Smoothie Heaven

My mom got us a Ninja for the holidays. When I saw it I wanted her to return it because we already have a blender that we rarely use. Well, I am now glad she did. With the competition ready to start, I wanted to give myself a kick start and begin “smoothing”. Friends on social media sites gave me the inspiration to give it a shot. I watched the documentary, “Fat, sick, and nearly dead” again and it gave me even more motivation to start eating more raw vegetables and fruits. If he can lose 50 pounds in ONE MONTH simply by juicing, the benefits for me are endless!

I am no smoothie expert by any means and honestly, anyone can “smooth”. Throw a bunch of stuff in a blender and turn it on.

Here in this picture this is what  I mixed:

Kale – a handful
Spinach – a handful
4 whole Frozen strawberries 
5 Frozen mango chunks
A small fuji apple
Almond milk original (unflavored)
1 carrot – cut in chunks
1/3 cup of pineapple juice

I made sure to buy frozen fruit that did not have any sugar added.

It turned out pretty good. It was very pulpy with the apple skin and carrot in there but that’s all fiber that would’ve gotten dumped if it were juiced. This recipe made enough for me and my daughter to drink for dinner.

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For breakfast the next day this is what I prepared:

1/3 cup non fat plain yogurt
1/3 cup non fat cottage cheese
½ cup of original unflavored almond milk
1/3 cup of oats raw and uncooked

Let that sit overnight in the fridge

In a separate container I put the following in the freezer (because we don’t have ice, I use the frozen fruit in its place):

 1/3 cup of frozen raspberries
1/3 cup of frozen strawberries
1/3 cup of frozen mango
1 whole banana
1 small fuji apple chopped in chunks
½ a pear chopped in chunks

The next morning I dumped all the frozen fruit in first, followed by the almond milk oat mixture then topped it with 2 cups of kale (chopped) and 2 cups of spinach and blended it.

It was very thick because of all the frozen fruit so I added a little bit more almond milk to help loosen it. This recipe made enough for FOUR people. So, I need to go easy on the recipes and make a little less. However, by making so much, it encourages EVERYONE in my household to join in on this healthy change.

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For lunch, I packed a healthy green salad for my daughter and I.  I pack it with the “heavy” veggies on the bottom and top it with the lettuce so it doesn’t get crushed during the day. In our salads we have:

Cucumbers
Tomatoes
Carrots
Green bell peppers
Fresh mushrooms
Celery
Romaine lettuce
Dressing: Krafts low fat asian toasted sesame (yum)

For dinner tonight we’re doing another smoothie after we work out as a family. We are planning on going jogging and doing some interval training or maybe even some wii dancing competitions. 

We’re on our way!

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