Favorite Smoothie

The whole-food smoothie is a staple in our daily menu.  Starting the day out with a good and filling breakfast really helps to distract from food cravings.  It took some experimenting to find a combination of different recipes that finally worked for us.  Here is our favorite.

Smoothie (1 serving)

1/2 cup water
1/2 cup unsweetened original flavor almond milk
1 tablespoon chia seeds
1 tablespoon flax seeds
1 tablespoon pumpkin seeds
1 tablespoon almond butter
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon fresh grated ginger
1/2 avocado
1/2 lemon complete with rind
1 cup frozen berries (usually combination of blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries)

Blend until smooth.


Note on blenders:  as part of my preparation for our quest to go sugar free, I started researching blenders.  Someday, I will save up and get a really awesome Vitamix blender.  But for now, I settled on a great little Ninja Master Prep.  It probably doesn't blend our smoothies nearly as smooth as a larger, more powerful blender; but, it has worked pretty well so far.  I actually really like being able to easily remove the blades and clean the pitcher and blades easily and it is all super compact for easy storage.