Smoothies

I often have trouble thinking of a meal to make and I often don’t have much time to make or eat a meal.

Enter: smoothies

Here’s my basic recipe, which seems like a fairly good meal replacement:

1 cup milk (see

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if applicable)

1 cup yogurt

1 cup frozen blueberries (or strawberries)

1 cup frozen chopped spinach

1 banana

1/4 cup smooth salted almond butter

Optional (partially depending on weight goals and how your smoothie fits into your regimen)

1 Tbs flax seed oil

1 Tbs ground flax seeds

Scoop of protein powder

Notes:

I highly recommend drinking this with a nice big straw.

I use blueberries and strawberries because they’re low-fodmap, so that’s what I have in the freezer, and blueberries have antioxidants, but you can use other fruit.

I go through phases of not being able to eat bananas at the right pace — as they ripen, you can peel and chop them and put them in a plastic bag in the freezer to use when it’s smoothie time. If you have someone in the house with digestive issues, you might consider using/freezing them when they’re still a little green.

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