Green Smoothie!

I'm doing this from my phone so I apologize in advance if this post isn't very flattering or well composed.

I wanted to share the recipe that we've been using for smoothies in the mornings and afternoons.

I prep and juice all the produce a few times a week and keep it in tightly sealed mason jars. I try to only make enough juice for the current and following days, but sometimes it ends up being a little more.

Green Juice:
• 2.5 lbs carrots - We buy 5lb bags and I eyeball half.
• 3 apples
• 2 cucumbers
• 2-3 bunches kale
• 1 lime
• 1-2" chunk of ginger

Juice all of it!


Chia Gel:
• 2 C. Water
• 1/3 C. Chia seeds

Combine seeds and water. Stir. Wait a couple minutes until it starts to set. Stir again and refrigerate.


Smoothie:
• 2 C. Green Juice (I use pint mason jars)
• 1 banana
• 1/2 C. frozen blueberries
• 1/2 C. nonfat plain yogurt
• 1/2 C. Chia gel
• 1/2 avocado
• I'll add fiber powder if we have it around.

I start with all the ingredients but half the juice and blend it until smooth. Then I add the remainder of the juice and finish blending it, but I have to do this because our blender sucks :(


It's really hard to determine the nutritional information in the juice blend, but the other smoothie components combine for 400 calories, 11.5 grams of protein, and 14.5 grams of fat—most of which is derived from the avocado and chia. Aside from a small amount of saturated fat in the avocado, the rest are essential fatty acids and all those good things you already know about.

Obviously this recipe yields a pretty large smoothie. I usually drink half for breakfast and save the other half for lunch. It's super filling and we've seemed to notice extra energy during the day when we make it. The avocado and yogurt give it a super creamy, almost whipped kind of texture to it. I really like it, although it can be a little much for Lyndsay.

Hope you guys can give this a try and let me know what you think!