Strawberry Banana Chia Green Smoothie

I decided it's time to get back into drinking Green Smoothies.  Green Smoothies are great for helping you with weight loss, adding vegetables and fruits into your diet, they are full of antioxidants, they increase your energy and lower your cravings for junk food.  Oh, did I mention they also taste amazing?  And you can pretty much make a smoothie anyway you want!  There are literally endless possibilities.

Today's Green Smoothie is very simple, just a handful of spinach, frozen strawberries & bananas, chia gel and I used coconut water and a splash of almond milk.  You do not need ice when you use frozen fruits but if you are using all fresh fruits, I recommend adding a few ice cubes.

To make the Chia gel, I took 1 TB of chia seeds and let them in soak in 1/4 cup of water until they became gel.  

Blend everything up, and enjoy!

Pumpkin Smoothie

Even better than a slice of pumpkin pie, try a Healthy Pumpkin Smoothie!

Ingredients

• 1 cup almond milk
• 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
• 1/2 cup greek yogurt
• 2 handfuls frozen banana slices
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
• Handful of ice

Directions

• Combine all ingredients into blender and blend until smooth

Note: I also added a drop of doTERRA Essential Oil On Guard to each glass.  This is optional but a fantastic way to help maintain a healthy immune system while enjoying a delicious treat!

What's in Your Breakfast? Strawberry Banana Peanut Butter Chocolate Smoothie

I love having Smoothies for breakfast, for lunch or even dessert.  I'm out of Spinach right now or I would have thrown some in there. It's such a great start to the day and you can pretty much make any kid of smoothie you want!

This morning I used Driscoll's Strawberries (purchased with a $0.75/1 coupon), ZICO Chocolate Coconut Water (Which I saved $0.75 on using Ibotta), Silk Almond Milk (Also saved money on at Costco using Ibotta), P2B Powdered Peanut Butter and a Banana.

Green Mango Pineapple Smoothie

Our Meal 3 (or lunch) today was Green Mango Pineapple Smoothies!  (Yes, my husband wanted one too!)

Ingredients:

• 1-2 cups greens (Spinach/kale)
• 1/2 - 1 Mango
• 1/4 - 1/2 cup Pineapple
• Juice from 1 Orange
• Chia Gel (1 TB Chia Seeds soaked in 1/4 cup water for 10 minutes)

Just 157 Calories, 39g of Good Carbs and 4g of Protein.

I used lots of green, you can go lighter on the greens per your taste.  Just get 'em in there!

Green Mango Pineapple Smoothie

Green Berrylicious Smoothie

My Green Smoothie today, for Meal 3.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Spinach
• 1/2 cup Strawberries
• 1/4 cup Blackberries
• 1/4 cup Blueberries
• 1/2 Banana
• 1 TB Goji Berries

A full glass, just 131 calories.

Berry Fruitful Smoothie

Today I was craving something sweet and instead of my first impulse to make cookies, I decided to make myself a good ol' berry smoothie.  I decided not to put any greens in it but I did add some superfood Goji Berries.

Ingredients:

• Strawberries
• Blackberries
• 1/2 Banana
• Goji Berries
• Water

Chocolate Peanut Butter Green Smoothie

This smoothie today was delicious!  Thank you Unconventional Kitchen for the idea!  I adjusted it a little bit, as I always like to do.

Ingredients:

• Spinach
• 1 Banana
• 1/2 cup Strawberries
• 1 TB Cocoa Powder
• 1 TB PB2 Powdered Peanut Butter (Seriously, this stuff has 85% less calories than Peanut Butter.  It's the way to go!)
• A few Goji Berries
• Water

Directions:

• Blend and enjoy sweet, chocolately, peanut butterly deliciousness!

Smoothies smoothies and more smoothies!

I LOVE Smoothies.  Fruit smoothies.  Green smoothies.  Superfood smoothies.  You name it.  

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Breakfast Fruit Smoothie

This morning I wanted a smoothie.  And honestly, I spaced putting in any spinach but it was still delicious!

• Strawberries
• Apple
• 1/2 Banana
• 2 TB Chia gel
• Water