After researching tons...and I mean tons of breakfast recipes that are vegan friendly I was intrigued by the idea of green smoothies. A green smoothie is a smoothie that contains leafy greens and yes...it really is green! I bought various frozen fruits (berries, peaches and mango), fresh fruits, a bunch of baby spinach and some juice so I could concoct a green smoothie. The thought of drinking spinach for breakfast was not at all appealing but hey if I'm going to make a change I might as well try new things along the way. My diet would be pretty restricted if I only took foods away!
The recipe I finally created after much inspiration was as follows:
1/2 cup frozen mango chunks
2 cups baby spinach-I started to take the stems off and then gave up-you couldn't tell as the entire thing blended up and turned to liquid
1 banana
about 1/2 cup 100% Peach juice-you may need more depending on the consistency you like.
I threw all of the above ingredients in the blended and let it whirl.
The end result was amazing!! I couldn't drink the whole thing it was that filling. I tasted no spinach and I honestly wouldn't have even known it was there if I hadn't added it myself. A (our 3 year old) true to form was excited to try this new food (I know she's strange!) and almost drank a full 6 oz. as a second breakfast.
To start this healthy lifestyle off on the right foot we all went on a 2 mile family walk. It was enjoyable despite our wild puppy who has no idea how to walk on the leash properly. I think my elbow got just as much of a workout from being pulled by 60 pounds of dog.
Now I'm off to make Vegan meatballs out of lentils :)
Hurray for vegan meatballs made of lentils! :D
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