Leftover Smoothie

With a family of 5, I rarely have enough leftovers to make a complete meal. Last night we had haystacks for supper, that meant a bit of cucumber, a bit of avocado and a bit of everything else left over. The cucumber and avocado made it into the smoothie this morning. I also had a bit of mango left over in the freezer. 
My other recent find for my smoothie is a salad mixture that has baby spinach, baby chard and baby kale in it. It is also organic, a plus! 

 

1/2 banana

maybe 1/4 cup mango

1/2 cup raspberries

1/2 c kefir

1/2 c Greek honey yogurt

large handful of the salad blend

1/4 c chopped cucumber

1/4 of an avocado

almond milk to blend

My husband would probably say this one tastes too green. Plus he doesn't like avocado, if he knew it was in there, he would dislike the smoothie.  I like that the avocado adds a creaminess to the smoothie that you don't get without it.  For some reason I didn't add any grains today. Not sure why. Anyway, to my taste buds, this is a good one. It should give me the boost for my workout today!

Trying Kefir again

About a year ago I got some Kefir grains to try making on my own. The stuff you get at stores is super high is sugar.  That batch I did not like. Very sour, very curddled and not at all something I wanted to continue. The same friend, just gave me some new grains that are much better. Like watery yogurt, but smoother than the last batch. Trying it again to see how I feel about it.  Today was the first day I had a batch ready. 
* As a note about the pineapple core... I bought a whole pineapple and I always take the rind off and cut the column into quarters. The quarters have a firmer core to them that my kids find hard to chew. I use to gnaw on it myself and then throw it our. Thanks to my Vita Mix I now save the core, throw it in a smoothie and it grinds the core up to nothing!

Avacado Raspberry Kefir

1/2 banana

2 of  the pineapple core*

1/2 avacado

1/2 c frozen raspberries (it needs more raspberries next time)

1/4 c kefir

1 T ground flax seed

2 T hemp seed

1 T wheat germ

almond milk

The avacado makes it super creamy and thick. As noted it needs more raspberries.  Maybe 1 T of honey.

Super Green

I made it to the gym! Finally! Hopefully I can go again tomorrow night. 
Started the day with a smoothie (before the gym).

Kiwi Green

1 banana

2 peeled kiwis

1/2 c coconut water

1/2 an avacado

1 6oz container of key lime yogurt

1 T flax seed

2 T hemp seed

1 T wheat germ

 enough almond milk to make 4 cups blended.

My husband didn't even know the avacado was in there!

Lunch time: Post workout

Veggie Green

1/2 banana

1 stalk celery

1/2 avacado

3 large florets of broccoli

1 scoop vanilla protein powder

1 cup almond milk

1 T chia seeds

 

Yummy. Can taste the vanilla from the protein powder.