What I Almost Didn't Eat

If you know me personally or have been following my blog, you know that I hate fruits and vegetables.  I don't eat them in my regular diet, not even applesauce.  I got introduced to Green Smoothies almost a year ago and loved the concept behind it- can't eat your fruits/veg?  Blend them!

Since I've been doing the smoothies again, here's a glimpse at what I wouldn't have eaten this week without it:

Contents of 4 Lunch Smoothies

1 Tbs Flax Meal
1 cup Strawberries
3 Bananas
4 c Fresh Spinach
1 Tbs Almonds
Juice of 4 lemons

1 small zucchini

1.5 cups Yogurt

1/2 Tbs Chia Seeds

1 cup Mango

1/3 Avocado

1 cup OJ

4 baby carrots

1/3 c Pineapple

I plugged this in to a nutritional online tool and got the following commentary. 

Nutritional Analysis

Good points

• Very low in cholesterol
• Low in sodium
• High in dietary fiber
• High in manganese
• High in potassium
• Very high in vitamin A
• High in vitamin B6
• Very high in vitamin C

Is there room to improve?  Of course.  But, it's WAY better than where I was!  Want to see what I was drinking?  Here are the recipes:

Mango Smoothie Plus

Mango Avocado Smoothie

Banana less Green Monster

Cleanse Smoothie with Strawberries

Do you Green Monster????