Breakfast Smoothies

My daughter got me making breakfast smoothies when she was home recently. She shared hers with me one morning and I thought, "I can do this!” My doctor has been telling me for a while to start my day with a green smoothie to increase my calcium intake so this summer that's what I've been doing. The following three recipes are for: A.) Kaleigh's Fruit Smoothie (to the best of my recollection), B.) My Green Smoothie (which is not quite as healthy tasting as my doctor's version), and C.) My Red Smoothie (because it's not always easy being green). Obviously you can tweak it as much as you like to suit your own tastes but the more you can increase the vegetables the better.  Remember that the more ingredients you use, and the larger the pieces, the more difficult it is to avoid making enough for 2 or more.  

 

A.) Kaleigh's Fruit Smoothie (to the best of my recollection)

cover blades of blender with orange juice

(The rest of the ingredient amounts are to taste. Obviously all produce washed and peeled)

add some:

banana or avocado

frozen mango

fresh pineapple

strawberries

lettuce, carrots, celery, etc.

plain (unsweetened) almond milk

blend and enjoy! :)

 

B.) My Green Smoothie

add 1 T. dry chia seeds to 1-2 c. water (re-seal chia package and store in fridge)

2 packets or 12 drops real Stevia (NOT "Stevia in the Raw")

2 t. unflavored fiber supplement

Add some:

avocado or banana

green leafy vegetables: kale, spinach, etc.

green vegetables: cucumber, green beans, peas, broccoli, celery, cabbage, etc.

green grapes and/or honeydew melon

blend and enjoy! :)

 

C.) My Red Smoothie 

add 1 T. dry chia seeds to 1-2 c. water (re-seal chia package and store in fridge)

2 packets or 12 drops real Stevia (NOT "Stevia in the Raw")

2 t. unflavored fiber supplement

Add some:

banana

red leafy vegetables: red cabbage, red chard, red lettuce, etc..

red or orange vegetables: tomatoes, red peppers, carrots etc.

red grapes and/or berries

blend and enjoy! :) 

Shopping List

chia seeds

stevia

fiber supplement

leafy greens

other vegetables

fruit

(stick to one color scheme or smoothie will look muddy)

What goes around comes around...

Last summer my daughter was home from her freshman year of college and I was teaching her some of my recipes so that she could survive living (and cooking for herself) off-campus during her sophomore year. This year her visits are briefer and less frequent, but I find that now she's the one teaching me. I try to pass along the occasional words of nutritional wisdom only to be informed that what I think is a culinary myth discounted by nutritional chemistry. I'll mention that there's some of my homemade chicken salad left over in the fridge and then I'll see her sprinkling blueberries on it (hmmm?....yummmm!).  She'll have some of her breakfast smoothie left in the blender and offer it to me. Imagine that? Someone cooking for me? I think I might like this new paradigm. :)