Smoothies
Whether we’re talking breakfast, pre-workout, post-workout or somewhere in between, I love the delectable nourishment of a good smoothie.
Smoothies are a great way to boost nutrition as everything is already in a liquid form, making it easier to digest. Unlike juicing, blending also preserves the fiber content and prevents loss of nutrients as much as possible.
Love on your body with delicious, sippable nutrition that promotes digestion, easy assimilation of nutrients and serves as a total supercharge to the body!
Make your friends green with envy when they see your youthful glow and energy.
Ditch the store bought alternatives and go for a delicious dairy alternative that can radically upgrade your health!
Yes, I really do put greens in/on my greens and yes, I really love them! Honestly though, even my husband who does …
Ditch the store bought alternatives and go for a delicious dairy alternative that can radically upgrade your health!
Green Getaway
Ingredients
½ cup Water, or to blend
3-3½ Pineapple Spears (or roughly 1 cup)
1 Mango
½ Large Golden Delicious Apple, peeled, cored and chopped
¼ Frozen Banana
1-2 Dried Dates, chopped (more if you want it sweeter)
1-1½ cups packed Greens (I usually use spinach)
½ – 1 tsp Barley Grass Powder, Wheat Grass Powder or Spirulina (optional)
2-3 Ice Cubes, reserved
Instructions
Blend all ingredients, except ice, until smooth. This one’s a blender full so if you have a small blender, split this recipe.
Morning Sunrise
Ingredients
¾ cup Almond Milk or Water, or to desired consistency
7 Strawberries
3 Bananas (frozen preferable)
2 Pineapple Spears
1 Orange, peeled and quickly sectioned
1 tbsp Hemp Hearts or Rolled Oats
Instructions
Blend all ingredients, except ice, until smooth.
Get Your Greens!
Add those leafy greens (such as 2 Collard Leaves, destemmed) and 1 tbsp Honey. Just pay no mind if the color is a bit off.
Rise-to-Shine
Ingredients
7 Strawberries
1 Banana
1 Orange
½ Mango
2 tbsp Hemp Hearts
½ cup Water
½ cup Ice
*Make it Green with 1 handful each of spinach and kale, 1-2 tbsp Honey, and an additional ½ cup water.
Instructions
Blend all ingredients until smooth.
2×4
Ingredients
2 large Oranges, peeled, seeded and coarsely chopped
2 Apples, cored and coarsely chopped
2 Bananas, preferably frozen, chopped and reserved
2 cups Kale or other Greens
Instructions
Using standard blenders: Blend oranges and kale until well pureed. Add apple chunks through the top hatch and continue blending until smooth. Add banana and blend until smooth. You may add extra water to blend and/or extra ice to chill, as desired.
If using a high-speed blender, ignore these instructions and just throw it all in.
Coconut Cream Pie Smoothie
Ingredients
1 Young Thai Coconut (flesh & water)
1 tbsp Chia, pre-soaked in coconut water (optional)
¼ cup Cashews
4 Dates, pitted & chopped (more if you like it sweeter)
Tiniest touch of Cardamom (optional)
4 ice cubes, reserved
Instructions
Blend all ingredients until smooth.
Banana Cream Bliss
Ingredients
1 Banana
¼ cup Brazil Nuts
4 Pitted, Dried Dates, chopped
1 cup Almond Milk
1 tbsp Maple Syrup
Instructions
Blend all ingredients, except ice, until smooth.
Blueberry Bliss
Ingredients
1 ½ cup Blueberries, fresh or frozen
1 Banana, preferably frozen
½ cup Almond Milk, or to blend
1-3 tsp Honey, optional
Splash of Vanilla
Instructions
Blend all ingredients until smooth.
Southerner’s Strawberry Smoothie
Ingredients
1⅓ cup Almond Milk
8 Strawberries
¼ cup Chopped Pecans
½ cup Old Fashioned Oats
2 tbsp Maple
8 Ice Cubes, added just before serving
Instructions
Blend all ingredients until smooth.
Pretty in Pink Smoothie
Ingredients
6 oz. Raspberries
7 Fresh Figs
2 Bananas
½ – 1 cup Almond Milk or Water to blend
Honey or Agave, if desired to sweeten
3 Ice Cubes
Instructions
Blend all ingredients until smooth.
White Peach & Fig
Ingredients
1 cup Almond Milk
1 tbsp Chia Seeds, soaked in almond milk for 15-20 min.
7 Fresh Figs, stems removed
4 White Peaches, pitted and chopped
3 Ice Cubes (reserved)
Honey to sweeten, if desired
Instructions
Blend all ingredients until smooth.
Peachy Keen Smoothie
Ingredients
2 Peaches
½ cup Old Fashioned Oats
1-3 tsp Honey
Almond Milk, to Blend
Instructions
Blend all ingredients until smooth. .
Charlie at the Raw Food Factory
Ingredients
2 cups Kale or other Greens
2 cups Water
4 tbsp Hemp Hearts
3 tbsp gently rounded Raw Cacao Powder
3 tbsp Honey or Agave
2 Frozen Bananas
*May sub water and hemp hearts for 2 cups prepared nut milk; adjust honey if milk is sweetened
Instructions
Blend all ingredients until smooth.
Chocolate & Cherry
Ingredients
2 cups Pitted Cherries, Fresh or Frozen
2 tbsp gently rounded Cacao Powder
2 tbsp Honey or Agave
2 tbsp Hemp Hearts
¾ – 1 cup Water or Almond Milk
4 Ice Cubes
Instructions
Blend all ingredients until smooth.
The Green Chocolatier
Ingredients
1/2 – 3/4 cup Almond Milk
1-2 tbsp Chia Seeds, soaked in almond milk for 15-20 min
2 rounded tbsp Cacao Powder (or Carob), or as desired
2 tbsp Honey (or to taste, may sub stevia)
1 handful of Spinach
4 Ice Cubes
*Make it Mayan with a dash of cayenne
or Mint Chocolate with 8 fresh mint leaves.
Instructions
Blend all ingredients until smooth.
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