Hate eating vegetables as much as I do? It is tough to meet you micronutrient requirements every day when you aren't getting your daily servings of vegetables. If you would rather drink a day or two's worth of vegetables in a single sitting, then this recipe is for you.
Kale Smoothie (makes 3-4 cups)
1/2 Apple
1/2 Oriental Pear
1 Large carrot
1 Stalk of celery
1/2 English cucumber
1-2 cups of baby spinache
1 tbsp Coconut oil
2 tbsp Flaxseed
2-5 stalks of Kale
1/2-1 cups of frozen berries
Optional (protein sources):
2 scoops whey protein
2 tbsp hemp hearts
1/4 cup egg whites
Step 1: Place all ingredients into a high power blender.
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| A Vitamix - Total Nutrition Centre™ blender was used. |
Step 2: Blend until desired consistency is achieved.
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| Make sure your blender can handle the large volume of raw foods it is about to process. |
Step 3: ????
Step 4: Enjoy.
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| Delicious and nutritious |
I make this smoothie almost every day (my room mates can attest) because I want to get as much of my vitamins and minerals from whole foods as possible. This smoothie contains pure raw foods, and because it was blended (and not juiced), it has high fibre content. I have made modifications to this recipe over the last several months when I first began blending my vegetables. An earlier version of this smoothie (containing less berries, no coconut oil, and had no added protein content) was recorded as containing 31g carbohydrates, 7.7g protein, and 6.8g of fats. The new version of the smoothie contains coconut oil, which is high in polyunsaturated fatty acids. I chose to increase the fat content of the smoothie to aid in the absorption of the large amounts of fat-soluble vitamins found in the many vegetables. Kale, in particular, contains a large amount of vitamin K (a single serving contains nearly 700% the daily requirement of vitamin K).
This recipe was inspired by a video segment featuring actor and comedian Joe Rogan, where he described his diet and dietary supplementation.
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