Running Start πThe summer office π Blueberry smoothie (August-Northern | February-Southern Sphere)
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August | February
The summer office Β€ Blueberry smoothie
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Even-morning mugs:
β Power Plate mugs : Fruit, [grains,] greens [& beans] β
β Blueberry Smoothie β
2 cups of water or oat milk
2 tablespoons hemp seeds or flaxseed meal
2 tablespoons (Vega Sport) vanilla plant-based protein powder (optional)
1 entire 8- or 10-ounce package (Woodstock) frozen blueberries, or other blue or purple fruit
Β Β (need 1-1/2 cups or so of fresh or frozen fruit)
1 large or 2 small fresh or frozen speckled banana (need 1 to 1-1/2 cups of overripe banana)
2 cups fresh or frozen baby spinach, or a mixture of spinach and kale power greens
Β Β (or arugula, broccoli, cilantro, collard, kale, romaine, &/or swiss chard) (need 2 cups or more of fresh or frozen greens)
Optional, on a morning when you have little time to eat breakfast and want to have grains and beans in your mug or polar bottle, as well as fruit and greens-an entire Power Plate-
1/2 cup of (Bob's Red Mill) steel-cut oats (optional)
1/2 of a 15-ounce can of white beans such as Eden no-salt-added great northern or navy beans (about 7/8 cup) (optional)
π Β Β Β Pour 2 cups of water or oat milk into a tall strong (Breville 620) blender.
π Β Β Β Add 2 tablespoons of hemp seeds or flaxseed meal.
π Β Β Β Add 2 tablespoons of (Vega Sport) vanilla plant-based protein powder (optional).
π― Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Empty an entire 8- or 10-ounce package of frozen blueberries or other fruit into the blender.
π Β Β Β Add 1 large or 2 small fresh or frozen speckled overripe bananas.
π Β Β Β Add 2 cups of fresh or frozen spinach, or a mixture of spinach and kale power greens (or arugula, broccoli, cilantro, collard, kale, romaine &/or swiss chard).
Optional [on a morning when you have little time to eat breakfast and want to have an entire Power Plate in your mug or polar bottle]:
π Β Β Β Add 1/2 cup of (Bob's Red Mill) steel-cut oats (optional) and
π Β Β Β Add 1/2 of a 15-ounce can of white beans such as Eden no-salt-added great northern or navy beans (optional).
π Β Β Β Cover the blender and press the Green Smoothie pre-set program function button->1 minute), or simply purΓ©e the mixture until it becomes very smooth. If you wish, repeat and blend for 1 minute more.
π Β Β Β Pour the smoothie into 4 mugs and serve it with glass straws. (Maybe set aside the last mug to spoon over baked potatoes or sweet potatoes for supper.)
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Rinse the blender jug, lid, and inner measuring lid. Add 2 cups of water, secure the lid again and press Auto Clean (-> 1 minute). Then rinse the jug again quickly and dry it with a clean towel. Store it with the lid off-maybe in a dishwasher-for good air circulation.
Power Plate mugs: Fruit, grains, greens & beans (great war strategy, every morning) (January-December) -Adapted from Dreena Burton in Neal Barnard MD FACC, Blueberry Bliss Smoothie, The Cheese Trap, page 210.
π Β Β Β What it's all about: War strategy: Phytonutrient fabulousness, as in Dr. Kristi Funk's Antioxidant Smoothie, Breasts: The Owner's Manual, pages 68-70:
"In my home, the jarring sounds of pulse/puree/liquefy/chop waken three little boys who, every morning, shuffle sleepy-eyed into the kitchen and plop down at the table. I pour each one a portion of my Antioxidant Smoothie, the ingredients of which I've been tweaking since 2012. I am pretty sure it contains the most cancer-kicking compounds found in one single glass of goodness on Earth. πΒ The boys devour it, and I head to work knowing they downed a morning dose of phytonutrient fabulousness."
