Purple Avocado Smoothie Recipe

I'm starting to experiment more with avocados.

8 oz. fresh blackberries
1 frozen banana
1/2 Hass avocado
1/4 teaspoon maca powder
1 teaspoon cacao nibs
1/2 cup raw cream
1/2 cup raw milk

Blend until smoothie consistency. Depending on your preferred smoothie thickness, use more or less cream or milk. I normally use 1 cup cream, but I ran out. So, I did half and half.

You can also add a tablespoon of raw pecan butter for a really nice extra bit of flavor.

Blueberry Smoothie Recipe

1 frozen organic banana
1/2 cup frozen organic blueberries
1 Tablespoon organic coconut oil
1 Tablespoon almond butter (or preferred nut butter)
3/4 cup raw milk

Add ingredients to blender and blend on high until well-mixed.

Enjoy!

Tropical Chai Smoothie recipe

This turned out yummy. Pretty creamy color. It's very simple.

2 ripe organic bananas
1 1/2 cups frozen organic pineapple chunks
1 cup Trader Joe's Ruby Red Chai tea, cooled

Blend all until smooth. Enjoy!
Served 2.

Breakfast Smoothie recipe

I threw this smoothie together this morning as an experiment. I get tired of my usual honey/lemon drink as it doesn't really mask the MSM & Vitamin C powders very well. So, I came up with this:

1 organic banana
1 cup frozen organic raspberries
1 cup homemade almond milk (my recipe here: http://quingemsquisine.blogspot.com/2011/10/raw-almond-milk-recipe.html)
1/2 teaspoon powdered Vitamin C (about 2000 mg)
1/4 teaspoon powdered MSM (about 1000 mg)
1/4 teaspoon maca powder
10 drops spearmint-flavored astragalus

Blend until smooth.
Sorry, no picture. But, it is bright pink and yummy!

Ginger Smoothie recipe

This smoothie was so easy and the results are really yummy! I got the recipe from +Tracy Russell of IncredibleSmoothies.com on G+. I adapted it slightly.

2 frozen organic bananas
1 cup raw almond milk
1 1/2 teaspoons fresh grated ginger
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon molasses
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
(I was out of molasses, so I substituted organic dark maple syrup.)

Blend. Garnish with pinch of cinnamon.

Smoothie Lunch

As usual, I got sick around Thanksgiving. This is nothing new for me. But, the type of illness and the duration is different. I didn't get pneumonia & wasn't nearly bedridden for a week as in the past - happened nearly every year for about ten years. The past couple of years since I have been eating better & exercising, I have not gotten pneumonia at all. Last year I had a bad cough & lung congestion, but it went away on its own. This year, I got a bad migraine (which is also something I had chronically for over ten years until very recently) which may, in fact, be a sinus infection. I've had it for about 3 days & it seems to be fading as I write this.
Anyway, today's lunch is a raw smoothie made of 1 cup herbal tea (your choice), 1 organic banana, about 1 cup frozen golden raspberries, 1 teaspoon hemp seeds & 1 teaspoon maca powder. It's a pretty golden color, which being in an amber mug, you can't really see! And, it tastes great! I was worried about the maca, as it can be so bitter to me, but the fruit covers that very well.