I heart coffee and coffee hearts me. But I think my insides deserve a breakfast that gives back a little more than some caffeinated pep in my step.
Over the Christmas holidays while I was gorging on salted peanuts, salted triscuits and red wine I started to feel really bloated and instead of eating better (nizzle say whut?) I decided to fantasize about being a super healthy raw food vegan. I watched this almost cultish video on the raw food lifestyle called Raw for Life . This movie, full of these energentic, passionate raw foodies hailing the electrifying powers of raw food sucked me right in. Listening the benefits of something as simple as increasing the amount of greens one eats made alot of sense to me. Green is good! So I decided then and there that when I returned home I would explore the raw lifestyle – I also acknowledge that peanuts are not raw so our love affair was coming to an end. Note to self: increase peanut consumption while you can.
When I returned home I was magically gifted with a friends used Vitamix which I’ve come to believe is almost a requirement for successfully eating raw. (This used Vitamix was nice because not only did I save a couple hundred bucks I didn’t purchase anything new. Woot!
So far the Vitamix has been great and I have been drink a ton of greens. After alot of thought I realized that I could not commit to the raw lifestyle but I could improve my eating habits by stuffing my face with more raw veggies vs those lovely salted nuts.
Green Breakfast Smoothie
* This is an ever changing recipe so be creative!
2-4 cups of greeny goodness (kale, spinach, collards etc)
1/2 cup of frozen fruit (blueberries or raspberries)
1 cup of vegan milk (I use almond or soy)
1 cup of veggies (carrots or zucchini seem to work best)
1-2 scoops of protein powder (I used pumpkin seed protein)
1-2 tbsp of ground flax (Omega III’s are your friends)
water (amount depends on whether or not you want a smooth smoothie or a chewy smoothie. Sometimes a chewy one makes you feel like you’re having a real meal.
Add together and blend the hell out of it. Enjoy!
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