Do you have a favorite green smoothie? I've felt physically like crap since my son was born and am looking for a quick and easy way to pack as much healthy food into my diet as possible in hopes it will tide me over until I'm able to get sleep, exercise, and stress to healthier levels...
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I just started having smoothies for breakfast. I am still experimenting but I’ve been putting fresh spinach, a whole avocado (I bought the tiny ones), a carrot, some frozen mango and strawberries. For the liquid I have tried different things. I bought some vanilla coconut milk but I don’t like the taste that much. Today I used strawberry kefir. Both those liquids have some sugar so it’s not great but I am still figuring out what I like best. Yesterday I put some cashew butter in and I liked the taste pretty well.
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I'm not sure if this is an option or appealing to you...but for me - if I have it prepped and cooked I will eat it. So I roast tons of veggies on Sunday evening (when I was on maternity leave I did it during the week) that way when I feel an urge to munch on something I can snack away. Having them cooked and ready was a huge help!
My faves are: broccoli & cauliflower just in olive oil w salt, peppers/zucchini/onions with mixed herds and olive oil. I always roast them on a sheet pan lined with foil - so clean up is super easy!
I also added handfuls of spinach into my scrambled eggs in the AM, with some Feta its delicious!!!
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We eat smoothies a lot!
Frozen spinach and avocados are tasteless when added.
I usually do water, frozen veggie, berries, half a banana, yogurt.
Follow weelicious on instagram for her amazing smoothies! She posts one almost daily in her stories.
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@mrsbubbletea: @Mrs. Champagne: Thank you! I hadn't thought about avocado - this seems like a great way to get something healthy and also filling!
@Mrs D: good call - I used to roast veggies when we had a CSA and we'd get a ton of veggies delivered every week that I had to do something with, but had almost totally forgotten about that.
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My go-tos are:
1. spinach, frozen strawberries, frozen berry mixture, and a banana
2. Spinach, frozen peaches, frozen mangoes, and a banana
3. Spinach, pineapple, banana
I just use water as the liquid for all of them.
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Prep this every night for husband to blend up in the am, so he gets breakfast and not just coffee:
Banana
Frozen blueberries
Fresh spinach
Half scoop vanilla protein powder
Tsp Almond butterAdd almond milk in the am and blend
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@Kitkat: @lioneyes: Thank you!
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Also check out simple green smoothies. They have a ton of recipes.
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Here are my favorite 2:
SWEET DREAM | serves two (it's got a kick to it, instead of mango, I do a mix of mango and pineapple)
2 cups fresh spinach
2 cups almond milk, unsweetened
2 cups mango
1 banana
2 tablespoons almond butter
1 teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepperBlueberry Chia Power Smoothie (serves 1)
1 C almond milk, or coconut milk
1-2 handfuls of greens
1 C frozen blueberries
1 tsp maple syrup
2 tsp chia seeds
2 tablespoons walnuts
1/2 tsp vanilla extract -
@JMOM: Thank you, these sound awesome!
I'm drinking something similar to what @Kitkat: shared now, and added some old fashioned oats and a dash of brewer's yeast to support milk supply - delicious! I was afraid the oats would be gross because I'm not a huge fan of them, but can't even taste them. I'm really looking forward to trying more of these!
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