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[The spring office:]
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Odd-morning mugs:
β Power Plate mugs : Fruit, [grains,] greens [& beans] β
β Pineapple-Citrus Green Smoothie β
2 cups of water
2 tablespoons hemp seeds or flaxseed meal
2 tablespoons (Vega Sport) vanilla plant-based protein powder (optional)
1 entire 8- or 10-ounce package (Woodstock) frozen pineapple chunks, or other fruit
Β Β (need 1-1/2 cups or so of fresh or frozen fruit)
1/2 cup thickly sliced organic cucumber, not peeled
1 large or 2 small fresh or frozen speckled banana (need 1 to 1-1/2 cups of overripe banana)
1/2 grapefruit or 1 entire large lemon or small orange (seeds included), peeled
2 cups fresh or frozen baby spinach, or a mixture of spinach and kale power greens
Β Β (or arugula, broccoli, cilantro, collard, kale, romaine, &/or swiss chard) (need 2 cups or more of fresh or frozen greens)
Optional, on a morning when you have little time to eat breakfast and want to have grains and beans in your mug or polar bottle, as well as fruit and greens-an entire Power Plate-
1/2 cup of (Bob's Red Mill) steel-cut oats (optional)
1/2 of a 15-ounce can of white beans such as Eden no-salt-added great northern or navy beans (about 7/8 cup) (optional)
π Β Β Β Pour 2 cups of water into a tall strong (Breville 620) blender.
π Β Β Β Add 2 tablespoons of hemp seeds or flaxseed meal.
π Β Β Β Add 2 tablespoons of (Vega Sport) vanilla plant-based protein powder.
π Β Β Β Empty an entire 8- or 10-ounce package of frozen pineapple chunks or other fruit into the blender.
π― Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Cut and add 1/2 cup of thickly sliced unpeeled cucumber.
π Β Β Β Add 1 large or 2 small fresh or frozen speckled overripe bananas.
π Β Β Β Peel and add 1/2 grapefruit or 1 entire large lemon or small orange, seeds included.
π Β Β Β Add 2 cups of fresh or frozen spinach, or a mixture of spinach and kale power greens (or arugula, broccoli, cilantro, collard, kale, romaine &/or swiss chard).
Optional [on a morning when you have little time to eat breakfast and want to have an entire Power Plate in your mug or polar bottle]:
π Β Β Β Add 1/2 cup of (Bob's Red Mill) steel-cut oats (optional) and
π Β Β Β Add 1/2 of a 15-ounce can of white beans such as Eden no-salt-added great northern or navy beans (optional).
π Β Β Β Cover the blender and press the Green Smoothie pre-set program function button->1 minute), or simply purΓ©e the mixture until it becomes very smooth. If you wish, repeat and blend for 1 minute more.
π Β Β Β Pour the smoothie into 4 mugs and serve it with glass straws. (Maybe set aside the last mug to spoon over baked potatoes or sweet potatoes for supper.)
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Rinse the blender jug, lid, and inner measuring lid. Add 2 cups of water, secure the lid again and press Auto Clean (-> 1 minute). Then rinse the jug again quickly and dry it with a clean towel. Store it with the lid off-maybe in a dishwasher-for good air circulation.
Power Plate mugs: Fruit, grains, greens & beans (great war strategy, every morning) (January-December) -Adapted from Dreena Burton in Neal Barnard MD FACC, Pineapple-Citrus Green Smoothie, The Cheese Trap, page 210.
π Β Β Β What it's all about: War strategy: Phytonutrient fabulousness, as in Dr. Kristi Funk's Antioxidant Smoothie, Breasts: The Owner's Manual, pages 68-70:
"In my home, the jarring sounds of pulse/puree/liquefy/chop waken three little boys who, every morning, shuffle sleepy-eyed into the kitchen and plop down at the table. I pour each one a portion of my Antioxidant Smoothie, the ingredients of which I've been tweaking since 2012. I am pretty sure it contains the most cancer-kicking compounds found in one single glass of goodness on Earth. πΒ The boys devour it, and I head to work knowing they downed a morning dose of phytonutrient fabulousness."
