8 Ways to Make your Morning Amazing
With temperatures rising, cool off with 5 easy to make & healthy smoothie recipes.
But first, three more time saving tips to get you fueled up for your pilates workouts quickly.....
Tip #1
Make smoothies the night before. Store in an AIR TIGHT container. For optimal freshness, use within 24 hours or up to 48 hours.
Tip #2
Freeze overripe fruit like bananas & strawberries. Run frozen bananas under warm water to defrost before throwing them into the blender, or buy frozen fruit in bulk at Costco or other wholesale outlets to save even more time.
Tip #3
Prep the night before by throwing all the ingredients into the blender and putting the loaded blender right into the fridge. In the morning wake up blend and go!
Acai Bananas and Blueberries Oh MY!
Did you know that Trader Joe's has Acai?? Go get it, you know the prices and quality cant be beat at TJ’s!
Ingredients:
-1 Trader Joe's Frozen Acai package
1/2 cup Almond milk
-3/4 cup frozen Blueberries
-2 frozen Strawberries
-1/2 Banana
-1 Tablespoon Sunflower Seeds
Run the acai package and under water then slice the top with a scissor or knife. I blend the acai and liquid first, which may take a few cycles, then I throw the rest of the ingredients in, so I don't overload the blender.
Cashew Chia Dream Smoothie
When, Mike my husband is asking for seconds its a BIG deal. If you can find Lara’s brand Cashew Butter BUY it and make this smoothie… IT’S THAT GOOD!! And try not to eat the whole jar in a day or so like we did…..
1 Tablespoon Lara's Cashew & Almond butter
3/4 cup Frozen Blueberries
2 Large Frozen Strawberries
1 Tablespoon Sunflower seeds
1/2 cup Soy Milk
1 Tablespoon Chia Seeds
GO Green Smoothie
Got Kale? Need I say more, use the honey and a ripe banana to balance out the bitterness
First I blended 2 cups of water with 2 cups of lacinato kale.....
Then blended in:
-1 Ripe Pear, chopped fine
-1 Tablespoon Peanut Butter
-1 Tablespoon Chia Seeds
-1 cup Frozen Blueberries & Strawberries
-1/2 Banana
-1 Tablespoon Honey
Blueberry Kiwi Smoothie
Superfoods galore in this one!! Did you know that pumpkin seeds are a good source of vitamin K, minerals, zinc, vitamin E, b vitamins, protein aaaand they are alkaline forming, which will help to keep the ph balance in your body.
-1 cup almond milk
-1 small bunch Kale, stemmed
-1 cup fresh blueberries
-1Tablespoon chia seeds
-1 Tablespoon Almond butter
-1 Kiwi, chopped
-1 TBSP Pumpkin Seeds
A few cubes of Ice, use more or less for desired texture
For best results blend the kale and the liquids FIRST, once you have that texture down. You can add water if you need to get the blender going, I usually have to cycle the blender three times to achieve this….
Acai and Avo Bowl, a few of my favorite things....
Shine on You Crazy Diamond... with an Acai Smoothie Bowl ... So many super foods and easy to make like a Sunday Morning...
Blend
-1/4 cup Coconut water
-1/2 cup strawberries and blueberries
-1/2 Avocado
-1 package Trader Joe's Acai
-1 TBSP Cacao Nibs
- 1 TBSP Coconut Flakes
TOPPINGS
-Pears
-Cacao Nibs
-Sunflower Seeds
-Kiwi
-Honey
Do NOT overdo the milk or you'll just have a smoothie. I had to go through three blend cycles since I didn't want to add liquid.....
I hope Ive given you some help to enjoy your mornings a bit more!
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