Green Smoothie Cleanse

Prepped green smoothies for the day.
Prepped green smoothies for the day.

NOTE: This Green Smoothie Cleanse is not Doctor approved. This is from my personal life – just sharing in case it’s helpful for someone.

Every once in a while, I like to do a 3 day Green Smoothie Cleanse. This helps me to clean out my system and reduce the cravings for meat, sugar and bread.

Typically my green smoothies include the following:

  • 6-8 oz greens 
  • 3 pieces of fruit/veggie
  • 1 cup fruit juice
  • 1 cup cold water
  • 1 cup ice

You can totally mix up the greens and fruits/veggies as you want. But I know that sometimes it’s a little hard to come up with your own combinations so I thought I’d provide the following list of actual green smoothies I did for a Green Smoothie Cleanse:

  1. Spinach – peach – blueberries – beet – apple juice
  2. Spinach – cherries – carrots – orange – apple juice
  3. Kale – beet – peach – strawberries – chia seed – lime – apple juice
  4. Kale – flax meal – orange – grapes – cherries – pomegranate juice
  5. Kale – banana – mango – cucumber – lime – apple juice
  6. Kale – banana – grapes – orange – chia seed – flax meal – apple juice
  7. Kale – banana – orange – cucumber – pomegranate juice
  8. Spinach – beet – strawberries – banana – orange juice
  9. Kale – cherries – blueberries – mango – chia – flax meal – apple juice
  10. Spinach – orange – mango – banana – beet – chia – flax meal – apple juice
  11. Collard greens – orange – chia – banana – beet – orange juice
  12. Collard greens – beet – carrot – banana – chia seed – orange juice

Also, I allow myself to drink as many green smoothies as I want. If I’m hungry, I make one up. I take extra with me if I’m out all day. The only other thing I eat is whole fruit. Otherwise, it’s all about the green smoothie! 3 days of this and you’ll be soooo ready for a hot meal that you can chew, but you’ll feel a ton better and not hunger for all the processed crap that is in our food these days.

Hope this helps! I’ll see you at the table!

 

Banana Banana Muffins

Banana Banana MuffinsWe eat a lot of bananas in our house! Occasionally, I’ll purchase an extra bunch of bananas so that we’ll have enough bananas on hand to go overripe for banana bread. This muffin recipe (adapted from Shelley Albeluhn on All Recipes) is easier than banana bread and always turns out great. Plus, I love to add extra ingredients – like nuts or dried coconut flakes – to mix it up.

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 5 reallllly ripe bananas
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup soft butter
  • 1 cup chopped nuts (we love walnuts or pecans)

Directions:

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  • Line muffin pans with paper cups. Spray a little no-stick spray in each muffin paper.
  • In a large bowl, mash up the bananas with a fork. Add in sugar, eggs, butter and stir to combine.
  • In a larger bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt.
  • Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix thoroughly, but with as few strokes as banana1possible. This is where you can add your extra ingredients, like 1 cup of nuts, coconut flakes, or chocolate chips, etc.
  • Spoon mixture into muffin cups. Should make 2 dozen muffins.
  • Bake for 20 minutes. Allow to cool on rack.
  • Don’t be surprised if these are gone within a day.

I’ll see you at the table!

 

Recipe: New Green Smoothie

new green smothieStart your week off with a nutrient packed green smoothie… You’ll feel awesome!

Today’s green smoothie recipe:
3 kale leaves
1 banana
10 baby carrots
1 apple
1 cup pineapple orange juice
1 cup water
2 cup ice

Blend in your Blendtec until smooth and enjoy a healthy way to start your week!

Recipe: Smoothie in my Blendtec

16463945_1850975268517089_2843770955614912512_nBlendtec and blender bottle… Thank you for being in my life and helping me to be healthy!

Today’s recipe:
1 banana
1 cup frozen peach slices
1/2 cup blueberries
2 kale stalks
1 cup apple juice
1 cup water
1 cup ice

Blend until smooth… Then start your day off right!

Recipe: Smoothies

smoothiesA week of green smoothies! One of the things I missed the most while gone to Seattle was my Blendtec… Should’ve just packed it along with me!

greens
collard greens
kale
spinach
berries
juice
banana
grapes
mango
cherries
ice
carrots
apple