Why smoothies?

Smoothies are the perfect meal or snack no matter what!

It is never a bad time to have an awesome smoothie! Since smoothies are such a tasty way to pack in a ton of nutrients in your diet. 

Smoothies do make it easy to pack in all the nutrients of your favorite produce into one drinkable cup—which is great when you’re busy on the go or short on time.

Smoothies can easily “fit” into a healthy day of eating. But even more importantly, they can be a very delicious, refreshing, and totally enjoyable. It is good to have all organic and fresh ingredients for the best potential.

Making a smoothie is as simple as tossing ingredients in a blender and letting it rip, but we want to make sure you succeed every time, so here’s our exact process:

If you are adding greens (kale, spinach, celery...), this is the time to toss them in.

Add in your frozen fruits and vegetables if you want your smoothie cold.. I like frozen berries, mangos and peaches but any frozen fruit works!

Add any fresh fruits or veggies you’d like to use. Here is where you’ll toss in fresh ginger, turmeric, pineapple, cucumber, lemon an avocado half.

Top it off with your favorite nutrition mix-ins: green powder, protein powder, collagen, chia seeds, and turmeric— whatever you’d like to boost the nutrition of the smoothie.

Add liquid to your blender. I typically use unsweetened coconut milk, but you could use any other kind of milk, fruit juice. I prefer just filtered water!

Blend away! I like to start my blender on low and then slowly up to full speed. I blend until the smoothie looks silky. And then enjoy.

 All of these smoothies here use banana as a base. If you don’t like the bananas add an avocado or a cup of plain creamy kefir or yoghurt. You can use one or two bananas depending on the calories you want to get. If you add 3 fruits and 2 veggies or greens should be sweet enough.

My recommendation is to blend up your smoothie without any added sweetener, then taste. 

Add in raw honey or maple syrup to taste. 

Another great natural option for sweetening: pitted dates.

All smoothies are gluten free and the best choice is to make them from organic ingredients.

To make the smoothie vegan use plant based milk or yoghurt (coconut yoghurt)

Green smoothies sound (and, honestly, look) like they wouldn’t taste the greatest, but if you do them right, they are sweet, balanced, and have no flavor of the greens! 

I’m a lightweight and use fresh baby kale or spinach in my green smoothies because you can’t taste it at all. If you’re a little more hardcore on the health food front, collards, or even chard, parsley, cilantro! 

The truth is, you can make almost any smoothie a green smoothie by tossing a handful of greens in. The end result might look yucky green, but it’ll taste delicious! 

To make it, blend together:

1 banana

1 avocado

1 cup greens (baby spinach, kale, collards, chard, etc.)

1 inch slice of pineapple, peeled and diced

1 peeled lemon 

1 cup unsweetened milk (nut, soy, animal)

Dates, raw Honey or maple syrup, to taste

 Nice boost of protein thanks to the organic kefir and almond butter. I usually throw in a handful of spinach, too. To make it, blend together:

2 frozen bananas

2 tablespoons organic almond butter

1 cup of spinach/kale  

cup plain yogurt/kefir organic

Dates, Honey or maple syrup, to taste.

If you walk into any smoothie bar you’ll probably find a strawberry-banana or a raspberry- banana smoothie on the menu. And that’s because it’s a great combo that everyone loves! 

To make it, blend together:

1 avocado

1orange

1 cup frozen mixed berries

1 banana

1 cup fresh strawberries

1 cup unsweetened milk (nut, soy, animal)

1/2 cup plain yogurt/kefir

Honey or maple syrup, if needed to be sweeter.

My grandma’s favorite: the beets, the great superfood!

This smoothie has its beautiful colour mainly because of the beets, packed with antioxidants, great in regulating blood pressure, boost physical stamina an endurance, brain power and being high in fiber are anti-inflammatory, very beneficial for the digestive tract in detox.

1 banana

1 avocado

½ organic beetroot

1 lemon peeled and diced

1 inch slice pineapple, peeled and diced

3 cups of coconut water/filtered water + 1 cup of ice cubes

Add raw honey or maple syrup to taste.

If you’re a coffee-aholic, this smoothie is for you! It uses decaf coffee to add lots of flavor. My tip is to keep in the fridge the leftover decaf coffee and use a cup for this yummy smoothie.

1 frozen banana

1 cup decaf coffee

1 spoon of almond butter

1 spoon of dark chocolate 70%

1 avocado

1 cup coconut milk

Honey or maple syrup, to taste

 I love the memories of hot night on a Caribbean vacation & the tropical flavours.

This delicious and nutritious smoothie is a great reminder of hot summer days.

1 avocado

2 frozen bananas

2 cups pineapple chunks (canned or fresh)

1 cup coconut milk 

Honey or maple syrup, to taste

This mango smoothie is made with frozen mango, yogurt, banana and juice, all blended together into an ultra creamy drink. A super refreshing way to enjoy on a warm day. Mango is quite a healthy fruit. Research shows that antioxidants in mango help protect against cancer. 

Outside of that, Mango helps eye health, gut health, lowers cholesterol and makes your skin glowing. 

1 cup frozen mango

1 banana

1 Apple 

1 Orange 

1 inch slice Pineapple peeled and diced

2 cups filtered water

1 cup organic plain kefir

There is something about this combination of fruits that works so well together, each one perfectly complementing the other. The bright flavors of the peach blossom smoothie will leave you craving more…

1 cup of frozen mango 

1 cup frozen strawberries

2 cups of fresh peach slices

1 banana

1 inch slice of pineapple peeled and diced

1 orange  

  The ingredients in this smoothie were each chosen specifically for their immunity boosting properties. It is loaded with vitamins, minerals, anti inflammatory agents and antioxidants to support the immune system.

It is also yummy and refreshing!

2 inches slice of peeled pineapple, diced

1 handful mini organic carrots

1 banana

1 orange

1 inch of fresh ginger

1 peeled lemon 

1 inch fresh turmeric root

Cinnamon

1 avocado

1 cup of plain organic kefir/yogurt

2 cups filtered water

Raw honey /maple syrup to taste