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Carrot Cake Smoothie

Day 2 of the 4 Week Smoothie Challenge is this nutritious Carrot Cake Smoothie.

Trying to get in our 5 serves of vegetable each day can often be a challenging task with our busy lifestyle and for some, vegetables can be considered ‘boring’ to eat. This is why it’s so important to remember how versatile vegetables can be and experiment and discover multiple ways to include a variety of vegetables into each day. Using the whole carrot rather than juicing it, retains so much more nutrients and fibre.

Carrot is a great for cleansing the liver and is full of antioxidants.

Recipe:

1 carrot

1/2 banana (preferably frozen)

2/3 cup almond milk

2 tbsp coconut milk yogurt (or goats, biodynamic, greek yogurt)

6 ice cubes

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1/2 tsp vanilla

1 tbs LSA (optional)

1 tbs chia seeds

1 tsp nativia/honey/maple syrup (optional) I love honey in mine!

1 scoop natural vanilla protein powder (optional)

Grate the carrot. Put all the ingredients into the blender and blend away. Depending how thick you like it you can add more ice.

Thermomix version: place carrot in mixing bowl and chop 9 sec/ speed 8. Add 165g almond milk and then the rest of the ingredients. Combine 30 sec/speed 9.

Enjoy!

06/08/2013
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Beginner smoothie guide

I had a request recently for a beginners smoothie guide, particularly regarding breakfast smoothies. Smoothies are fantastic as a breakfast option as you can pack them with so much goodness to keep you energised all morning.
Beginners smoothie guide:

Pick at least 1 ingredient from each number + an ingredient with an astrix (*) & blend with a few ice cubes.
1) Base: 1 cup
a) cow milk, goat milk, almond milk, soy milk, quinoa milk, oat milk.
b) filtered water, coconut water (sweet taste & full of electrolytes)

2) Protein: to stabilise blood sugars & boost metabolism. Invest in a good natural protein powder & use recommended serving. I use a vanilla bean protein that contains nearly no sugar- avoid sugars in morning.
3) A good fat/omega: for boosting metabolism in morning & absorbing nutrients + good skin/hair/nails/brain function
Choose approximately 1 tbs of 1 of these options:
– Almond butter
– Coconut oil/milk
– Macadamia oil
– Omega oil
– Hemp oil
– Walnut oil
– Almond meal *
– LSA (linseed, sunflower seed, almond meal)*
– Avocado

4) Extras: choose as many as you like to create the flavor & nutritional value you desire.
– cocao powder
– maca powder
– bee pollen (sweet + stabilises blood sugars in morning)
– coconut shreds or flesh *
– 1/2 banana* (I peel & cut in half, glad wrap & put in freezer for convenience)
– fresh or frozen berries *
– paw paw *
– acai powder
– lemon/lime
– cinnamon (great metabolism boost & blood sugar stabiliser)
– baby kale or spinach leaves
– spiralina powder
– chlorophyll liquid
– chia seeds
– cooked fresh beetroot *
– cooked pumpkin (nice with cinnamon & vanilla protein powder) *
– yogurt (Greek, natural, goats or sheep- no sugars or artificial flavors)*
A great and easy combination is 1/2 banana, vanilla protein powder, chosen base (I love half coconut milk & half almond milk), cinnamon & chia seeds.

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The smoothie ingredients to the 2 smoothie’s in the picture will be published soon!

25/06/2013
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