We all know how important eating from the rainbow is to our health – for vitamins and minerals and overall nutrition. But did you know that you can incorporate many fruits and veggies into your daily routine, just by adding them to a Daily Shake? Hello, smoothie recipes.
Green smoothies are like bursts of energy that we can feel in every cell, making us feel nourished, satiated and alive. They are the perfect addition to the 21-Day Clean Program. Here’s a few yummy green smoothie recipes to get our daily dose of necessary vitamins:
GREEN MORNING SMOOTHIE
Ingredients:
- 8 ounces of water
- 3-4 ounces of nut or hemp seed milk (unsweetened)
- 1/2 of an avocado
- 1 giant handful of the dark leafy green of your choice (kale, spinach, swiss chard)
- 2 teaspoons organic almond butter
- a pinch of sea salt
- 2 scoops of Vanilla Daily Shake or Vanilla Cleanse Shake packet
- 1 scoop Move (optional)
- sweetener to taste (stevia, coconut nectar, brown rice syrup)
- 1 tablespoon carob or raw cacao powder (optional)
Directions:
Blend until smooth and creamy. This recipe makes a lot, so it can be one serving if you’d like, or you can save the rest and have the rest as a snack later depending on your individual hunger that day!
CHOCOLATE MINT SMOOTHIE
Ingredients:
- 1-2 tablespoons hemp seeds
- 1 cup almond or coconut milk
- 1/4 c fresh mint leaves
- 2 tablespoons chlorophyll
- 1 giant handful of the dark leafy green of your choice (kale, spinach, swiss chard)
- 1/2 tablespoon raw cocoa OR carob powder
- 1/2 c water
- 2 scoops Chocolate Daily Shake or Chocolate Cleanse Shake packet
- 1 scoop Move
Directions:
Blend all ingredients until smooth, adding additional water only as necessary and to yield desired consistency. Enjoy!
BLUE AND GREEN SMOOTHIE
Ingredients:
- 3 cups spinach
- 1 cup frozen blueberries (or raspberries, blackberries, mangoes, papaya, etc.)
- 1 tablespoon flax oil
- 1 tablespoon maca powder
- 1 scoop Revive
- 1 cup almond milk
- a few drops of stevia to taste
- 2 scoops Vanilla Daily Shake or Vanilla Cleanse Shake packet
Directions:
Blend until creamy.
SWEET & SIMPLE GREEN SMOOTHIE
Ingredients:
- 8 ounces non-dairy milk (almond, coconut, rice)
- 2 giant handfuls of spinach
- 1 mango, peeled and diced
- 2 scoops Daily Shake (chocolate or vanilla)
- 1 scoop Move, a fiber supplement powder
Directions:
Blend all ingredients until smooth and enjoy this amazing and detoxifying meal.
Here are a few more of our favorite green smoothie recipes:
Written by the Clean Team
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