I really like raw vegetable juicing as a way of getting much needed nutrition and nourishment into the body as quickly as possible, and with as little digestive effort required as possible. However, it’s hard to get much in the way of healthy fats and proteins from raw vegetable juice, and that’s where green smoothies come in.
- Mixed seeds (see options below)
- Half ripe avocado (stoned and skinned)
- 1 heaped tablespoon of coconut oil (available from health food shop – I use Optima brand, available from your local health food shop or Holland & Barret – for details go to http://www.nourish.ie/and search for “Optima Coconut oil”)
- Large handful of baby spinach leaves
- 3 inches of organic cucumber sliced
- 1 large tomato
- 6 cherry tomatoes
- Half a pink lady apple
- 6 strawberries
- 30-50g of blueberries
- 500=700 ml of filtered water depending on how thick you want it
- 2 tbs organic golden flax seeds
- 1 tbs organic sesame seeds
- 1 tbs organic sunflower seeds
- 1 tbs organic pumpkin seeds
- 1 tbs organic hemp seeds
- 1 tbs psyllium husks
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon (you can leave the cinnamon until the morning if you wish)
Put all the seeds in the bottom of the empty blender jug, and cover them with water (50 to 100 ml should be enough) the night before. In the morning, just add all your selected produce to the blender, add more water and whizz.
- The mix I use is as follows:
- 3 tbs organic golden flax seeds
- 1 tbs organic sesame seeds
- 1 tbs organic sunflower seeds
- 1 tbs organic pumpkin seeds
- 1 tbs organic hemp seeds
- 1 tbs psyllium husks
- 3 tsp ground cinnamon (you can leave the cinnamon until the morning if you wish)
Put all the seeds in a coffee grinder and grind for about 30 seconds or so (a bit more if you want the mix to be and more powdery and finer – a bit less if you like it more crunchy and coarse). Put the mix into the blender jug first, then add all your selected produce, then whizz.
