Super Smoothie and Quinoa Milk!
Recipes For Super Smoothie and Quinoa Milk
I love smoothies. They are a fast and easy way to get super, nutrient dense food in an efficient manner. I always felt that breakfast was one of the most important meals of the day.
When my children were growing up, I made smoothies for my children almost every morning before they left for school. If they were racing out the door, I knew that they could drink this on the way to school, and it would sustain them until lunch. I didn’t want them going off without some kind of food in their stomach.
William Sonoma, one of my favorite cooking stores, is having it’s healthy smoothie week! They contacted me to contribute my smoothie recipe that I make with my high protein quinoa milk. I have bought most of my cookware from William Sonoma over the years, from pizza ovens and copper pots to precious table linens. I love them so much, I even mention them and list them in the resource section of my books, How To Be A Healthy Vegetarian and my soon to be released book, Raising Healthy Children.” (which is being released, Jan. 8th on Amazon.) So, I was thrilled to post this smoothie recipe for them!
Fruity Protein Power Smoothie
Ingredients:
1 c. fresh, organic fruit of choice (freshly pitted cherries or blueberries are good)
1 banana
1½-2 c. organic quinoa milk
1 scoop (4 T.) Vanilla Protein Powder
1 tsp. cold pressed, organic hemp seed oil
1 T. organic, pure coconut oil
2 dates, pitted and softened by soaking them in water for about 20 -30 minutes.
¼ tsp. fresh, soft bee pollen (optional)
Directions:
Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
Drink at room temperature immediately.
Variation: Substitute a few drops of stevia or ½ tsp. of xylitol for the dates, if you have high blood sugar.
Serves one.
Quinoa Milk
Ingredients:
1 vanilla bean or ½ tsp. vanilla extract
1 c. organic, whole (freshly-cooked) quinoa
2 c. non-chlorinated water
Stevia to taste (optional)
Dash of sea salt
Directions:
Split vanilla bean and use a sharp knife to scrape out the inside of the bean. Put scrapings in a blender.
Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend well.
Strain through a nut milk bag, or simply drink it as a thicker version. (The more quinoa you add, the thicker the milk will be.)
Notes:
You can omit or use an alternative vanilla flavor for this milk.
Toffee or vanilla-flavored stevia (by Sweet Leaf) is one I sometimes use instead of the vanilla bean.
You can add a soaked date for sweetening.
Serves one.
By Nancy Addison CHC, AADP. For more information go to:www.organichealthylifestyle.com
