SPRING SMOOTHIES
Published on April 22, 2016
Spring is here! Smoothies are not only delicious - they are a great way to pack a ton of nutrition into one meal....so start blending today!
Protein options:
- Vegan protein powder (i.e., pea protein, sprouted brown rice protein, hemp protein..)
- Good quality whey protein powder
- Hemp hearts - 3 tablespoon's of these little seeds is packed with 10g of protein!
- Yogurt - add 1/2 cup of plain Greek yogurt or 3/4 cup of plain yogu
Liquid options:
- Unsweetened almond milk or cashew milk
- Unsweetened coconut milk
- 1% or 2% milk
- Coconut water
- Filtered water
Add some greens for an extra hit of nutrients!
- Handful of baby spinach, kale, Swiss chard or romaine lettuce
- Cucumber or celery
- Avocado
Fruit optionsI would recommend choosing 1-2 fruit per smoothie!
- 1/2 banana or 1 small banana
- 1/2 cup fresh or frozen berries (i.e., strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, etc.)
- 1/2 cup of frozen peach or mango pieces
Add-ins:
- Ground flax
- Chia seeds
- Unsweetened cocoa powder
- Cinnamon
- Natural nut butter (i.e., peanut, almond, hazelnut, etc.)
- Raw bee pollen
- Spirulina
- Coconut oil
- Matcha powder
- Cocoa nibs (I like to sprinkle these on top of my smoothie)
- Medjool dates or prunes
- Fresh ginger root
- Unsweetened coconut flakes
Here are some of my favourite smoothie recipes. Enjoy :)Creamy chocolate peanut butter smoothieIngredients:
- 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 1 tablespoon natural peanut butter
- ½ banana
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2-3 tablespoons of hemp hearts or 1 scoop chocolate protein powder
- 2-3 ice cubes
Blend all ingredients together and enjoy!Energy boosting smoothieIngredients:
- 1 cup coconut water
- 1 cup kale
- ¼ banana
- ¼ cup frozen mango
- 2 ice cubes
- 2- 3 Tablespoons hemp hearts
- 1 tablespoon ground flax seeds
- 1 inch piece of fresh ginger root (peeled and chopped)
Blend all ingredients together and enjoy!Classic strawberry banana smoothieIngredients:
- 1/2 cup strawberries
- 1/2 banana
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
- 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
- Large handful of baby spinach
- 2-3 ice cubes
Blend all ingredients together and enjoySpring into spring green smoothie
- 1 cup of unsweetened cashew milk
- 1 scoop of protein powder of choice
- 1/2 frozen banana
- 1 cup kale
- 1 cucumber
- 1 tbsp of ground flax seeds
- ½ tsp of cinnamon