Start your morning with a smoothie and boost your fruit and fiber intake. Good for your body and tasty too!
Our family starts each morning with a smoothie. My sister gave me a smoothie maker as a gift a while ago, and at the time I wasn't sure I would use it – I was wrong. This inexpensive tool makes the process much easier!
Mine has markings on the side for liquid and frozen ingredients – just fill and blend, no guess work. The plunger on top allows me to stir around the frozen fruit as it is blending to avoid binding – it works like a charm.
Here is our favorite recipe:
1 fresh banana
½ cup frozen mango
5 frozen strawberries
¼ cup frozen blueberries
2 T french vanilla nonfat yogurt (all natural, no high fructose corn syrup)
OR 2 T soft tofu
1 T ground flax seed
1 ½ cup fruit and vegetable juice blend (all natural, no added sugar)
Serves 2 – drink with a straw to avoid the 'glop' into your face as you reach the bottom!
Enjoy a tasty start to your day to Empower Your Body and Embrace Your Heart.
Eliz Greene is a heart attack survivor, author and nationally known speaker on a mission to encourage women to recognize heart disease as their most serious health threat and provide down-to-earth strategies for active and healthy lives. Learn more about Eliz and the Embrace Your Heart Wellness Initiative at www.EmbraceYourHeart.com
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