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!

 

Healthy Eating Tip: Adding Protein to Salads

“Sometimes you feel like a nut…”🎶

As I’m adding some peanuts to my salad today, that catchy tune popped into my head. More often that not, I add nuts to my salads. Today it is a simple handful of dry-roasted Planter’s Peanuts. I have different nut mixtures ready to go, however, so that way I can mix it up and have a variety of flavors on salads.

Nuts proteinToday’s salad is loaded with a variety of goodness, including:

  • Mixed greens
  • Beets
  • Lemon cucumber
  • Hummus
  • Mini bell pepper
  • Chia seed
  • Kalamata olives
  • Dijon Balsamic dressing

I love a variety of texture and flavor, so that’s why my salads are often loaded. Look for fun ways to make your salad an explosion of flavor, texture and taste. If you want some crunch, definitely add some peanuts. How are you adding protein to your salad today?

I’ll see you at the table!