I’m not necessarily a huge smoothie person but it’s one of the few ways I get some nutrients into my son.
Then…he didn’t want anything to do with this. First, he said he liked it. Then, he came back and said he didn’t. I just tried to mix it up and use something other than strawberry and banana but guess he picked up on that real quick!
One thing I do love doing to our smoothies is adding spinach. Spinach is a great source of iron plus it has virtually no taste when added to a smoothie! Perfect!
Another thing I’ve been doing lately is being sure to start off our mornings with a little bit of cinnamon. Typically I add it to my coffee but this particular day I added it to the smoothie. Delicious!
Why am I doing this? Well, on one of the days I actually had the guts to watch Dr. Oz…yes, I try to avoid it. Anyone else feel like you’ve suddenly got 100+ diseases after watching that show or suddenly need to stop eating everything you are eating and just starve? Oh…it’s just me.
Anyway…it was mentioned that having a teaspoon of cinnamon in the mornings can help stabilize your blood sugar throughout the day. I’m hypoglycemic, so I thought I’d try this…I’m sold. I really think it works. Since doing this, I haven’t had an episode where my blood sugar has felt out of whack aside from a few times where I just really forgot to eat!
The perfect way to add it in is in your morning drink either smoothie, coffee, tea, or whatever you want to add it to!
Now…smoothie time!
Enjoy!
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Berry Spinach Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1/2 Cup Frozen Mixed Berries or Fresh Berries
- 4 oz Strawberry Yogurt
- 1/2 Cup of Fresh Spinach
- 1/2 Cup Skim Milk or Milk Alternative
- 1 Tsp Cinnamon
- Water/Ice
Instructions
- In a blender combine all ingredients and add a handful of ice.
- Blend in accordance to your blender settings for a smoothie, typically about a minute.
- If it's a bit too thick when blended, add a little bit of water and blend again for another minute.
- Serve cold.
- This can also be blended with out ice then served over ice.
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Comments & Reviews
This is similar to what I make and also share with my grandchildren now that I have them all day 3 days a week. They do not care for veggies & are selective about fruits, but they love my smoothies with a banana, lots of frozen berries (mixed) big handful of spinach, 4 or 5 baby carrots, half an apple, then maybe a little juice of some kind and occasionally a yogurt, 3 ice cubes, and cold water. Sometimes fruit or veggies will have an off taste so I add one of those little tubes like you can add to a bottle of water for flavor. I like lemon berry or raspberry the best. The kids love it and at least there is some sort of fruit & veggies being consumed.
What if you use frozen spinach?
That will work too, I do that as well.