I’ve gotten a few requests for my morning smoothie recipe, so here it is.  It’s pretty simple; combine the following ingredients in a blender:

8 oz.              Pineapple Juice, Organic 100% Pure  (you can use any 100% pure juice)

1 package    Eboost

1/2 scoop    Rainbow Light Rice Protein Energizer 

1/2 cup        Organic Plain Fat-Free Yogurt

1                   Banana

1/2-1 cup    Fresh Strawberries, Blueberries (or any fruit; frozen is good too)

In addition to my smoothie I usually have 2 boiled eggs whites and maybe a piece of whole wheat toast as well.   I’m pretty energized after this meal and satiated until lunchtime.  I’m also happy that I have managed to ingest many good vitamins and minerals for my body without much effort.   

Let me know if you try this recipe and how you like it.  I warn you that the spirulina in the protein powder does have a “green” taste and takes some getting used to, but it’s so good for you!

“Crunchy” as defined from the Urban Dictionary

1. The characteristics of a neo hippy; quasi/modern day hippie.

2. Of high quality; excellent.

3. Keeping one’s cool in the most trying of times. Etymology: cap’n crunch, the cereal which stays crunchy in milk. Hence, when an individual does not life to get the best of him/her, that person is staying crunchy.

Yep, that’s me……all three definitions.

In terms of the first definition, I recycle, don’t buy plastic water bottles and use my own bags at the grocery store. Most of all, I really try to buy organic food whenever possible. Yes, organic food is expensive, but the health benefits out-weigh the cost. And I swear they taste better (especially meat…it tastes “cleaner”). To keep costs down, I buy whatever produce and meat is on sale that week at Whole Foods.  Some foods retain more pesticides than others, so if you aren’t hard-core organic but want to eat more organic foods, start with these 12:

1. bell peppers
2. celery
3. grapes
4. peaches & nectarines
5. coffee
6. spinach (and other greens, including lettuce)
7. potatoes
8. tomatoes
9. apples
10. strawberries
11. dairy (milk, cheese and butter)
12. meat (beef, pork and poultry)

*Source: Whole Foods pamphlet

Eat well and be healthy!