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It's the start of a new year, the holiday is over and it is time to start looking after ourselves.
I am back on my 5:2 diet tomorrow, so what better way to start things off than with a smoothie that is rammed full of nutrients and only 115 calories per glass.
Here is a wee list of the goodies this green swamp smoothie boasts.
Spinach:- low in saturated fat
- very low in cholesterol
- good source of niacin and zinc
- very good source of dietary fibre, protein, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin K, thiamin, riboflavin, vitamin B6, folate, calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, copper and manganese
- very low in cholesterol
- very low in sodium
- good source of dietary fibre, vitamin C, vitamin K and folate
- low in saturated fat and sodium
- very low in cholesterol
- good source of niacin, phosphorus and zinc
- very good source of dietary fibre, vitamin A, vitamin C, riboflavin, folate, calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, copper and manganese
- very low in saturated fat, cholesterol and sodium
- very good source of vitamin C
What's more it tastes delicious. I could happily drink this every morning. It also got the thumbs up from Cooper. Later on I added some milk and yoghurt to the leftover smoothie and he enjoyed it this way too.
Of course I whizzed it up in my wonderful and unsurpassed Vitamix. Unfortuately, the lid plug wasn't in the lid and I decorated the cupboard doors before I realised. Luckily I didn't lose too much smoothie.
Swamp Juice
A luxurious creamy green smoothie that packs a nutritional punch.
Ingredients
- 30g baby spinach
- 1 ripe avocado
- a handful of fresh mint leaves
- 400ml fresh apple juice
Instructions
1. Rinse the spinach and mint leaves and pat dry in a clean tea towel.2. Remove the skin and stone from the avocado.
3. Whizz up all the ingredients until smooth. You may add ice cubes if you prefer your smoothie ice cold.4. Serve and enjoy.5. Feel smug!
Details
Total time: Yield: 4 glasses
Calories:
Spinach = 8 caloriesAvocado = 288 calories
Mint leaves = 4 calories
Apple Juice = 160 calories
Total = 460 calories
Per glass = 115 calories
I am submitting my swamp juice into New "U" 2013, a new blog event focusing on health. I am slso submitting it to Herbs on Saturday, hosted this month by Bangers and Mash.
Disclosure: Vitamix sent me a blender to review. I was not required to write a positive review and any opinions expressed are my own.
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