Energy Smoothies

This long weekend has been so fantastic already.

I’m thrilled to have another day today to continue cleaning the house, organizing our offices, and making a mark in the endless pile of laundry.

It’s my first weekend at home in over 2 weeks so I’ve let a lot of things fall to the wayside. Sometimes it’s nice to just stay at home and work on your nest, you know what I mean?

With a to do list longer than my arm, I decided to start off each day over the holiday with an energy smoothie. Yes, green tea is still huge part of my life these days.

It all started with cucumber melon and has evolved to a mash of different fruits and veg stuffed into a jar overnight for quick smoothie making in the morning, like my sleepy smoothies.

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Energy Smoothies

Vegan, Gluten free, Dairy free, Sugar free, Yeast free, Corn free

Prepare these smoothies the night before for quick smoothie making. Great for leftover fruits and veg that you need to clean your fridge of. Just throw it in and hope for the best!

Inspired by my Green Energy Smoothies

Yield: 1 serving

Ingredients

Strawberry banana

• 1/2 banana
• 6 strawberries
• 1 cup green tea
• 1 scoop protein powder
• 1 tbsp chia seeds [optional]
• 1 serving probiotics [optional for some, a must for me!]

Blueberry peach

• 1/2 peach
• 1 cup blueberries
• 1 cup green tea
• 1 scoop protein powder
• 1 tbsp chia seeds [optional]
• 1 serving probiotics [optional]

Directions

1. Choose a flavor, or prepare both. They stay well in the fridge for 2 days, so you can make both ahead of time.
2. Combine all ingredients in a 1L mason jar. Seal and place in the fridge overnight.
3. In the morning, place contents in a blender and blend to your hearts content.
4. Enjoy!

note: you can make this smoothie right in the blender, or have it sit overnight. I like letting it sit overnight so the chia has time to get really gelatinous.

note: if you don’t want to use green tea because of the caffeine, try a nice herbal tea.

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Right before I left for Yasodhara, I received a very important package…

Just LOOK at how big that container of coconut butter is.

The first thing I did when it arrived on our doorstep?

Ripped open the package, grabbed a spoon and dug into the colossal mass of coconuty goodness. Wouldn’t you have done the same?

I bought it and the items below on Upaya Naturals, a Canadian raw foods store. The 8lbs (1 gal.) of coconut butter was just $85CAD, a savings of $43 had I just bought the equivalent in 16oz. jars at the local health food store. I just love saving money, don’t you?

I also love having a huge tub of coconut butter at my disposal. So far all I’ve done is hack off a piece into a bowl, mix it with some jam and flax seeds and call it a snack. A high fiber snack, at that.

I also bought a sprouting bag so it’ll be easy for me to make sprouted gluten-free bread.

And some kelp noodles! Have you ever tried them? If you have, what’s your favorite way to enjoy them?

Okay, time to get to this list of to do’s. At least I know I’m properly fueled for the work ahead!

Tagged as: artisana coconut butter, banana, blueberry, green tea, kelp noodles, peach, sleepy smoothie, sprout, sprouting, strawberry