When I first started to work with my health coach, she suggested since I didn’t like to cook that I make a smoothie. I decided to try it out. I got some of the ingredients. Some of the ingredients I had to order online. The first day I had all the ingredients, I went to the grocery store to get the bananas. The bananas were supposed to be frozen but I didn’t think it would make a difference. I was so wrong. Instead of almond milk, I used regular milk. I put all the ingredients in the blender and it was a disaster. The smoothie came out watery and brown. I looked at it and I told myself that I had to at least try it. I got a spoon and had 2 spoonfuls. It tasted a little bitter. I put it in the refrigerator hoping that after about 5 minutes of chilling in it, it would taste better. When I went back to the fridge, it was even more brown and it looked disgusting. I threw it out. I got afraid in that moment. If I didn’t like the smoothies, then what next. Would my health coach have another solution that would allow me not to cook and not time consuming? I told myself to keep trying and to actually follow the recipe that she had given me. I finally got it right on the third try. I realized why the strawberries and the bananas had to be frozen. That third smoothie I loved it. It wasn’t bitter, it was actually sweet.
My Smoothie Recipe:
4-5 frozen strawberries
1 frozen banana
7-8 blueberries (added by my mom one day without me asking, but it helped)
1 teaspoon of protein powder (Vega Sport Performance Protein berry flavor)
1 tablespoon of coconut butter (Kevala Coconut Butter)
2 teaspoons ground flax seed
1 handful of baby kale
almond milk (almond breeze vanilla flavor) just enough to cover the fruit