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10 bonus energy-boosting smoothies

Thank you for downloading Choose Your Smoothie To Lose Belly Fat book by Stephanie N. Collins.
Here you can find 10 bonus amazing smoothie recipes to your satisfaction.
Morning-Starter and Energizing Smoothie
Morning-Starter and Energizing Smoothie
Photo by GlassDharma
Ingredients
  • Mixed berries, fresh or frozen (2 cups)
  • Vanilla yogurt (1 cup)
  • Orange juice (2 cups)
  • Walnuts (⅓ cup)
  • Vanilla extract (½ tsp.)
Direction
Place all ingredients into a blender (liquid ingredients first). Blend on high for 2 minutes or until smooth. Scrape sides and blend for another 30 seconds.
Serve and enjoy!
Revitalizing – Energy Green Smoothie
Revitalizing – Energy Green Smoothie
Photo by Wild Tofu
Ingredients
  • Avocado (½ of the fruit)
  • Apple (½ of the fruit)
  • Loose spinach (a handful)
  • Kale stems removed (4 leaves)
  • Mint leaves, fresh (4-5 leaves)
  • Coconut water (1 cup)
Direction
Place all ingredients in a high-speed blender. Puree until smooth. Enjoy!
Two-Layered Avocado – Raspberry Smoothie
Two-Layered Avocado – Raspberry Smoothie
Photo by Heather Hammond
Ingredients
For the Berry Layer:
  • Avocado (½ of the fruit)
  • Banana, chunked and frozen (1 medium-sized fruit)
  • Raspberries (1 cup)
  • Blueberries (1 cup)
  • Milk (1-½ cups)
  • Vanilla protein powder (1 tbsp.)
For the Green Layer:
  • Banana, chunked and frozen (1 medium-sized fruit)
  • Avocado (½ of the fruit)
  • Mango diced (1 cup)
  • Kiwi peeled and diced (1 medium-sized fruit)
  • Spinach, loosely-packed (2 cups)
  • Milk (1-½ cups)
  • Vanilla protein powder (1 tbsp.)
Direction
Make the berry layer: Place all ingredients in a blender and blend on high speed until smooth. Pour berry smoothie into 4 glasses, filling halfway. Set aside. Make the green layer: Clean out the blender and place all ingredients in a blender. Blend on high speed until smooth. Divide green smoothie between glasses, pouring on top of berry layer. Enjoy immediately!
Spinach – Pistachio Smoothie
Spinach – Pistachio Smoothie

Photo by Stephan Hochhaus
Ingredients
  • Banana (1 fruit)
  • Baby spinach (2 handfuls)
  • Pistachios (¼ cup)
  • Vanilla almond milk (1½ cups)
  • Ice (1cup)
Direction
Add all the ingredients in a blender and process. Pour and enjoy.
Matcha Tea – Almond Green Smoothie
Matcha Tea – Almond Green Smoothie
Ingredients
  • Banana, frozen (1 medium-sized fruit)
  • Pineapple, frozen (¾ cup)
  • Mango pieces, frozen (½ cup)
  • Baby kale, packed (1 cup)
  • Chia seeds (2 tsp.)
  • Almond milk, unsweetened (1½ cups)
  • Natural almond butter, unsalted and unsweetened (2 tbsp.)
  • Matcha green tea powder (1 tbsp.)
  • Vanilla extract (½ tsp.)
Direction
Place all ingredients in a blender; process until smooth. Enjoy!
Avocado – Apple – Banana Smoothie
Avocado – Apple – Banana Smoothie
Photo by Stacy

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Ingredients
  • Avocado, pitted and peeled (1 fruit)
  • Granny Smith apple, quartered and seeded (1 fruit)
  • Banana (1 fruit)
  • Spinach (2 large handfuls)
  • 8 oz. coconut water or plain water (1 cup)
  • Ice (1 cup)
Direction
Place all ingredients in a high-powered blender. Pulse/blend until completely smooth. Serve and enjoy!
Turmeric – Apple – Carrot Smoothie
Turmeric – Apple – Carrot Smoothie
Photo by Andy Hay
Ingredients
  • Carrots, cut into 2-inch pieces (4-5 carrots)
  • Apple cut into 4 pieces (1 fruit)
  • Coconut water (1 cup)
  • Honey, optional (1 tsp.)
  • Turmeric (½ tsp.)
  • Ice cubes (3 pieces)
Direction
Mix all ingredients in a high-powered blender. If the smoothie is too thick add more coconut water. If it’s too thin add another cube of ice or another carrot.
Berry – Pomegranate – Banana Smoothie
Berry – Pomegranate – Banana Smoothie
Photo by Meal Makeover Moms
Ingredients
  • Seeds of pomegranates (from 2 fruits)*
  • Banana, peeled (1 fruit)
  • Raspberries (½ cup)
  • Blueberries (½ cup)
  • Honey or agave syrup, optional
Note: Alternatively, you can use a cup bottled Pomegranate juice if you don’t want to use the seeds.
Direction
If you’re using pomegranate seeds, juice those first. Add pomegranate juice to a blender, add the rest of the ingredients, and blend until smooth. Add sweetener if it’s too tart, and either more juice or a bit of water if it’s too thick.
Banana – Kale – Oats Smoothie
Banana – Kale – Oats Smoothie
Ingredients
  • Mulberries or blackberries, fresh or dried (1 cup for fresh or ½ cup dried)
  • Banana, frozen (1 fruit)
  • Kale (1 cup)
  • Rolled oats (½ cup)
  • Raw cashews (¼ cup)
  • Apple juice (1 cup)
  • Vanilla extract (1 tsp.)
  • Dried lavender (1 tbsp.)
  • Jacuma powder (1 tsp.)
Direction
Add all ingredients to the blender and blend until the contents are smooth and creamy. The lavender complements the mulberries beautifully and adds a calm edge to the energizing kale, berries, cashews, and oats.
Cashew – Orange Smoothie
Cashew – Orange Smoothie
Ingredients
  • Raw cashews (¼ cup)*
  • Baby greens of your choice (1 large handful)*
  • Soft Medjool dates, pitted (2 pieces)
  • Orange juice, freshly squeezed (½ cup)
  • Coconut milk or other non-dairy milk (1 cup)
  • Matcha powder (2-4 tsp.)
  • Ice (a handful)
Note: For the raw cashews it is important for you to soak them. First soak them for about 4 hours. After the soaking period, drain and rinse them. You can use any greens of your choice. For this recipe, we used an assortment of chard, and spinach.
Direction
Add all of the ingredients to your high-speed blender placing the ice in last. Blend until smooth and creamy. Serve immediately. Top the smoothie with a sprinkle of hemp seeds.