Even though the temperature outside doesn't agree with us, it's still technically fall and so I bring you this morning an apple smoothie. Feel free to call it an apple pie smoothie if that makes it more appealing to you or your kiddos!
1/2 cup apple juice
1/2 cup vanilla yogurt
1 apple peeled and diced (a softer apple. like a Cortland, works best here-but use what you have on hand)
1/2 banana (more if you want it sweeter or thicker)
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon (did you know cinnamon helps stabilize your blood sugar? One teaspoon a day fills that need)
Spinach
Fish or flax oil
Blend up and enjoy! Cheers!
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Friday, December 03, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
Breakfast-Smoothie #5
Happy Cyber Monday! Make up a batch of this healthy smoothie to fortify you for all your online shopping today!
1/2 cup flavored milk (we had a bit of chocolate soy milk left and a bit of plain almond left)
1/2 cup frozen blueberries*
1/2 cup frozen strawberries*
1/4-1/2 banana
Spinach
Fish oil
Blend up and listen to your body thanking you for giving it such a healthy start to the day!
**We need to partially thaw our frozen fruit in the microwave otherwise our blender sounds like it's going to get revenge on us....about 30-60 seconds should be enough to help a blender out.
1/2 cup flavored milk (we had a bit of chocolate soy milk left and a bit of plain almond left)
1/2 cup frozen blueberries*
1/2 cup frozen strawberries*
1/4-1/2 banana
Spinach
Fish oil
Blend up and listen to your body thanking you for giving it such a healthy start to the day!
**We need to partially thaw our frozen fruit in the microwave otherwise our blender sounds like it's going to get revenge on us....about 30-60 seconds should be enough to help a blender out.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Breakfast-Smoothie #4
Happy Fall! Let's celebrate Thanksgiving just around the corner with a pumpkin breakfast smoothie!
3/4 cup vanilla milk (soy, almond, etc.)
1/4 cup vanilla yogurt
1/2-1 cup pureed pumpkin
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
Spinach and fish oil
Blend up and enjoy! If you're used to sweeter tasting smoothies, you'll have to tweek this one a bit. It is not very sweet on its own but for those who don't want to add anymore sugar to it, it is tasty by itself. To make it sweeter you have several option: increase the yogurt while decreasing the milk (you should have one cup of milk/yogurt combo total), add in a 1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon maple syrup, or add in a few banana chunks. This should sweeten it up quite a bit for you. For those who don't do milk alternatives, I would use almost all yogurt and just enough milk to get it going since the milk isn't too sweet in and of itself.
And remember-you are getting 2 different veggies in at breakfast time! Your kids won't know it, but their growing bodies will thank you!
3/4 cup vanilla milk (soy, almond, etc.)
1/4 cup vanilla yogurt
1/2-1 cup pureed pumpkin
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
Spinach and fish oil
Blend up and enjoy! If you're used to sweeter tasting smoothies, you'll have to tweek this one a bit. It is not very sweet on its own but for those who don't want to add anymore sugar to it, it is tasty by itself. To make it sweeter you have several option: increase the yogurt while decreasing the milk (you should have one cup of milk/yogurt combo total), add in a 1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon maple syrup, or add in a few banana chunks. This should sweeten it up quite a bit for you. For those who don't do milk alternatives, I would use almost all yogurt and just enough milk to get it going since the milk isn't too sweet in and of itself.
And remember-you are getting 2 different veggies in at breakfast time! Your kids won't know it, but their growing bodies will thank you!
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Breakfast-Smoothie #3
(All approximate values since I make up a huge batch for the family and divide it up)
1/2 cup orange juice
3/4 cup strawberries
1/2 banana
2-3 cups spinach
Dollop of vanilla yogurt (really adds some nice sweetness and smoothness-I wouldn't omit this. If you don't have it though, the smoothie will still be tasty just not quite as smooth.)
1 teaspoon fish oil
1/2 cup orange juice
3/4 cup strawberries
1/2 banana
2-3 cups spinach
Dollop of vanilla yogurt (really adds some nice sweetness and smoothness-I wouldn't omit this. If you don't have it though, the smoothie will still be tasty just not quite as smooth.)
1 teaspoon fish oil
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Breakfast-Smoothie #2
Today's smoothie:
1/4 c pineapple juice
1/4 c orange juice
*Or mix and match the above to whatever amount you want of each or either
1/2 c pineapple (I used canned-gasp!)
1 banana
2-3 cups spinach
1/4-1/2 cup yogurt (peach, orange, lemon, vanilla-whatever you have that sounds good)
Smoother and sweeter thanks to the banana and yogurt. Definitely need it though since the pineapple is quite tart. Enjoy!
1/4 c pineapple juice
1/4 c orange juice
*Or mix and match the above to whatever amount you want of each or either
1/2 c pineapple (I used canned-gasp!)
1 banana
2-3 cups spinach
1/4-1/2 cup yogurt (peach, orange, lemon, vanilla-whatever you have that sounds good)
Smoother and sweeter thanks to the banana and yogurt. Definitely need it though since the pineapple is quite tart. Enjoy!
Saturday, November 06, 2010
Breakfast-Smoothie #1
I have had a lot of people ask me what I put in my smoothies in the morning. Here's today's:
1 cup chocolate soy milk
2-3 cups raw spinach
1 banana
1 tablespoon peanut butter
1 teaspoon fish oil (Even though I am going veg. I am not yet willing to give up the fish oil for flax oil only because I know that the EFAs in fish oil are much more easily absorbed than in flax.)
Total calories: about 350, 16 g (all healthy) fat, 16 g protein, 8 g fiber-basically a perfect meal.
I like adding a lot of greens to my smoothies-I like knowing I just knocked off the FDA's requirements for veggies for the day in one meal. (Even though I'll still eat quite a bit more veggies the rest of the day.) I used my immersion blender and drank it right from the blending container (why bother with another dish??). It was a bit crunchy-the immersion blender doesn't blend the spinach down fine enough and I had quite a lot of greens in there. If you're wanting to try this for yourself, use a regular blender and start with one cup of greens. To make it even more creamy and sweet, try adding half a cup of vanilla yogurt. Try this one on your kids-I promise, they won't notice that they're eating veggies for breakfast!
1 cup chocolate soy milk
2-3 cups raw spinach
1 banana
1 tablespoon peanut butter
1 teaspoon fish oil (Even though I am going veg. I am not yet willing to give up the fish oil for flax oil only because I know that the EFAs in fish oil are much more easily absorbed than in flax.)
Total calories: about 350, 16 g (all healthy) fat, 16 g protein, 8 g fiber-basically a perfect meal.
I like adding a lot of greens to my smoothies-I like knowing I just knocked off the FDA's requirements for veggies for the day in one meal. (Even though I'll still eat quite a bit more veggies the rest of the day.) I used my immersion blender and drank it right from the blending container (why bother with another dish??). It was a bit crunchy-the immersion blender doesn't blend the spinach down fine enough and I had quite a lot of greens in there. If you're wanting to try this for yourself, use a regular blender and start with one cup of greens. To make it even more creamy and sweet, try adding half a cup of vanilla yogurt. Try this one on your kids-I promise, they won't notice that they're eating veggies for breakfast!
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