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!

 

Lemon Spinach with Dijon Balsamic Dressing

spinach lemon saladI’ve never tried lemon spinach before. Packed with lots of citrus flavors, this leafy green made a wonderful tart salad. Wish I bought more at the Farmer’s Market so I could also try cooking with it.
Ingredients:
1. Bag of freshly picked and cleaned lemon spinach
2. Lemon cucumber, cubed
3. Caramelized walnuts
4. Tiny amount of thinly sliced red onion
5. Your favorite dijon balsamic dressing

Directions:
1. Toss together all ingredients and eat immediately.
2. For the meat lovers, add grilled cubed chicken, egg slices or blue cheese crumbles.

Recipe: Breakfast Smoothie

Breakfast is served! Start your day off healthy: good fuel in = good output
Spinach, apple juice, avocado, peach, berries, cantaloupe, water, ice

Recipe: Smoothie 6

10601751_502610543209572_1308030094_nSometimes a fruit is about to spoil, so that’s a great time to use it all up in a green smoothie. I had half a container of blueberries that were on the verge of going moldy, so I used them all in today’s smoothie. I normally use 3 pieces of fruit, but the berries will count for two. Use the @Blendtec to mix until smooth with spinachfrozen bananacranberry juicewater and ice. Bring on the morning!

Healthy travel eating tip

einsteinA great meal when on the run at the airport, the Veg Up! Bagel Sandwich at Einstein’s is a yummy quick treat. Instead of getting the cream cheese veggie schmear, ask for the hummus instead. I love the abundance of veggies, including cucumber, tomatoes, lettuce, spinach.

To be nice to the people you’re traveling next to, forgo the onions… 😉

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

Recipe: Green Smoothie 4

green smoothe4I think I’ve found a green smoothie combination that makes my heart sing! Ingredients: spinach, watermelon, banana, orange, avocado, apple juice, chia seed, ice water … Literally skipped out of my kitchen with delight!
Such a veggie nerd!

Holiday healthy eating tip

Happy holidays! Face it, you’re going to eat a lot of bad for you food during the holidays. With all the butter, sugar, flour and meat products, I think that it’s obvious our families are trying to kill us with traditional holiday favorite food. I thought our families were supposed to love us… sheesh!

Green smoothieSince the calories are going to happen, aim to eat healthy with any possible meal. For example, have a green smoothie for breakfast so that way you’ll get your leafy greens and fresh fruit taken care of first thing.

Easy Green Smoothie Recipe: (serves 2)
5 oz leafy greens (kale, spinach, collard)
3 pieces of fruit
2 cups ice
1 cup fruit juice
1 cup water
Blend until creamy

Make wise choices and you’ll feel better… which in turn will help you to enjoy the holidays more!

 

Recipe: Chocolate peanut butter green smoothie

chocolate smoothieThis smoothie is almost like eating a peanut butter cup, but it’s actually good for you!

Serves 2 (28 ounce servings)

INGREDIENTS:
2 cups frozen blueberries
3 medjool dates, pitted
1 banana
1 cup soy milk
1 tablespoon flax meal
2 tablespoons natural peanut butter
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
5 ounces spinach
2 large stalks of Swiss chard
10 pieces of ice

Blend together in high powered blender and enjoy immediately. Or freeze and enjoy another day when needed (betcha can’t wait that long though!).

Recipe: Grapefruit Smoothie

grapefruit smoothieTodays breakfast smoothie to start off a productive weekend!

INGREDIENTS:
5 ounces spinach
2 leaves kale
1 cup frozen berry mix
1 cup fresh grapes
1 pink grapefruit, peeled
1 banana
Ice

DIRECTIONS:
Blend together all ingredients and enjoy! Get ready to have your socks knocked off because the grapefuit flavor really covers just about everything else. Really tart and refreshing. Bring on the day!

We love how every smoothie is a different flavor!