A Healthy Start To a New Day

January 23, 2017 · by · in

Hello fellow peers, ever felt like you have not eaten for days by the time second period rolls around? Ever felt down about your skin? Or have you ever just wanted a healthy snack/ diet?

Well, I am here to show you the magnificent world of DIY at home smoothies! Smoothies can be a perfect source for your daily vegetable and fruits portion intake for the day! Different smoothies benefit different targeted areas that you might want fixed!

Let’s start off with some great breakfast smoothie ideas to start off your day. Bright and early in the morning you need your vitamins and proteins. A couple good sources of vitamin C,D and A are lemons, mandarins, mangos, peaches, strawberries, oranges and carrots.

Spicy Mango Mandarin Smoothie

A spicy fruit smoothie to give your metabolism a boost!

Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup unsweetened almond milk
  • 1 large orange, peeled and seeded
  • 1 cup frozen mango chunks
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1/8 teaspoon cayenne
  • (optional, or use less for a more mild smoothie)

Now if your’e not the biggest fan of oranges or mango’s here are some other options for you!

Raspberry Kale Green Smoothies | Cooking Classy

     Raspberry Kale Green Smoothie

Ingredients:

  • 2 handfuls fresh or frozen chopped kale
  • 1/2 cup fresh or frozen raspberries
  • 1 ripe banana
  • 1 orange
  • 1 apple
  • 1 cup original almond milk
  • 4 ice cubes (optional)

Kale is a perfect ingredient to put into your DIY smoothies as they are very high in fiber as well as vitamins and magnesium and low in calories! Simply one cup of Kale has 36 calories and 5 grams of fiber. Perfect for when you have to take your breakfast on the go!

So, personally I have dealt with  breakouts and constant thoughts of how I dread my skin day in and day out. Not to worry there are many options to tame breakouts. There are the topical treatments as well as the ingested treatments. People rely on pills to do the magic when really, a simple meal plan or incorporation of your daily vitamins can help heal your blemishes. Here are a couple ingredients that are very helpful in cleansing your body :

  • Ginger
  • Lemons
  • Cucumbers
  • Carrots
  • Apples

To really enjoy healthy skin and a healthy start with loads of energy here are a few recipes that would benefit you the most.

Banana Ginger Smoothie

Soothes digestion, heartburn, nausea, and other stomach trouble with the fresh ginger in this natural remedy smoothie recipe.

Ingredients:

  • 1 banana, sliced
  • ¾ cup vanilla yogurt
  • 1 Tbsp honey
  • ½ tsp freshly grated ginger

Tropical Dream Smoothie

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Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup plain coconut water
  • 2  ripe bananas
  • 1 cup chopped pineapple
  • 1 cup chopped mango
  • 2 cups spinach or kale.
  • 1/2 avocado, sliced.

The Tropical Dream Smoothie is perfect as it combines almost every fruit or vegetable that enhances your skin! For each individual it varies but you can add 1/2 a cup to a cup of chopped carrots to the Tropical Dream as carrots are a very good source of Vitamin A!!!

Finally, a healthy smoothie drink for a snack could be just what you need to brighten your day or to cool off after a good work out!

 

Green Tea, Blueberry, and Banana

This antioxidant rich green tea makes this healthy smoothie a nutritional powerhouse!!

Ingredients:

  • 3 Tbsp water
  • 1 green tea bag
  • 2 tsp honey
  • 1½ cup of frozen blueberries
  • ½ med banana
  • ¾ cup soy milk, almond milk or vanilla yogurt
  •  MICROWAVE or BOIL water on high until steaming hot in a small bowl/pot. Add tea bag and allow to brew 3 minutes. Remove tea bag. Stir honey into the tea until it dissolves.
  • blend the rest of the ingredients together then add the tea to blender

Now that you have learned how to make a couple of amazing DIY at home smoothies you can start feeling better and enjoying everyday with a great source of energy to tackle whatever you need to do! Let’s start blending!!! Which do you think  your favourite smoothie would be and why?