Green Smoothie Time

Banana, Peach & Spinach Smoothie

Here's another green smoothie - it's creamy and really good!

As you eat more leafy green vegetables, you will experience great mental clarity, increased energy and better overall health. Smoothies are a really good and easy way to get in your veggies. Kale can sometimes be a difficult one for people to get used to in a smoothie, so try spinach. It has a milder flavor and is easier to disguise for those who aren't thrilled about drinking their greens.

Ingredients: 
1 banana
3/4 can of peaches (or more, or less) - can use fresh when they come in season again
3 tbsp. Hemp  seeds
Ice
1/2-1c. coconut milk
big handful of spinach or baby spring mix - 
Note: I love Organic Girl - it's always fresh. I have also used their 50/50, which is 50% spring mix, 50% spinach
water as needed
Blend

Baby approved!

 Who needs a milk mustache when you can have a green one?

Thanks for reading! For more information about how you can add leafy greens into your diet, email me at theplantbasedhealthcoach@gmail.com

Save Time - Make Your Cooking Count

Most people don't have time to cook nutritious foods every day for every meal. That's why it's important to learn how to make your cooking count. When you cook foods, try to multi task and make multiple meals out of a few ingredients.

Here's some ideas of how to do this and make 2 meals in 60 minutes. (Vegetable Bean Soup and Black Bean & Quinoa Burgers with baked sweet potatoes)

Gather all of your ingredients

Chop all of your veggies

Boil 2 cups water and cook 1 cup quinoa for 10 minutes. 

Stick the sweet potatoes in the oven - (pierce them with a fork and cook 400 for about 45 min)

Put the chopped veggies in a big pan to saute for the soup and whatever other veggies left over in another pan for the burgers (I added kale because I had some extra)

Let them all cook at once and keep track of time (but even if you don't, you can't really mess up these dishes too badly). 

Once the quinoa is ready, follow the recipe to make the burgers. And add the rest of the ingredients to the soup pot. 

The more you practice cooking, the easier it becomes. 

I decided to food process some of the soup and sweet potatoes for the baby. 

Once it's pureed, put in ice cube trays, freeze, then take the cubes out and put in freezer bags. Store for up to a month. 

 Happy cooking!