Contributed By: tholden
Tina Holden
Easy to make smoothie for a quick healthy breakfast
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Total Preparation Time: Less than 15 minutes
Ingredients:
Actual Cooking Time: No Cooking Required
Number of Servings: 2
Special Features: Quick to Prepare (under 30 minutes)
Simple (6 ingredients or less)
Kids Love It
Kids can help make it
Vegetarian
Meal Type: Breakfast & Brunch
Ingredients
Blueberry-Spinach Smoothie!
Blueberries- add according to how much you want to drink. I like to make extra so I use about 2.5 cups of blueberries.
Almond Milk- add enough so your fruit will blend- more if you are using frozen fruit. I use Vanilla flavour. Buy it in the organic section. Not sweetened and made from almonds. Non-dairy so easier to digest compared to cow's milk. Watch the sodium count when you choose your brand. Start blending after you've added these two ingredients.
Baby Spinach- hey if Seinfeld's wife can add carrots and spinach to brownie's for the kiddies, we can add it to our smoothies! Grab a handful of cleaned baby spinach and add to the blended blueberries and almond milk. Blend until you cannot see the spinach bits anymore.
Blend to a consistency that you can drink through a straw and viola a fast, healthy breakfast loaded with vitamins, fiber, and complex carbs for energy. Save the left overs for a snack!
Variations:
Banana- half a large banana to increase your Fiber, Vitamin C, Potassium, Manganese, and Vitamin B6. Remember that bananas have a relatively high source of natural sugars and will provide an energy boost however, those with blood sugar issues might want to leave out the banana.
Flax Seeds- add a tablespoon of flax seeds to increase your source of Magnesium, Phosphorus and Copper. Flax seeds are a very good source of Fiber, Thiamin and Manganese.
Rice Milk- if you aren't a fan of nut-flavoured milks you can try rice milk for another dairy-free option.
Preparation
Easy to make smoothie for a quick breakfast
Cook's Notes
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