Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Breakfast of Champions

     There I was, hungry and alone.  I had to take action.  Eggs and bacon, no sir. A bowl of cereal?  not a chance, I've had enough lactose to last me a few days and I don't have any lactaid in the cabinet (yeah I'm old, sue me).  Succumbing to hunger (and laziness) I decided to blend something up; something delicious that didn't require cooking.  My key ingredient for the meal: aloe vera juice.  It's supposed to be healthy for me (not sure why) and I have the remnants of a gallon that needs to be finished off.  Alone it may taste too tangy to tollerate, but blended with an ensemble of flavors; it is delicious.

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  • 4 oz Aloe Vera Juice
  • 8 oz Fat Free Greek Yogurt (more protein per serving)
  • 4 oz Hibiscus Cranberry Juice Blend [if not available, may substitute unsweetened jamaica (hibiscus) juice.]
  • 6 whole fresh strawberries
  • 8 oz frozen strawberries
  • 8 oz frozen diced mangos
  • 8 oz frozen mixed berries (blue berry, raspberry, more strawberries, etc.)
  • 1-2 splashes of vanilla to tie it all together
  • Sweeten to taste with agave syrup (optional)

11 comments:

  1. sounds like it would taste good

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  2. Great Recipe
    Great Blog

    GREAT Kurt Vonnegut reference

    following!

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  3. Eeegh, everything but the greek yogurt. It is a cruel mistress.

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  4. cool smoothie i wana drink one now

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  5. OMFG DO WANT!! Heaven in a glass, drunk from a straw! <333

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  6. Basically:
    Blend wonderful things with other wonderful things to attain a wonderfulness higher than the sum of the wonderfulness of the original things.

    Wonderful.

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  7. that looks good! its hard to believe that can replace a meal, but i might try it since its a pretty simple recipe.

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  8. Sounds good, I'll definitely have to try this out sometime.

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  9. I'm not sure how this smoothie will aid a hangover, from what I've read the best remedy is sleep :) The addition of Greek Yogurt to my arsenal is fairly recent. I tried a discounted Greek Yogurt blended with fig and I loved it. The texture reminded me of guayaba and it really sold itself with that.
    I pay close attention to the contents and ingredients of what I buy, as I do not like settling for high fructose corn syrup in my foods. After spending way too much time in the yogurt aisle, I discovered that Fat Free Plain Greek Yogurt had the highest amount of protein, no HFCS, and it had plenty of live cultures. I may not know much about hangover remedies, but I can tell you that live cultures can make a world of difference when added to your diet if you are prescribed antibiotics. Eating plenty yogurt with live cultures will help ease the pains that some experience when their G I tract has been nuked by antibiotics.

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