The Notorious Green Nutritional Drink..
Hello Joyful Friends! Hope this blog greets you with encouragement. Are you happy today? Maybe sad or just disappointed with yourself or others? Maybe just looking for a new green smoothie recipe? In any case, you came to the right place!
I love my Green Nutritional drink and this is why.. I want to be healthy! Pretty 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 chilly!
When you detox it is vital to drink a lot of water to flush out the toxins. Just how much water should one drink?Just take your body weight and divide it by two, and that is how many ounces you should drink as a baseline. If you are working out at the gym, or outside all day YOU WILL NEED to drink more water.
Almost every morning I make my Green Nutritional drink, and I try to get a lot more water intake. As an example I weight 135.0, 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.
You have to eat so you might as well eat 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 to about half full of water or less for more of a smoothie vibe. 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.
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 meal replacement processed drinks you can find on the grocery store shelf.
Let’s breakdown the ingredients and their nutritional value shall we.
Kale
*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.
Chia Seeds