5 Quick Healthy Morning Smoothies to Start Your Day Right

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Our wonderful Registered Holistic Nutritionist, Jenn Keirstead, put together this list of 5 healthy smoothies to kickstart your day. These smoothies are balanced in their ingredients and all containing these four important components:

  1. Whole food protein
  2. Fruit + veggie
  3. Healthy omega fats
  4. Naturally occurring fiber

Each smoothie is created this way in order to keep your blood sugar stable, which helps keeps that metabolism happy! Each smoothie listed below should be blended in a high-speed blender until your desired texture is reached. Optionally, you can add ice and blend again.

Morning Power Protein Smoothie

  • 1/2 frozen banana
  • 1/2 cup blueberries
  • 1 handful organic spinach
  • 1 Tbsp pure almond butter
  • 1 Tbsp whole hemp hearts
  • 1 tsp hemp seed oil
  • 1.5 cup water, OR unsweetened almond milk

Tropical Avocado Smoothie

  • 1/2 frozen banana
  • 1/2 avocado
  • 1 Tablespoon chia seeds
  • 1 lemon, juiced
  • 1 large handful organic spinach
  • 1 tsp hemp seed oil
  • 1.5 cups water, OR unsweetened almond milk

Cucumber Kale Apple Avocado Smoothie

Note: not sweet, but very refreshing + detoxifying!

  • 1/2 cup chopped cucumber
  • 1/2 green apple
  • 1 handful leafy greens (eg. kale, romaine, spring greens, spinach)
  • 1 tsp virgin coconut oil (gently melted), OR 1 tsp hemp seed oil
  • 1.5 cups water

Spa Smoothie

Note: also not sweet, but very refreshing + detoxifying!

  • 1/4 Avocado
  • 1 Tbsp Chia Seed
  • ½ to 1 lemon, juiced
  • 1 handful organic spinach
  • 1 small organic cucumber
  • 1/4 cup Mint Leaves
  • 1 tsp hemp seed oil
  • 1.5 cups water, OR unsweetened almond milk

Banana Hemp Seed Smoothie

  • 1/2 frozen banana
  • 1 Tbsp almond butter
  • 1 Tbsp chia seeds
  • 1 handful leafy greens (eg. kale, romaine, spring greens, spinach)
  • 1 tsp hemp seed oil
  • 1.5 c water, OR unsweetened almond milk
  • sprinkle of hemp hearts to top

Enjoy!

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