add the chopped apple and chopped pear and blend until smooth.
  5. Add the kefir, Greek yogurt, almond butter, vanilla and cardamom, then blend just until creamy and evenly mixed.
  6. Divide the smoothie between 2 glasses, pouring over ice if you like, and serve cold right away.

Check labels: Gluten-free when you buy old-fashioned rolled oats labeled gluten-free.

Contains: Milk, Tree nuts. Some brands contain gluten.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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