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Health and Nutrition

Green Smoothie Bowl

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It has been quite a while since I last posted a recipe…..Spring is a crazy time in our house! We have four out of five family members celebrating birthdays, happy birthday to me! Yay!

While planning for birthday parties, class parties, dinner and lunch with friends, and our regular crazy family schedule, I have not had time to post anything new!

Lately I have been having loads of fun experimenting with smoothie bowls, check us on Instagram @blissbalancehealth for some fun smoothie bowl pictures. There is one smoothie I have had everyday for the last two weeks, my green smoothie. Most of you are familiar with my green juice and my reinvented version of green juice, but this is a bit different. I wanted to have a smoothie that was creamy and think enough to serve in a bowl.

Avocado seemed like the perfect ingredient to add great flavor and texture to my smoothie. I also wanted to sweeten up the smoothie a bit, use the avocado in a way the brought me back to my roots. In Brazil we use avocado as a fruit and is mostly served with sugar. This is a health blog, so don’t worry I won’t be adding sugar to my smoothie, but my next best substitute! Dates!

There is a good combination, of greens, protein, and healthy fats in this smoothie. This well rounded smoothie can keep you full for a long while. If you want to serve it as a meal replacement just add your favorite plant based protein powder and enjoy!

To make it into a smoothie bowl play around with your favorite toppings. Some of my favorites are seeds, nuts, coconuts, fruits, dried fruits, bee pollen, cacao nibs, etc…. The version in the picture above has goji berries, coconut, and cacao nibs.

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Ingredients:

1 small avocado

1 banana

2 handfuls of spinach

1/2 cucumber

1 tablespoon of nut butter

2 inch piece of fresh gingerpur

2 dates (3 if you like it sweeter)

Juice of 1 lemon

8 oz of water

Mix it all in a blender and enjoy it by itself or with your favorite toppings!

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Receita em Português :

Ingredientes:

1 abacate pequeno

1 banana

2 punhados de espinafre

1/2 pepino

1 colher de sopa de manteiga de amendoim

Pedaço de gengibre fresco de 5 cm

2 tâmaras (3 se você gosta dela mais doce )

250 ml de água

Suco de 1 limão

Misture tudo em um liquidificador e apreciá-lo por si só ou com seus ingredientes favoritos !

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Health and Nutrition

The Green Juice….Reinvented

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Last year Armenia’s Green Juice was by far my most popular recipe! The Green juice is an excellent way to make sure you are getting a good dose of greens for the day, and it helps flush toxins out of the body.

Clients and blog followers gave enough feedback fueling my creativity to create the second version of my juice. Some clients were using the green juice as a tool to help performance during workouts, a detoxifying agent, skin repair, vitality, or just trying to make sure the body was receiving enough greens for the day.  And some used it to recover from an extended night of consuming their favorite adult beverages. As I played around with different possibilities, this feedback was used to evolve the green juice. Both recipes are healthy and beneficial. Try both versions and see which one is your favorite! If you were already a fan of the original, now you have the second version to enjoy. Your feedback is much appreciated and always taken into consideration for future recipes.

The main difference in the new version is the additions of more greens and a slight reduction of sugars. This was accomplished by removing the apple and adding cucumber and celery. The diversity of spices has also been adjusted, with an increase in turmeric. Giving it an extra dose of anti-inflammatory benefits!

Let’s see what is in it….

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1 banana
2 cups of kale
1 stalk of celery
1 3 inch piece of cucumber
1 brazil nut
1 cup of coconut water
1 cup of filtered water
Juice of 1/2 lemon
1 inch long piece of fresh ginger
1/2 tsp of ground turmeric
1/4 tsp of cinnamon
Pinch cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp of spirulina (optional)
Blend it all in a and enjoy!

Portuguese Version:

1 banana
2 xícaras de couve
1 talo de aipo
Pedaço de pepino de mais ou menos 6 cm
1 castanha do Para
1 xícara de água de coco
1 xícara de água filtrada
Suco de 1/2 limão
1 pedaço de gengibre fresco (3 cm)
1/2 colher de chá de cúrcuma em pó
1/4 colher de chá de canela
Pitada de pimenta caiena
1/2 colher de chá de spirulina (opcional)

Misture tudo no liquidificador e aproveite!

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