GREENVILLE SMOOTHIE

I gave up sugar for lent (including fruit, yikes!) but my body woke up begging for fruit today, so I listened (after all, listening to you body is way more important than imposed rules sometimes). It’s a busy day of homework and editing so I grabbed a delicious lunch smoothie from Greenlife Asheville. Try putting these ingredients together at home! Green as green and sweet as sweet could be!

Banana
Mango
Pineapple
Coconut Water
Spirulina

Good morning! We started our day off this morning with our first homemade smoothie. We’re custom to pouring a glass of some kind of superfood from the grocery store before leaving for work, but thought since we have the time this morning, we’d customize it a bit.

1 orange
1 banana
1/2 C Coconut Milk
A splash of orange juice
1 scoop Super Green Fruit & Veggie
Ice

While preparing, I had a drooling partner down at my feet, one of our pups, Keith. I swear in a past life, he was a vegetarian. He LUVS the fruits and veggies we allow him. I didn’t want to leave him out, so we made him and his sister Tina a little smoothie as well : )

1 banana
2 heaping tablespoons goat’s milk yogurt
1/2 C water
Ice

Banana chips! This is my first time using our dehydrator for fruit, and I can’t wait to make more! Does anyone have some good dehydrator recipes to share??

I’m starting a little behind everyone else but I handed in my thesis yesterday and decided there was no better time to start than this morning! So I woke up and ran to my kitchen to make my favorite- a Green Monster Smoothie! I switched it up a bit and threw in an apple and the results, as always, were delicious! I can’t think of a better way to start the day! Plus, it’s the easiest thing in the world….

-1/2 cup almond milk (or any milk of your choosing)
-1 apple w/ skin, cored
-1 frozen banana
-a bunch of spinach (I don’t measure, just throw it in)
-1 tablespoon ground flaxseed
-couple ice cubes (optional)

Throw all the ingredients in a blender and enjoy!

(I’ve also made it with strawberries instead of the apple and that’s great too-especially when strawberries are in season!)

TROPICAL SMOOTHIE:

1 cup pineapple
1/2 cup frozen strawberries
1 kiwi
1 cup of ice
1 teaspoon hemp seeds
a sprinkle of chia seeds
1 scoop of plant protein
1 cup coconut water
1/2 cup coconut milk

1. THROW THE ICE ON THE BOTTOM + FRUIT, SEEDS, AND POWDER ON TOP.

2. BLEND TOGETHER + SIP AWAY!

GREEN SMOOTHIE

Green Smoothie

Fresh spinach
Chopped Pineapple (fresh or frozen works great if you can find it)
1 banana
Juice of 1 lemon (sometimes I zest too!)
A little bit of crushed ice and about 1 cup of water

The pineapple and lemon really cut through the spinach taste. You can tweek the proportions to suit your tastes. I started off light on the spinach but now I really pile it in there. This will keep you energized at work!!

morning green smoothie

Morning Green Smoothie

2 C water
1 frozen banana
3/4 C frozen strawberries
2 dates
2 t spirulina
4 stalks kale (yes, stalks included)
1 scoop vanilla Sun Warrior Protein Powder

Blend and get buzzed immediately!

today is day 1 for me + although this recipe isn’t “new-to-me”…I wanted to share it anyway.

simple bananaberry smoothie:
5 strawberries
1 whole banana (a little green tipped is good!)
1 tablespoon of ground flaxseed
1/3 cup of “milk” (I ♥ coconut)
5 filtered ice cubes

+ I add a scoop of plant protein to the mix (so add and 1/3 c filtered water to help powder dissolve)

throw all of that into your blender and blend away! perfect as your AM smoothie—or a post workout snack!