Why you should switch to a smoothie for breakfast.

Day 5: Accomplish your New Years resolutions

Switch to a Breakfast Smoothie

 

 

Breakfast is my biggest challenge, mornings for me like many of us are hectic. I have my morning workout, daycare drop-off, and off course making it to work on time. Unlike my other meals there are very few days I can sit down for breakfast. Now it would be easy for me to go through a drive thru, get a greasy (and not vegan) breakfast sandwich and eat sitting in traffic. I chose not to do this because there is a better option a delicious jumbo smoothie. Try switching your breakfast to a smoothie for a week and see how well your body responds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benefits of a breakfast smoothie:

• Hydration: I make my smoothies a liter to refresh my body, fruit is water dense which digests easily.
• Nutrition: A smoothie has the ability to be a complete portable meal.
• Energy: Smoothies from the natural sugar, and carbohydrate intake gives me all the energy I need in the morning.

How to make a smoothie the basics:

• Milk alternative (almond is the best in my opinion) 1cup
• Enough water to blend or make into a liter, ice for texture or temperature
• 2 or 3 Fruits (practice good food combining, I put FullyRaw Kristina's food combining chart under the list)
• Greens (Kale, spinach or a mix) 1 to 2 handfuls
• Optional: Seeds (Flax or Chai is my favorite) I only use one at a time to not overload my digestion typically flax
• Optional: Protein powder  (I use raw for life right now) protein is great if you worked out in the morning or if there is a big gap before your next meal.