May 12, 2010
· Filed under Breakfast, Shake It Up!!! · Tagged banana, flax seed, shake, soothie
(Recipe and photo from Whole Living)
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons flaxseeds (or buy ground and store in the fridge)
- 1 medium banana (6 ounces)
- 1/2 cup low-fat plain yogurt
- 1 to 2 teaspoons honey
- 2/3 cup ice cubes
Directions
- Place the flaxseeds in a blender and puree for 30 seconds until they are coarsely ground.
- Add the banana, yogurt, honey, and ice cubes and puree until smooth and thick. Serve immediately.
Get your protein, potassium, calcium, fiber, and omega-3s in a delicious morning shake.
Per serving: 245 calories; 9 g protein; 4 g fat; 49 g carbs; 4 g fiber.
Prep: 5 minutes
Total: 5 minutes
April 19, 2010
· Filed under Breakfast, Shake It Up!!!, kids · Tagged bread, Breakfast, magical breakfast blaster, Peanut Butter
Reposting per a discussion I had today. Really, I know many Mom’s reading this blog can tell you NO ONE in your home will complain when you make this for breakfast! And you will love rinsing the blender out and being all done with meal one! Add a healthy piece of toast like (Mack’s Flax-buy it at Costco and freeze it, remember real food will go bad), with some peanut butter and you have served a pretty well-rounded, healthy breakfast..with little effort.
At our house we set the alarm so we are downstairs early enough to all eat breakfast together and chat about the day ahead ! NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously, mornings are chaos at our house. Ideally the kids have oatmeal, high-fiber cereal with fresh fruit or yogurt, or maybe eggs and toast. But MOST mornings we are on the run so the cereal gets inhaled, or breakfast barely gets finished and we throw fruit or a snack bar at them in the car.
Doctor Oz shared the shake he and his wife serve their kids for breakfast and it looked like a winner. Sure enough both kids SUCKED it down!
So blend it up and throw it in some to-go cups if you feel like the kids didn’t get enough to eat! Check out the protein, they will be ready to hit the books FOR SURE!
The Magical Breakfast Blaster
Magical Breakfast Blaster
Ingredients
Makes 2 servings so double for 4 ppl
1/2 large ripe banana, broken into chunks (or other fruit of your choice)
1 scoop (1/3 cup) Soy Protein (like Nature’s Plus Spiru-Tein)
1/2 tablespoon flaxseed oil
1/4 cup frozen blueberries
1/2 tablespoon apple juice concentrate or honey
1 teaspoon psyllium seed husks
8 ounces water
Directions
Combine all ingredients in a blender. Optional: Add a few cubes of ice, as well as powdered vitamins. Cover; blend until fairly smooth.
PS.: Don’t forget to the MAGICAL, that part is VERY important!
The 411 on Magical Breakfast Blaster: | 136 calories per serving/Healthy fats: 2.4g/Fiber: 6.3/Protein: 29g
March 20, 2010
· Filed under Shake It Up!!!, Uncategorized · Tagged dairy free, gluten free, smoothie, Snack, vegetarian
So another St. Patty’s Day has passed, but keep getting your GREEN ON!
This is an easy AND delicious way, to sneak in some GREEN!
Get Your Greens Smoothie
Serves 2
Who knew it could be so easy and delicious to incorporate greens into your morning routine (courtesy of your local Whole Foods)!
INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 cups plain almond milk, rice milk or hemp milk
1 1/2 cups packed baby spinach
1 1/2 cups frozen cherries or berries
DIRECTIONS
Combine all ingredients in a blender and puree until smooth. Pour into glasses and serve.
Get Your Greens On 411: 120 calories (20 from fat), 24g total carbohydrate (4g dietary fiber, 20g sugar), 3g protein
November 14, 2009
· Filed under Breakfast, Shake It Up!!! · Tagged Blueberries
Makes 1 Smoothie
Time=5 minutes
1/2 banana
1/2 C frozen blueberries
1/2 C acai-blueberry juice
1/4 C soft silken tofu
1/4 C plain soy
1 tsp. lemon juice
BLEND
219 calories
3g total fat
43g carbs
46 mg sodium
4g fiber
7g protein
November 5, 2009
· Filed under Costco, Products I can't live without, Shake It Up!!!, SuperFoods, kids
This is hands-down one of my favorite finds, and favorite products. I found Wellesse Vitamin D last year at Costco and have been a die-hard believer since! (I have also seen it at our local Walgreens.)
