A Truly Green Green Smoothie

Finally my truly green green smoothie...

Banana Berry Spinach Spirulina Smoothie

I have a tendency to make berry smoothies with blueberries and blackberries that always come out dark. So this time I decided to make a delectably delicious banana, strawberry, raspberry, spinach and spirulina green smoothie — that's a mouthful! — that tastes divine and gives that wondrous green colour instead of the muted dark sludge colour that doesn't look so appetizing in pictures but is none-the-less divine in taste.

This is another one of my yummie anti-aging smoothies that I always have in the mornings. I just mix up the fruit and the various powders in it to create the different flavours.

Spirulina My Super-Duper-Food

I suffer from low iron stores. Or should I say used to suffer from low iron stores. My doc told me I can get good iron from kale but to remember to add vitamin C to it in order to absorb the iron. I went a step further and researched and found out that Spirulina, a blue green algae superfood, has a super high iron, protein and vitamin A content. It has 93 times more iron than steak, 2.5 times more beta carotene than carrots, 2 times more protein than ground beef and 8 times more chlorophyll than spinach! It packs a wallop! So with just adding that to my smoothie every morning — which by the way you don't taste with all the other fruits your adding — along with sodium ascorbate vitamin C powder, I went from an iron store of 9 (below 10 is BAD) to a whopping 30! I have never been 30 in my life and I used to eat alot of protein. I even have my Dad taking it now.

My favourite brands are Nu-Greens Spirulina that I get at my favourite local health food store. They have THE best prices in the city. And Pure Hawaiian Spirulina Pacifica by Nutrex in a dark glass bottle that I get from iherb.com, an amazing, great price, great shipping online store. Would you believe that Nutrex Spirulina lasted me 3.5 years and was as fresh as the day I got it. When I first got it a had a health crisis and couldn't take anything, no supplements, no superfoods for 3 years. So it went in the cupboard for all that time. When I finally took it out I couldn't bear to throw it away before trying it as it smelled and looked as fresh as when I bought it. Well surprise, surprise it was! And I was able to use it up. You can't say that about many health foods. Lol!

• Baby spinach
• 4 Baby carrots
• 1/8 Slice of avocado (for creamy smoothness)
• Frozen bananas, strawberries, raspberries
• Spirulina
• Goji berries (more beta-carotene then carrots, high in zeaxanthin for eye health, health tonic)
• Maca (hormone balancing, energizing, libido boosting, fertility boosting to menopause calming miracle food. lol!)
• Ground flax and chia (great source of omega-3's and fibre)
• Sodium ascorbate Vitamin C (to absorb the iron, immune boosting, no more colds, or viral conjunctivitis! Yeah! It also alkalizes you and is perfect for gout sufferers! Another yeah!)
• Protein powder (I use unsweetened plain whey, can use plant based)
• Milk or unsweetened almond milk

Simply put all ingredients in a blender (LOVE my Nutribullet! Tip: for Canadians, Canadian Tire has great prices.) and blend until smooth and creamy. Only takes about 20 seconds or less in my Nutribullet. If you feel inspired and want to go for that yummy chewy goodness garnish with some more goji berries, fresh fruit, oats, pumpkin and sunflower seeds, dried blueberries, currents, etc. The sky's the limit.

Sip or spoon and enjoy the breakfast of champions!

Kitty Bloopers

Did you just garnish
me Mommy? I seem to
have a third eye.

I wanna!

Why thank you Mommy 
you shouldn't have!