Number of servings: 1, 310 calories per serving. Ingredients: 1/2 banana 6 strawberries 1 cup green tea 6 ounces silken tofu 1 tbsp chia seeds 1 serving probiotics Instructions: Combine everything into your blender and blend. Add more water if needed to get things moving around in the blender.
Carrot Smoothie
Carrots are perhaps best known for their rich supply of the antioxidant nutrient that was actually named for them: beta-carotene. However, these delicious root vegetables are the source not only of beta-carotene, but also of a wide variety of antioxidants and other health-supporting nutrients. Number of servings: 1, 200 calories per serving. Ingredients: 2 large […]
Grapefruit Fruit Salad
One ancestor of the grapefruit was the Jamaican sweet orange (Citrus sinensis), itself an ancient hybrid of Asian origin; the other was the Indonesian pomelo (C. maxima). One story of the fruit’s origins is that a certain “Captain Shaddock” brought pomelo seeds to Jamaica and bred the first fruit. Serves 4, 210 calories per serving. […]
Strawberry Banana Sorbet
Given their amazing combination of phytonutrients—including anthocyanins, ellagitannins, flavonols, terpenoids, and phenolic acids—it’s not surprising to find increasing research interest in the anti-inflammatory properties of strawberries. But it’s still exciting to see this remarkable fruit lowering levels of inflammatory markers like C-reactive protein (CRP). Serves 4, 320 calories per serving. Ingredients: 2 cups frozen strawberries […]