Mango Breakfast Smoothie

Know What You Eat: Want to loose weight without STARVING?????....Feel fuller faster on a hectic morning schedule, then this is "the all in one smoothie" you can prepare in minutes, gives you a full serving of fruit, fiber, calcium along with some crunch....and essential omega 3's..makes your heart, stomach and mouth all HAPPY.. Addition of  Chia seeds when exposed to water, it forms a coating of gel, increasing its size and weight. Since the gel is made of water, it has no calories, meaning that it helps your body think it is full, without adding calories! !!! 
Note for diet watchers...Well, Mango can be replaced with other fruits like peaches,berries,apple etc which has lower calories and less natural sugar..

 Serves: 2

Preparation time 10 mins

Ingredients:

2 C Skimmed / Low-fat Milk

1 C Ripe Kesar Mangoes, chopped
2 tsp Chia seeds/Gel(soak in 6 tsps water and let it sit for few minutes)

1/2 C Post Honey Bunches of Oats(reduced sugar) breakfast cereal

1 Tbsp Honey/Xylitol (Mango was sweet so I did not added )
Few Blueberries (optional)

A pinch of Cardamom powder

Few Crushed Ice

Method:

1.. Blend in all the ingredients except the oats cereals along with some crushed ice in a blender.

2.. Top it with honey bunches of Oats or your favorite cereals and serve immediately.

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Green Powerhouse Smoothie Recipe

Know What You Eat: Green smoothies are not only a unique color but they also offer unique health benefits.  Made with natural coolers like bottle gourd, cucumber, and leafy greens spinach and kale that are loaded with antioxidants and vitamins, prevents bladder cancer, and reduce the risk of ovarian cancer. Green smoothies are a great source of non-dairy calcium, magnesium and Vitamin  which makes it excellent way to enjoy a delicious drink that satisfies hunger and offers maximum nutrition.  You may think that turning leafy greens into a smooth, sweet and tangy delicious drink can be a bit of a challenge—and it is.. but trust me when I made this smoothie, it was all gone in a jiffy.It also act as stomach cleanser. So what goes in this GREEN Smoothie..Lets count on..Spinach, Kale, Bottle Gourd, Cucumber, Celery, Ginger, Lemon Juice & Gooseberry Juice | Powder | Frozen gooseberries with just a little honey, salt and a dash of black pepper.

Recipe: Green Smoothie | Nutrition Powerhouse

 Serves : 2  Preparation time : 7min Cooking time: N/A

Ingredients 

• 2 C Fresh Spinach, washed
• 2 C Kale, washed
• 2 Cucumbers, washed with skin
• 1 Small Bottle Gourd, washed with skin 
• 1 inch piece Ginger, washed & diced
• 1/4 C Frozen | Fresh Gooseberries OR
• 2 tsp Gooseberry (amla) powder, available at any Indian grocery store
• Some Fresh Mint leaves (optional)
• Juice of 1/2 lemon, (add according to your taste)
• Salt and Black pepper to your taste.
• 1 Tbsp Honey
• Filtered Water and Crushed Ice as you need them.

Preparation

• Wash thoroughly all the your greens. Usually I soak all my veggies and fruits in sink full of water and leave them for 15-20 mins.
• Remove them, dice, chop all that will go in the blender along with some ice & filtered water, salt, honey, lemon juice, dash of black pepper.
• Blend it until you get a very smooth puree kind of consistency.
• If you want juice with no pulp at all, you can use a cheesecloth or a coffee filter to further strain juice after it goes through your juicer | blender. As a final juicing tip, consider that the softer the fruit or vegetable, the thicker the juice will be so go ahead add filtered water or apple juice as per needed.
• Enjoy freshly squeezed juice with crushed ice.

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Vegan Spinach Berry Flax seed Smoothie

Know What You Eat:Thinking creative ways to incorporate greens into kids diet, this spinach berry smoothie recipe  is a great way to slip healthy spinach and flax seed meal into your loved one's diet. It is healthy and satisfying and you will benefit from the antioxidants (berries), omega-3's and fiber (flax meal), potassium (banana) and the numerous benefits of spinach (to name a few - vitamin K, A, C, B2, B6, E, folate, iron, calcium, potassium & fiber). Also by combining the berries (Vitamin C) with the spinach (iron) you are allowing for more absorption of iron from the spinach.Trust me kids will love this combination just with this visual presentation and it will be gone in a minute.

Recipe: Vegan Spinach Berry Flax seed Smoothie Ingredients 3 handfuls of fresh spinach 1 C Mixed Berries, fresh / frozen 1/2 a ripe Banana 1 table spoon local Honey (optional) 1 tsp Ginger juice 1 tsp fresh Lemon Zest 1 Tbsp ground Flaxseed 1/2 cup filtered water Crushed Ice Directions:  Combine berries, banana, ginger juice honey (if using ) in a blender. (Since berries have their juice, there is no need for water, but if needed you can use half the water now, easing out the blending process). Pulse on the ice crush option until the berries & banana are mostly blended, then put on puree for about 2 minutes or until smooth. Pour it in glasses. Now add spinach, grounded flax seed lemon zest and filtered water and repeat the above step. Pour it in glass over the berry smoothie.

