Green Smoothie Recipes, Health Tips + Meal Prep Guide
Green Smoothies for the Win!
On Vancouver Island, summers are truly glorious. Longer days, blue skies and warm sunshine, accompanied by stunning scenery, add up to heaven on earth! Summer is a season for feeling our best, and we all deserve to feel ah-mazing after the past few months of global chaos. What better way to start your summer days than with the delicious taste and supreme health benefits of a green smoothie. A nutritious breakfast that gives you the energy you need to enjoy summer all day long!
Since islander’s crave the outdoors and adventure more than most, we want to make smoothies quick + convenient, so you can get out there and make the most of it! Prepping them ahead of time in bulk, means the mornings are as smooth as a summer breeze. We have put together the health benefits, recipes, and meal prep tips you’ll need to get motivated to go green and get blending!
Health Benefits of Green Smoothies
Keeps you hydrated
Keeps you full
Aids in weight loss/weight management
Packs in a lot of nutrients, vitamins and enzymes
Are easy to digest and receive the benefits of liquid fasting
Reduces bloating
Easy way to add superfoods to your diets
Good source of antioxidants
Easy way to consume veggies, healthy fats and proteins in one meal
Helps control cravings
Improves skin (especially when adding collagen)!
Green smoothies help detoxify the body
Good source of fiber
Provides sustainable energy
Ginger Colada Smoothie
Makes 1 smoothie
INGREDIENTS
2 tbsp coconut milk from a can
2 cups spinach
1 tbsp fresh lime juice
Tiny nib of fresh ginger (1/2 tsp)
1/3 banana
4 chunks pineapple
1.5 cups almond milk or nut milk of your choice
1 tbsp hemp hearts
1 scoop plain or vanilla protein powder and/or 1 tbsp of Good Life Collagen
DIRECTIONS
Add everything to your blender and blend! Enjoy your smoothie and have a fabulous day. :)
Ginger Colada Meal Prep
Makes 10-12
INGREDIENTS / SUPPLIES
Small ziplocks or reusable containers for the freezer.
1 can of coconut milk
Juice of 5 limes (1 lime yields approx. 2.5 tbsp)
Spinach - 1 pound will yield 10 cups. So with 2 cups per smoothie you will need 2 pounds.
1 small to medium ginger root
1 large pineapple
4 bananas
12 tbsp of hemp seeds (about 120g)
DIRECTIONS
I suggest pouring your can of coconut milk into a bowl so you can give it a good stir and make the consistency even. Have one spoon for your coconut milk, one for your lime juice and one for your hemp hearts so you keep it clean. :) Grab your baggie or container, add your spinach first then follow it up with all other ingredients. Place your containers in the freezer. In the morning simply plop the frozen contents of one bag in the blender, add 1.5 cups of nut milk and your choice of protein powder or collagen should you choose.
PREP TIP!
Do not put your almond milk in your freezer bags! Even the best blender won’t be able to break up that ice chunk!
I like to leave out the protein powder or collagen until the morning of. Some mornings I am craving the sweetness of vanilla protein powder, some days I want just a simple hit of Good Life Collagen (which still contains 10g of protein) and sometimes I do both!
Glowing Green Smoothie
Makes 1 smoothie
INGREDIENTS
2-3 cups of spinach
1 tbsp coconut oil
4 chunks of frozen pineapple
1 tbsp hemp hearts
1/2 cup of GLO (or OJ)
1 cup nut milk
1 scoop plain or vanilla protein powder and/or 1 tbsp of Good Life Collagen
DIRECTIONS
Add everything to your blender and blend away!
Glowing Green Meal Prep
Makes 10 smoothies
INGREDIENTS / SUPPLIES
Small ziplocks or reusable containers for the freezer.
Spinach - 1 pound will yield 10 cups. So with 2 cups per smoothie you will need 2 pounds.
10 tbsp coconut oil
1 pineapple
10 tbsp hemp hearts
4 bottles of GLO (or 2 Litres OJ)
DIRECTIONS
Turn your GLO or OJ into ice cubes to ensure you have everything you need when the time comes to make this smoothie! I suggest making the cubes, then popping them out and putting them in a container in the freezer so you can free up your ice cube tray.
Grab your baggie or container and add your spinach first then follow it up with all other ingredients. Place your containers in the freezer. In the morning simply plop the frozen contents of one bag in the blender, add 1.5 cups of nut milk and either half a cup of GLO or 3 cubes, plus your choice of protein powder and/or collagen.
