The Notorious Green Nutritional Drink..
Hello Joyful Friends! Hope this blog greets you with encouragement. I hope you are living life joyfully and that you are happy! Looking for a new green smoothie recipe? If so, you came to the right place!
I love my Green Nutritional drink and this is why.. I want to be healthy! Simply said but true, and it is so easy getting raw whole food nutrition when it is done in a smoothie, or the way I make it, a “drink”. I just add in more water so it goes down easier and makes the smoothie less cold. The thicker the smoothie the longer it remains cold and during the winter and spring time having a smoothie every day can prove to be a bit chilly!
This detox smoothie is just that.. it helps your body to detox because it provides a lot of nutrition. Your body was designed, and it knows what to do but you have to give it the right fuel so it can repair itself.
When you detox it is vital to drink a lot of water to flush out the toxins. Just how much water should one drink? Take your body weight and divide it by two, and that is how many ounces of water you should drink as a baseline. If you are working out at the gym, or outside all day YOU WILL NEED to drink even more water. This smoothie has a lot of electrolytes!
Almost every morning I make my Green Nutritional drink, and the days I miss it I feel like I’m dragging and hungry all the time.
Okay, so let’t get back to hydration, as an example I weight 135lbs, so normally without detoxing I would need to get 70oz ish of water per day. With detoxing I almost double that to about 100oz ish to flush out the toxins and avoid a headache or very and just not feeling the best.
You have to eat so you might as well consume something that will naturally detox your body. Here’s my recipe!
Ingredients
Good – Better – Best. If you can get organic ingredients please do, but if not get what is available and be joyful!
1/2 pound of organic *kale, 1/2 cup of freshly ground up *chia seeds, 1 to 2 *bananas, blueberries, sweet cherries and a handful of cilantro! And if you dare, *organic food grade castor oil… up to a full teaspoon.
Load up your blender with the cilantro, kale or greens of your choice. Add water about half way up, or less, to the top of your greens. I do a little more than half way full of water for a drink vibe. Blend away!
Add in your fruit, freshly ground chia seeds, and organic food grade castor oil and blend again. Enjoy!
For years when I would make a smoothie it was more about the fruit and less about the greens but after discovering Dr. Brooke Goldner, it is more about the greens! If you have not checked her out yet I highly recommend!
This drink or smoothie depending on how much water you put in will fill you up! This makes for a great meal on the go.. a lot better than one of those “meal replacement” processed drinks you can find on the grocery store shelf.
Adding in the freshly ground up chia seeds is what really helps to make you feel full with the good omega 3 fats it offers.
Let’s breakdown the ingredients and their nutritional value shall we.
Kale
*There are 3 cups in 1/2 a pound of kale. Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) at 1 cup raw kale contains Vitamin K at 68%, Vitamin C at 22%, Vitamin A at 6%, Vitamin B2 at 6%, Calcium at 4%, Vitamin B9 at 3% and the following all at 2%; Vitamin B6, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B3, Iron, and potassium. Kale is known for its cancer fighting properties due to its photochemical flavonoids.
Chia Seeds
*1/2 cup of chia seeds contains 276 calories, for those who count calories. Iron at 5.85mg. Magnesium at 335mg. Omega 3’s at 2525mg. Protein at 5grams. Fiber at 9grams. Calcium at 180mg. Carbohydrates at 55grams. Copper at 0.11mg. Selenium at 21mcg. Manganese at 1.5mg. Phosphorus at 208mg. Quercetin at 0.17mg. This list goes on, but I’ll stop here. Chia seeds help to lower blood sugars and blood pressure. Please buy chia seeds whole and then grind them up right before you use them otherwise they will oxidize and lose their nutritional value.