Fruit Smoothies: I have always been in love with fruit. Local fruits like apples, strawberries and melons grown from the garden or orchards are my favorite. In the Caribbean, there are tons of fruit, much of it grown locally and organically, flourishing in the constantly warm island soils of Jamaica, Mexico and the Dominican Republic.
Bananas grown at Samasati Nature Retreat
Recently I enjoyed the smoothies at Secrets Sanctuary, where I vacationed at while teaching yoga as a Fit Bodies Inc. professional. At Sanctuary, they know breakfast is king, and I will come forth and be that queen!! Breakfast proliferates with fresh fruit, juices and smoothies made to order. In Costa Rica, at the yoga sanctuary in Puerto Viejo, very talented sisters prepare breakfast delights in a vegetarian dining environment. There at Samasati, the entire daily menu is delicious. Then again, breakfast is my king and among the treats my favorite sits the fresh juices ranging from papaya, pineapple, watermelon and my most favorite; mango. You can’t buy mangoes so good here in Northern Kentucky and so I cherish each bite and sip.
Mango smoothies are full of vitamin C and taste like the Caribbean!
So I eat my breakfast like being on a Caribbean vacation everyday when I’m at home, too. Especially during the hot and humid summer days, a fresh smoothie fits the bill. It’s all-possible now with my “serious blender” blender.
Here are some of my favorite smoothie combinations. If your blender isn’t so serious, just cut the fruit into pieces that your blender can handle. The ingredient amounts are not very strict, so use what you have around, trying new creations all the time. Fruit smoothies are a wonderful way to supply your body with a proper supply of fruit each day. I suggest the fruit be properly ripe, or slightly over-ripe. (If a fruit looks a little too ripe to eat, then it’s probably perfect smoothie material.) And if each smoothie isn’t the best new creation ever you have every come up with, do not worry- just try again next time!
Rewarding your conscientious eating habit by providing yourself local or organic fruit. Frozen fruit is good in place of ice in smoothies. I suggest organic frozen fruit for best results.
Have fun smoothie-ing your creation and live a strong day!
Summer garden smoothie. Use this combination with whatever is ripe at the moment in place of the watermelon.
1/3 cup ice
Couple mint leaves
Couple stevia sprigs
2 cups watermelon
Morning Go Time. Great breakfast. Light and fluffy yet sustains the body and mind until lunch.
1 banana
1 cup frozen strawberries
1/3 c vanilla almond or vanilla hemp milk
1 Tablespoon ground flax seed
1 Tablespoon wheat germ
Morning Go Time with Extra Protein.
1 banana
1 cup froz. Strawberries
½ c vanilla almond or vanilla hemp milk
2 T peanut butter
1 Tablespoon wheat germ
Orange machine
1 cup cantaloupe
1/3 cup baby carrots, or cut them smaller
1 clementine, mandarin or about ½ of an orange
About ¼ cup water
2 teaspoons of agave nectar
A few mint sprigs
Fruit in the Caribbean