It is estimated that 70% of all Americans (kids too) are deficient in Vitamin D. Vitamin D is crucial to our being. Experts believe we need around 1,000 units of vitamin D a day.
Dr. Oz has said that “Vitamin D is critically important for preventing cancer and critically important for reducing heart problems. It’s linked to multiple sclerosis, to juvenile diabetes. It’s one of the best ways of reducing infection rates. It’s got a ton of things that it does for you to make your immune system function the way you want to function.”
There are also studies showing Vitamin D deficiency is linked to depression, osteoporosis, and many other chronic conditions.
You can get Vitamin D naturally through sunlight, you need about 10 minutes a day of direct sunlight, but if you live in the Northern portion of the USA this might be near impossible. I know in Seattle it is not even a consideration. So if you are not taking a Vitamin D supplement you are probably deficient. A simple blood test can tell you your Vitamin D levels.
Many multivitamins have vitamin D2 not vitamin D3 - which is the preferred & recommended form, and found in this product. Wellesse is clear and tastes GREAT! I just add it to my water bottle in the morning. For the kids I put it in their water or juice. It has a yummy berry taste and in no way taste like medicine! Just 2 teaspoons (how easy is that) does the trick!
Here is the 411 on Wellesse
1000 IU Vitamin D3 – the preferable form of vitamin D
Fast absorbing liquid that’s easy for the whole family to enjoy
Supports immune, breast, colon and bone health
Just 2 teaspoons, once a day, for adults or one teaspoon for children over age 4, means no more pills to swallow
Research has shown that nutrients from liquid sources can be more easily absorbed than from solids
I haven’t tried the Wellesse Calcium & Vitamin D3 liquid yet but my guess would be this is a sure thing too!
October 31, 2009
· Filed under Shake It Up!!!, Snacks, Uncategorized · Tagged kids, Shakes
Halloween Smoothie Recipe
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1 cup orange juice
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1 cup 1% milk or soy milk/rice milk
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1 pint orange sherbet
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2 medium ripe bananas
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1 cup fat-free whipped topping, optional
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Halloween sprinkles to make it zippy
October 12, 2009
· Filed under Shake It Up!!! · Tagged shake; kids
This one is for my little friend Tess who is trying a new “dairy free” way of living! I think she is going to find it really is NOT so bad and with yummy little finds like those from my Vegan Super Star Ani Phyo life will taste better than ever! Go Tess!
Chocolate Mylk Shake
makes 4 servings
This is my recipe for the raw food vegan Chocolate Mylk Shake I made for Andrew Zimmern on the LA episode of Bizarre Foods. Almonds are blended to make my dairy-free mylk. It’s sweetened with dates, spiced with vanilla bean and raw cacao powder, then kissed with coconut oil for extra richness.
Holy cow, you won’t believe this is dairy-free, cruelty-free, sugar-free, guilt-free, vegan, vegetarian, raw food, good for you and the planet. Live green.
- 1 cup almonds
- 1/2 cup pitted dates
- 1/2 vanilla bean, or 1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract, alcohol free
- 2 tablespoons cacao powder
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil, liquid
- 3 cups water
Place all ingredients in your high speed blender, and blend until smooth.
March 27, 2009
· Filed under Shake It Up!!! · Tagged Shakes
Mango Lassi
3 C Water
2 Mangos, peeled, seeded and cubed (I have been using the frozen mango cubes from TJ’s….about two cups)
1/4 C Almonds
1/2 C pitted dates
1 vanilla bean or 1 TBL alcohol free Vanilla Extract
March 27, 2009
· Filed under Shake It Up!!! · Tagged Blueberries, Shakes
Very Blueberry
3 C Water
2 C Blueberries
1/2 C Cashews
1/2 C pitted dates
1 vanilla bean or 1 TBL alcohol free Vanilla Extract
Blend 2 Cups water and all ingrediants until smooth. Add remaining water and blend until smooth.
Keeps in Fridge for 4 days.
If I will need blender I store in a pitcher, if not I leave in blender and give it another mix each morning before drinking! YUMMY
From Ani Phyo
