SMOOTHIE 4 - MIXED BERRY AND GINGER

This smoothie was absolutely delicious! I'm loving the fruit smoothies with ginger.

Ingredients:

Cup of cold water

Juice of 1 lemon

Inch cube of fresh ginger

Vanilla protein powder

Frozen mixed berries

Frozen strawberries

Hand full of spinach

I added a banana to Jon's smoothie, but mine was filling enough without it.

This has been one of the quickest and easiest smoothies due to the minimal amount of chopping/peeling required. I did need to use quite a bit of water as the frozen fruits make the smoothie too thick for me. It’s a real quick way to make a berry sorbet for a quick and healthy desert! I'm going to try to remember that for the future!

One thing I have learnt is that no matter how much you try to get all of the seeds out of the lemon before squeezing into your smoothie mix, there will always be at least one or two extra’s that come out! Once they have fallen in, they are such a pain to fish out! I think I will juice the lemon in a small cup before adding to the smoothie from now on.

SMOOTHIE 3 - PINEAPPLE, KIWI & GINGER

Ingredients:

1 small tin of pineapple in juice (not syrup)

1 kiwi

Juice of 1 lemon

1 inch piece of fresh ginger

1 teaspoon of flaxseed

1 cup of water

YUUUUUUUUM!! This smoothie has been my favourite by far! I was so energized and refreshed after drinking it. I had so much to do on Sat, including house work, shopping, socials, makeup bookings, gym etc (normal Sat for me!), but having this smoothie in the morning gave me the energy to get going and I didn’t have any kind of horrible sugar come down. Usually, I’m on the coffee early and by 14:00 I’m ruined and struggle to keep going. I think this has been the most rewarding effect of having a smoothie in the morning. I’ve noticed that I have a sustainable amount of energy throughout the day and when I get home, I still feel pretty good. Obviously, there are other elements that are contributing like not eating bread, reducing coffee intake, avoiding sugary snacks etc, but I honestly think that the smoothies are playing a big part. My skin is looking better and I feel a lot less bloated. This is only my first week and I can’t really tell if it’s effecting my weight yet (I hate scales and I’m not prepared to let myself get obsessed by the number on that dial), but I’m feeling pretty good and I think that’s what matters most.