NUTRIENT DENSE SMOOTHIES

 Smoothies are a fabulous way to bless your body with an abundance of vitamins and minerals. I have one or more every day. They make a perfect breakfast on the go and are great snacks. Green smoothies are a powerhouse of vitamins and minerals. You can use any greens that you like or any combination of greens.You can use chard, kale, spinach, baby bok choy, sorrel, beet greens, collards or any other. All you do is rinse greens in cold water, tear the leaves off the stems, put a cup or so of raw nut or seed milk in your blender, add the amount of greens you desire and blend. If you are new to green smoothies, as with anything, it may be a good idea to start with a small amount of greens and work up to the desired amount. That way your body gets used to the flood of nutrition and you will find out which greens you want in your smoothies plus your taste buds will learn to enjoy the unique taste.  I put about 2 good-sized handfuls of greens in my smoothie. After you have blended the greens and nut or seed milk, add a sliced fresh or frozen banana. The banana will sweeten your green smoothie naturally and make it more palatable. Raw green leaves are extremely healing and nourish every cell of your body. If green smoothies are just not your thing, fruit smoothies would be next best. In the summer I often have delicious fruit “shake” smoothies made from raw vanilla almond  milk and frozen bananas and berries. You can freeze papaya, mango, berries of all kinds, peaches, nectarines almost any kind of fruit will do.  You can add a tablespoon of flax oil, peanut butter or coconut fat if you'd like.