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August | February
The summer office Β€ Blueberry smoothie
____________
Even-morning mugs:
β Power Plate mugs : Fruit, [grains,] greens [& beans] β
β Blueberry Smoothie β
2 cups of water or oat milk
2 tablespoons hemp seeds or flaxseed meal
2 tablespoons (Vega Sport) vanilla plant-based protein powder (optional)
1 entire 8- or 10-ounce package (Woodstock) frozen blueberries, or other blue or purple fruit
Β Β (need 1-1/2 cups or so of fresh or frozen fruit)
1 large or 2 small fresh or frozen speckled banana (need 1 to 1-1/2 cups of overripe banana)
2 cups fresh or frozen baby spinach, or a mixture of spinach and kale power greens
Β Β (or arugula, broccoli, cilantro, collard, kale, romaine, &/or swiss chard) (need 2 cups or more of fresh or frozen greens)
Optional, on a morning when you have little time to eat breakfast and want to have grains and beans in your mug or polar bottle, as well as fruit and greens-an entire Power Plate-
1/2 cup of (Bob's Red Mill) steel-cut oats (optional)
1/2 of a 15-ounce can of white beans such as Eden no-salt-added great northern or navy beans (about 7/8 cup) (optional)
π Β Β Β Pour 2 cups of water or oat milk into a tall strong (Breville 620) blender.
π Β Β Β Add 2 tablespoons of hemp seeds or flaxseed meal.
π Β Β Β Add 2 tablespoons of (Vega Sport) vanilla plant-based protein powder (optional).
π― Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Empty an entire 8- or 10-ounce package of frozen blueberries or other fruit into the blender.
π Β Β Β Add 1 large or 2 small fresh or frozen speckled overripe bananas.
π Β Β Β Add 2 cups of fresh or frozen spinach, or a mixture of spinach and kale power greens (or arugula, broccoli, cilantro, collard, kale, romaine &/or swiss chard).
Optional [on a morning when you have little time to eat breakfast and want to have an entire Power Plate in your mug or polar bottle]:
π Β Β Β Add 1/2 cup of (Bob's Red Mill) steel-cut oats (optional) and
π Β Β Β Add 1/2 of a 15-ounce can of white beans such as Eden no-salt-added great northern or navy beans (optional).
π Β Β Β Cover the blender and press the Green Smoothie pre-set program function button->1 minute), or simply purΓ©e the mixture until it becomes very smooth. If you wish, repeat and blend for 1 minute more.
π Β Β Β Pour the smoothie into 4 mugs and serve it with glass straws. (Maybe set aside the last mug to spoon over baked potatoes or sweet potatoes for supper.)
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Rinse the blender jug, lid, and inner measuring lid. Add 2 cups of water, secure the lid again and press Auto Clean (-> 1 minute). Then rinse the jug again quickly and dry it with a clean towel. Store it with the lid off-maybe in a dishwasher-for good air circulation.
Power Plate mugs: Fruit, grains, greens & beans (great war strategy, every morning) (January-December) -Adapted from Dreena Burton in Neal Barnard MD FACC, Blueberry Bliss Smoothie, The Cheese Trap, page 210.
π Β Β Β What it's all about: War strategy: Phytonutrient fabulousness, as in Dr. Kristi Funk's Antioxidant Smoothie, Breasts: The Owner's Manual, pages 68-70:
"In my home, the jarring sounds of pulse/puree/liquefy/chop waken three little boys who, every morning, shuffle sleepy-eyed into the kitchen and plop down at the table. I pour each one a portion of my Antioxidant Smoothie, the ingredients of which I've been tweaking since 2012. I am pretty sure it contains the most cancer-kicking compounds found in one single glass of goodness on Earth. πΒ The boys devour it, and I head to work knowing they downed a morning dose of phytonutrient fabulousness."
