We all need a super smoothie recipe in our arsenal, right? Here's my new favorite.
Blue Diamond should sponsor me at the rate we go through this stuff.
Protein powder, flax, xanthum gum
My new love is ground flax. I put it in oatmeal, regular and baked. It's great in muffins and banana bread too.
It definitely adds a nice nutty texture to green smoothies. I highly recommend it. I've also tried this with wheat germ, so that's an easy substitution if you don't have flax.
Green Smoothie with Flax
makes 2 big servings (that's not all of it in the glass above)
1/2 cup blueberries
1 banana, frozen and cut into chunks
Optional: 1/2 cup other frozen fruit (strawberries, peaches, mango, mixed…whatever you feel like)
1 T ground flax (We use Bob's Red Mill.)
1-2 T vanilla protein powder (I like the flavor you get from it…I'd use more if it was before or after a cardio workout.)
Pinch of xanthum gum
1 cup almond milk (We use regular unsweetened.)
2 cups fresh spinach
Water, if needed, to help blend it
Blend it up!
{I'm not blind: I know it looks gross. But it tastes so fresh and is very filling. If it wasn't so much work to clean the dumb blender, I'd probably make 2 a day.}
