In the mornings, I’m often pulling out my Vitamix and whipping up a healthy power smoothie for breakfast. It’s a great convenient way of getting a good intake of fresh fruit and veg as well as a good antioxidant, protein and fiber hit before I start work for the day.
I try and vary the smoothies I make each day and use different types of whole fruits or vegetables that will help boost the immune system, and fill me up with plant based fiber. Fiber speeds up the movement in the intestinal tract and is great for treating digestive disorders; it also delays glucose absorption keeping blood sugar more stable.
When I make my smoothies, I often make them up as complete meal replacements, so I make sure I boost them up with extra nutrients such as omega 3 and protein, so much better then a store bought option because you know exactly what’s in it.
Serves 1
150 g (a cup) mixed frozen berries
1 tablespoon goji berries
1 orange, peeled
2 tablespoons Healthy Chef Pure Native WPI or organic Pea Protein
150 ml (2/3 cup) water, coconut water or apple juice
1/2 teaspoon vanilla bean extract
1 teaspoon ground linseed (flaxseed) or flaxseed or chia seed
Combine all the ingredients into a high speed blender
Blend until smooth and creamy.
Serve immediately and enjoy.
PER SERVING:
Protein: 30.7 g
Total Fat: 1 g
Saturated: 0.1
Carbs: 12.2 g
Sodium: 40 mg
Fiber: 6.1 g
Calories: 181
kilojoules: 756
Credits:
This is a recipe by Teresa Cutter. Teresa is one of Australia’s leading authorities on healthy cooking and the founder of The Healthy Chef. Teresa is a classically French trained chef and author of many books. Teresa writes a nutritional based food column with health based recipes for the Sun Herald as well as Women’s Fitness, Men’s Fitness + House & Garden magazine and has a solid grounding as a TV celebrity chef appearing on numerous cooking segments with sunrise, today show and ACA. You can find out more about Teresa here. This recipe has been reposted with permission. You can find the original here.
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