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[The spring office:]
____________
Odd-morning mugs:
β Power Plate mugs : Fruit, [grains,] greens [& beans] β
β Pineapple-Citrus Green Smoothie β
2 cups of water
2 tablespoons hemp seeds or flaxseed meal
2 tablespoons (Vega Sport) vanilla plant-based protein powder (optional)
1 entire 8- or 10-ounce package (Woodstock) frozen pineapple chunks, or other fruit
Β Β (need 1-1/2 cups or so of fresh or frozen fruit)
1/2 cup thickly sliced organic cucumber, not peeled
1 large or 2 small fresh or frozen speckled banana (need 1 to 1-1/2 cups of overripe banana)
1/2 grapefruit or 1 entire large lemon or small orange (seeds included), peeled
2 cups fresh or frozen baby spinach, or a mixture of spinach and kale power greens
Β Β (or arugula, broccoli, cilantro, collard, kale, romaine, &/or swiss chard) (need 2 cups or more of fresh or frozen greens)
Optional, on a morning when you have little time to eat breakfast and want to have grains and beans in your mug or polar bottle, as well as fruit and greens-an entire Power Plate-
1/2 cup of (Bob's Red Mill) steel-cut oats (optional)
1/2 of a 15-ounce can of white beans such as Eden no-salt-added great northern or navy beans (about 7/8 cup) (optional)
π Β Β Β Pour 2 cups of water into a tall strong (Breville 620) blender.
π Β Β Β Add 2 tablespoons of hemp seeds or flaxseed meal.
π Β Β Β Add 2 tablespoons of (Vega Sport) vanilla plant-based protein powder.
π Β Β Β Empty an entire 8- or 10-ounce package of frozen pineapple chunks or other fruit into the blender.
π― Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Cut and add 1/2 cup of thickly sliced unpeeled cucumber.
π Β Β Β Add 1 large or 2 small fresh or frozen speckled overripe bananas.
π Β Β Β Peel and add 1/2 grapefruit or 1 entire large lemon or small orange, seeds included.
π Β Β Β Add 2 cups of fresh or frozen spinach, or a mixture of spinach and kale power greens (or arugula, broccoli, cilantro, collard, kale, romaine &/or swiss chard).
Optional [on a morning when you have little time to eat breakfast and want to have an entire Power Plate in your mug or polar bottle]:
π Β Β Β Add 1/2 cup of (Bob's Red Mill) steel-cut oats (optional) and
π Β Β Β Add 1/2 of a 15-ounce can of white beans such as Eden no-salt-added great northern or navy beans (optional).
π Β Β Β Cover the blender and press the Green Smoothie pre-set program function button->1 minute), or simply purΓ©e the mixture until it becomes very smooth. If you wish, repeat and blend for 1 minute more.
π Β Β Β Pour the smoothie into 4 mugs and serve it with glass straws. (Maybe set aside the last mug to spoon over baked potatoes or sweet potatoes for supper.)
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Rinse the blender jug, lid, and inner measuring lid. Add 2 cups of water, secure the lid again and press Auto Clean (-> 1 minute). Then rinse the jug again quickly and dry it with a clean towel. Store it with the lid off-maybe in a dishwasher-for good air circulation.
Power Plate mugs: Fruit, grains, greens & beans (great war strategy, every morning) (January-December) -Adapted from Dreena Burton in Neal Barnard MD FACC, Pineapple-Citrus Green Smoothie, The Cheese Trap, page 210.
π Β Β Β What it's all about: War strategy: Phytonutrient fabulousness, as in Dr. Kristi Funk's Antioxidant Smoothie, Breasts: The Owner's Manual, pages 68-70:
"In my home, the jarring sounds of pulse/puree/liquefy/chop waken three little boys who, every morning, shuffle sleepy-eyed into the kitchen and plop down at the table. I pour each one a portion of my Antioxidant Smoothie, the ingredients of which I've been tweaking since 2012. I am pretty sure it contains the most cancer-kicking compounds found in one single glass of goodness on Earth. πΒ The boys devour it, and I head to work knowing they downed a morning dose of phytonutrient fabulousness."
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