So why did I create a fruit free green breakfast smoothie? When I did the Candida diet last year I had to cut out all sugars,
including fruit, for 2 months. It's a very restrictive diet, especially during
the first 7 days when you can only eat non-starchy vegetables and eggs. I liked
to save the eggs for lunchtime so I struggled with what to eat for
breakfast.
I had always enjoyed smoothies but whilst I happily added vegetables to
them I always put fruit in too. I googled some recipes but nothing was quite
right so I set about experimenting.
The best combination I came up with is this. I no longer follow the
Candida diet but I still make this smoothie as I really do like it and I adore
knowing I've gotten the day off to such a good start.
The ingredients are:
- 1/2 an avocado
- 1/2 a cucumber
- Handful of spinach
- The leaves from 3 sprigs of
fresh mint
- The juice of one lemon
- 1 of water (250ml)
Simply
cut the cucumber into chunks and blend all the ingredients together.
I use my
Nutribullet. I love it and couldn't be without it now. However, I used to make
this with a hand blender and that works fine too, Any blender will work. The
benefit of the Nutribullet is just how completely smooth it makes it.
To
squeeze the lemon, I use this amazing gadget. It's actually a lime squeezer but
works for small lemons too. It came free with a bottle of rum and I love it. I
drink hot water with lemon every morning so this beauty gets used daily. It squeezes every drop out and no seeds get through, easy to use, my hands are
pretty weak and I have no problem.
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I really
should buy the version designed for lemons! Here is a link to one from Lakeland, this looks great
as it fits lemons and limes.
Please
note that you can substitute the lemon juice for lime juice in the recipe and I
often do.
The lemon
or lime and the mint are what make this smoothie taste good. If you miss one of them out, you'll
know instantly.
I grow
mint in a pot in the garden. Well I did until it recently died! I will be
trying again in spring. In the meantime, I buy cut mint from Aldi. I love Aldi!
If you
want to make the smoothie more filling and even more nutritious you can add a
tablespoon of chia seeds or desiccated coconut. (Make sure the coconut has not
been sweetened) Aldi do chia seeds and Lidl do the coconut. I'm a believer in
healthy eating being affordable and these shops are so great at making that a
reality.
As the
recipe uses half an avocado and half a cucumber I always make a second smoothie
and keep it in the fridge for the next day. It keeps well, just shake before
drinking.
If you've
never had a smoothie with vegetables in it, you may want to try one with a mix
of veg and fruit first then progress to this.
I still
drink fruit ones too.
Did you
like this type of post? I have many other idea for future food posts. Including
child friendly recipes.
By the
way, this post isn't sponsored by Nutribullet, Lakeland, Aldi or Lidl!! I'm way
too small a blogger to be sent items to review or to be sponsored for a post.
If that ever happens I'll be so excited, you'll know about it!!
I'm still sticking to my pledge that every photo on my blog will be taken by or feature me. See why here.
Thank you for reading, hope you try and make this fruit free green breakfast smoothie. Let me know if you do!
Kelly x
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Wow, I really enjoyed reading this! I look forward to your future posts:D Maybe you might like some of the things I write about on my blog.. feel free to have a look!
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DeleteYay! Thanks for sharing this! I am starting the candida diet tomorrow and totally at a loss for yummy combinations of the few things i can eat. We are also vegetarian so that firther limits my potions. Glad to have a yummy breakfast option in my repitore!
ReplyDeleteSo so happy to have helped and good luck with the diet x
DeleteSo so happy to have helped and good luck with the diet x
DeleteI like my smoothies and I'm definitely going to try this one as I love all the ingredients!
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Steph
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hope you enjoy. took me a few tries and now i love it x
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