Smoothies!!

New Year's Resolution update.  I've been smashing the one green drink a week target!!  I have had three green smoothies a week, yum.........so I have some concoctions to share with you!!!


The boy has been LOVING them which is always a tasty sign.  Deslish!!  Great for breakfast or when you get a visit from the hunger monster!  My bro and I find that if we have one in the eve that we awake with glowing skin!!


Recipes


Easy peasy, all othese are for one or two people....depends how hungry you are.


Smoothieliscious no 1

• 1 Banana break up into pieces and throw into blender
• handful of frozen blueberries ( I buy a pack of frozen berries from the farmers market and keep in freezer)
• apricot / date or prune (break into pieces)
• teaspoon ful or two of dried greens (organic chlorella, barley grass, wheatgrass, spirulina mix)
• Pour in some water (ideally filtered or spring / mineral) about a cups worth, or glug and whizz the blender and add to your preferred consistency

Smoothieliscious no 2

• mango
• handful frozen blueberries
• teaspoon of dried greens
• Pour in some water (ideally filtered or spring / mineral) about a cups worth, or glug and whizz the blender and add to your preferred consistency

Smoothieliscious no 3

• 1 banana
• 1 date
• handful of frozen blueberries
• 1/2 to 1 fingers length in cucumber (cut into chunks)
• 2 sticks of celery
• Pour in some water (ideally filtered or spring / mineral) about a cups worth, or glug and whizz the blender and add to your preferred consistency

Smoothieliscious no 4

• 1 mango
• 1 banana
• 1 apricot
• 1 large handful of spinach
• 1/2 to 1 fingers length in cucumber (cut into chunks)
• 2 sticks of celery

Smoothies 101


I like to use mango or banana (or both) as they give a thick creamy consistency, just as though you were using dairy (without needing to).

You can add in any powders you are taking  i.e. glutamine

Great to have a serious, verocious, wood chopping blender for super smoothness.  However I have a $90 snazzy red Breville number and it does a great job.  Cutting up / breaking ingredients into bits, making sure there is water and / or blending bit by bit, adding as you go all helps!!  Start on low speed and increase.

Use fruits in season.  In autum / winter, pears and apples are great to use!!  Add something sweet like honey or a prune / date if it's a bit bitter / got too much of a bite.


Enjoy!!  Do you have any recipes to share?