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Mixed Berries and Pineapple Smoothie

Know What U Eat: What if you were told you weren`t getting enough cellular oxidation or free radical protection, despite consuming all the high antioxidant foods and some of the best antioxidant supplements available? Would you wonder how that could be, or would you simply ignore it? Don`t ignore it, read on. How it could be, according to many health experts, is that your glutathione levels are too low. This is a very common situation with all the oxidation stress our toxic environment provides, along with a little help from our own personal stress. Moreover, the air we breathe is loaded with toxins and heavy metals as well as in many of the foods we eat, and any pharmaceuticals that may have been taken. All of these create more free radicals while burdening our bodies with toxic material. Add this to the immune system`s damage from psychological stress with our modern lifestyle and the madness around us. Well then, it is amazing that many of us are still walking and talking! Well, we all know the vital key to maximise antioxidant activities for cells are present in fresh fruits and berries, which help preventing diseases and scientists believe help repair and/or prevent the stress of oxidation, a process that occurs naturally during normal cell function. Do remember, smaller the procedure of consuming fruits, higher is the antioxidants we get. Right now enjoy this perfectly made by my dear H, mixed berries & pineapple smoothie, perfect to beat the heat...sending this heavenly smoothie to Priti's His Cooking Event..  to Divya's Show Me Your Smoothie..and Natasha's 5 star Makeover

Ingredients:

1C Mixed Berries, fresh/frozen

1/2 C Fresh Pineapple

1/2 C Frozen Probiotic Non-fat yogurt

1 C Milk
1 small banana,

Sugar/Honey or Maple syrup if required

Ice Chunks as needed

Method:

Blend together berries, banana, pineapple,frozen yogurt, ice chunks, milk and honey or maple syrup if required into thick smoothie, serve chilled immediately.

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Strawberry Frosted Flakes Milkshake

Know What U Eat: Along with the goodness ofmilled corn, malt,iron,niacin, vitamins B6-B2-B12 & D, Folic Acid, which comes from this breakfast cereal, I added milk,fresh strawberry, banana, and cardamom powder, as the flavoring agent to make this wonderful sweet chrunchy breakfast / after school milkshake for kids..Of course, it can be made with / without sugar as these frosted flakes are sweet & chruncy. Tried other variation, the other day, adding Sapota, banana, strawberry: 4:1:2 ratio along with frosted flakes..and it tasted amazing too..Used to give fruit puree along with baby cereal when they were toddlesrs..the taste and nutrition is wholesome. Sending it to Madhuri for Serve me some Juice/shake event and to Natasha's 5 star Makeover

Serves: 2

Preparation time 10 mins

Ingredients:

2 C Low-fat Milk

1 C Strawberries, chopped

1/2 Banana, chopped (optional)

1/2 C Kellogs Frosted Flakes,(reduced sugar) breakfast cereal

1 Tbsp Sugar/Honey

A pinch of Cardamom powder

Few Crushed Ice

Method:

1.. Throw in all the ingredients along with some crushed ice in a blender.

2.. Blend it and served immediately..

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Super Nutritious Berry Smoothie

Berries! Healthy, Delicious, and Low Carb

Know What you Eat : I love berry season! Besides being delicious, berries are one of the best nutritional bargains around. Low in fat, carbs, and calories, but high in fiber, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, these yummy nuggets of flavor not only contribute to overall health, but may even help prevent cancer and heart disease, as well as slowing the aging process. And thanks to the freezer, we can have the advantages of berries year-round. Many of these phytonutrients (such as anthocyanins, quercetin, and ellagic acid) have an antioxidant effect: They counter the natural oxidation in the body that contributes to aging of the tissues and many degenerative illnesses such as cancer, dementia, and damage to the arteries.

Ginger is known to have more than twelve types of anti-oxidants, making it useful for treatment of many disorders, like Anticoagulant, Aphrodisiac effect, Cold,Cough,Digestive disorder,Fatigue,Flatulence/wind,Impotency,Inflammations,Menstruation disorders,Morning sickness, Pain killer.

Honey: When mixing honey in any of your juices, always usenatural raw honey. One way to test that your bottle of honey is raw ... put it into the refrigerator overnight.If it hardens the next day, it means that it has more sugarthan honey. If it remains liquid, you have got yournatural raw honey.

Preparation time: 10 mins
Serves 4

Ingredients:

1 C Washed, Chopped Strawberry
1/2 C Washed, Chopped Blueberry
1 C Orange Freshly Squeezed Juice
1/2 C Pineapple Juice
1/4 C Cranberry Juice
1/2 " Ginger Piece
Some Mint Leaves
1 tsp Honey ( only if the berries are sour )
2 pinches of Black Pepper Powder

Method:

1.. Blend in some crushed ice, along with these fruits,ginger, mint, pepper powder, honey & fruit juices.
2.. Serve in tall glass, be creative, select your garnishings, I did it with some blueberries on top of the glass.
3. Have this as a nutritious breakfast or as a guilt free snack anytime of the day.

Event Paritcipation:

Recipes for the rest of us - Fruits, event hosted by Kamalika.
Show me your breakfast event
My Kitchen Treasures for the Strawberry Event
Original Recipes - Monthly Round up hosted by Lorie.

EFM June Breakfast series hosted by Srish.

Goes to Sireesha's Soup / Juice / Milkshake Event

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