Week 6

It's time to give the recipe as I promised.
Making smoothies may be strange at first, but after a week you know it and you definitely start experimenting. It is not difficult but challenging to do it yourself.

Strawberries and Bananas
300g strawberries, fresh or frozen
2 bananas
2 dl plain yogurt, preferably low-fat
1 dl coconut milk
1 tablespoon green juice (10 g)
Place in blender and blend for about 2 minutes.
Optional one or two teaspoons of chia seeds, flax seeds, raw oatmeal and
Ginger juice(shot).
I often add a teaspoon of turmeric powder as well.

You've made two glasses of a super healthy smoothie.
You can vary this to your heart's content, for example banana with 4 pitted apricots and the milk with orange juice (which I often do), how about passion fruit, kiwi, mango, plums and not to forget blueberries, apples, pears etc.

There are even people who substitute some fruit with peanut butter to make it a little creamier. What I'm trying to say is that you can experiment with smoothies as much as you want and with any type(s) of fruit available.

I've tried all sorts of things and have never been able to say the smoothie didn't taste good. Always add a scoop of green juice. Note that the color changes a bit. Greenjuice is, as the name implies, quite green. If you don't want to mix that in, make a scoop of

Greenjuice mixed with a big glass of water. When I do this, I mix it with a hand blender.
If you take one level scoop of 10 grams Greenjuice every day, you are sure to get enough healthy natural ingredients. Usual one package contains enough for thirty days (30 servings of 10 gram each).

In the beginning I added all kinds of things to the smoothie, I threw all kinds of things in the blender. Fruits of course, but I also added vegetables, especially fresh spinach, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, peppers, in short, anything I could find in the produce section of the supermarket.

All the fresh stuff has to be washed before it goes into the blender. You get rid of that when you switch to frozen, which is very well washed before freezing.
Then I discovered Green Juice!

I went on the Internet and looked up the different brands that are out there online. I compared them all and came to the conclusion that Tonic Greens is very best in USA.

First, I mixed a scoop that came with it with a large glass of water. That took some getting used to because, to be honest, I didn't like the taste. But now I have gotten used to it and I have no problem with it at all. I keep doing it because I am convinced that it is super healthy.

I try all kinds of mixings and I've never been able to say that the smoothie didn't taste good. Always add a scoop of green juice though. Note that the color will change a bit. Green Juice, as the name implies, is quite green. If you don't want to mix that in, make a scoop of Green Juice mixed with a big glass of water. 

If you take one level scoop of Green Juice every day, you are sure to get enough healthy natural ingredients. 

I prefer to mix the Greenjuice through the smoothie and since I make a liter a day, one scoop of this healthy green juice goes with it. I can't taste any of it, the smoothies are obviously made with the most delicious ingredients. "People don't have to tell me to eat more fruit every day, because that's surely fine with me.

These days, all supermarkets have a pretty extensive frozen food section. There is even a supermarket (in Holland) that dispenses small packages of just enough mixed fruit to make a big glass of smoothie. You don't have to do anything with it, just put it in the blender and you're done.

On hot days, you can put frozen fruit right in the blender. You get an ice-cold smoothie, which is really a sorbet. Delicious!

If you switch to frozen fruit, keep in mind that packages come in a pound or two. Don't make smoothies with just one type of fruit; mixing different fruits makes smoothies varied and super tasty.
SMOOTHIES NEVER GET BORING!
Because smoothies are naturally super healthy, especially when you add green juice, you can safely replace a meal with a smoothie. For example, breakfast or lunch.
Things you can put in a smoothie besides fruit include:
-Chia Seeds
- flax seeds
-Sesame seeds
-Mint
-Turmeric powder
-Ginger (juice)
-Nuts
-Oatmeal
-Garlic clove
-Coriander
In short, fantasize and vary at will and to your own taste, anything goes, but everything in moderation of course, the basic taste of smoothies should not be lost.

You know what I love about making smoothies? It takes very little effort. Within minutes, you have the most delicious smoothie in front of you. No big bowls, no cooking, nothing. All the hardware you need to make a smoothie you can rinse under the hot tap in seconds. It's probably not necessary.

My final weight this 6th week was 85,9 kg.