Back to: Day 11 Try a Smoothie
Smoothies are a great way to add more vegetables and fruit to your day. They are great if you eat on the run in the morning instead of breakfast. Try one today!
Build a Better Smoothie
Today’s CHALLENGE:
- log your meals
- Log your water intake
- log your steps
- Reduce your exposure to toxins. Swap out conventional cleaning products and personal care items for natural alternatives.
- write down your feelings in your journal
Bonus:
Tropical Berry Blast
1/2 cup frozen pineapples
1/4 cup frozen strawberries
1 cup fresh spinach or 1/2 cup frozen spinach
1/2 banana frozen (I buy them and let them ripen on the counter. Then I peel it and place it in a sandwich bag. Next, I flatten the banana before putting it in the freezer. It makes it easy to pull out and use what you need)
1 cup water or almond milk
Blend until smooth
If everything is frozen except the liquid, you may need to let it sit out at room temperature to let it defrost a bit, so your blender can better handle the frozen food.
Anti-Inflammatory Smoothie
Makes 1 serving (about 12 ounces)
Ingredients
- ½ cup blackberries or black raspberries (or 1 tablespoon black raspberry powder)
- ½ cup citrus or tropical fruit (orange, tangerine, papaya, mango, guava, etc.)
- 1 large collard green leaf
- ½-inch knob fresh ginger root (or ¼ teaspoon ground ginger)
- 1 large kale leaf
- ½ cup pomegranate seeds (or 2 ounces pomegranate juice)
- 1-inch knob fresh turmeric root (or ½ teaspoon ground turmeric)
Water, for taste and texture
Directions
Place all ingredients into a high-powered blender. Pulse blender a few times, then blend until desired consistency is reached.
