Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Lizzy & Jon's smoothie recipe (very healthy!)

Here is mine and Jon's smoothie recipe for anyone that wants to try it. It's awesome!
So here is what we do:
You will need:
Orange Juice
Frozen strawberries
2 bananas (preferably cut up in 8 pieces each, and frozen)
2 cups of spinach or Kale
A can of pineapple (get the cubed kind)
Flax see oil
Vanilla or Plain yogurt

So here is what you do:
Put a cup of Orange Juice in the blender.

Tightly pack 2 cups of spinach or kale, and then make sure you rinse it. We started out using spinach, but we've recently switched to Kale. Sometimes we put some of both in. 

Turn on the blender, and slowly add the greens. Let it blend for a bit so that everything turns into liquid.
Add half of the can on pineapple. Make sure you get half the juices, and half the fruit.
Let it blend for a bit.
Add 2 bananas. I like mine frozen because it keeps the smoothie nice and cold. But it works fine with unfrozen as well. Make sure the bananas are perfectly ripe. Too ripe makes it really sweet, and if it isn't ripe yet then the texture can be funny. This is also why I like to freeze them. Freeze them when it is the perfect ripeness. If you have them frozen, then you'll need 16 pieces of banana.
Let it blend for a bit.
Add 8 frozen strawberries.
Put in 2 spoonfuls of yogurt
Put in 1 teaspoon of flax seed oil

Let it blend, and then enjoy!
We like to have it in the morning. It really keeps you full for a long time. We make it the night before so that we don't have to deal with it in the morning. This makes enough for two people.
I hope you like it!
Lizzy

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