You want to incorporate healthy foods like smoothies into your life but don’t know where to start? I give you some easy simple tips so you can start right away! 

STEP 1 Smoothies for dummies:

Buy a GOOD BLENDER. The quality of the blender is really important because a smoothie really needs to be blended well to get best result for taste and texture. The more watts usually means better crushing of tough foods like kale or ice. I like the ones with a square glass container as it helps the blending process. (foods are thrown into the corner and bounce back into the middle.) There are many good ones. Vitamix, Magimix and Breville are good brands. Check out reviews online before you buy yours. the sound of the machine while working is important too. I don’t like it when it is making too much noise.

READ MORE: My favorite Smoothie

STEP 2 Smoothies for Dummies:

Work with FRESH CLEAN FOODS. The most important thing is that you always work with foods that are good to eat, and cleaned thoroughly. As it changes the flavor right away and maybe ruins the whole smoothie if you put in only one ingredient that is not totally clean or fresh. Leafy greens are great as they have A LOT of essential minerals and vitamins. in a smoothie with fruits you won’t taste it but you do enjoy the vitamins. Try it! Options are: Spinach, Kale, Parsley Collard Greens, Romaine.. anything you like. (if you suffer from thyroid diseases like hypothyroidism go easy on the green raw vegetables)  Other vegetables like adding fresh  carrot juice or beet juice can work too. The more vegetables you put in, the more fruits you should add to balance the flavor out.

READ MORE: Find more smoothie recipes here on organiceyourlife.com  in the recipes section, right here.

Fruit Juice by Joey
OYL contributor Joey Holthaus also likes to make smoothies with fresh ingredients. Doesn’t it look great?

STEP 3 Smoothies for Dummies:

SAFETY. Place the blender in a safe place when you work with it and make sure the lid is tight.

INGREDIENTS TO MAKE A GREAT SMOOTHIE:

  • 1. 1/3 liquid (That can be anything you like: water, almond milk, rice milk, milk, hemp milk, soy milk etc)
  • 2. 2/3 fruits and vegetables you want to blend. (the more fruits, the sweeter it will taste.)
  • 3. spoonful of extra ingredients like vitamin powders.
  • blending takes +/- 15 seconds. So making this is like less than 5 minutes with cleaning the ingredients and the blender included!

 

ONE EXAMPLE OF A NICE SMOOTHIE TO ENJOY ONCE A WHILE

  • -Almond milk
  • -Kale
  • -Banana
  • -Vitamineral or Detox powder or any healthy powder.
  • Just blend and enjoy!

Love, Lonneke