Tag: Smoothie

My diet has been very carb focused for the past few days and today I woke up feeling rather heavy and just wanted something really light. I call this my Resetter smoothie because it’s very low fat, very light and helps me to reset my carb cravings (for a while).

I usually like to use frozen pears as it adds a nice chill to the drink but fresh is good too.  I struggle to find pears that are just the right ripeness, they always seem to be too hard or overripe, so when I find some in the shops that are just right, I buy a load, core and chop them into slices and freeze them. They work brilliantly in smoothies.

I added a date because I wanted just a tiny bit more body but you could easily leave it out for a super light drink.

The Resetter Smoothie (serves 1)

• A handful of kale and spinach (that’s one handful, half spinach and half kale, not one handful of each)
• Chunk of cucumber (about 4cm)
• Cube of fresh ginger (about 1cm)
• 1 pear (fresh or use frozen slices)
• 1 medjool date (or 2 smaller ones) – or you can miss this out
• 200ml water (add a bit more for a thinner smoothie)

Blend it all together

I woke up feeling hungry and thirsty – this is happening a lot at the moment due to upping my running mileage.  Although to be fair even if I do nothing I always wake up hungry. I wanted a quick filling breakfast so went for my favourite quick smoothie plus some extra toast on the side.  I’ve called this my Snicky smoothie because the taste reminds me a little bit of a snickers bar, although probably a little healthier.  The spinach lessens the guilt and you really can’t taste it at all.

The Snicky Smoothie (serves one)

• 250ml almond milk (I use unsweetened)
• A handful of fresh spinach leaves
• 1 tsp almond butter
• 1 tsp peanut butter
• 1 medjool date (or 2 smaller ones if you don’t have these)
• A banana (I save a bit of my banana for my toast)

Blend it all together.