Happy New Year! Sitting at dinner on New Years Eve we all shared a few of our new year resolutions. An overwhelming theme was trying to be a bit more healthy in 2017.
I make a smoothie almost every morning for breakfast, and this kale smoothie is one of my favorites. We were all in Napa this holiday weekend and i harvested several bunches of dinosaur and curly kale. This morning I made one of my favorite kale smoothies for everyone. I do love the green color of this delicious smoothie.
Kale Smoothie
Handful of fresh organic kale (I used curly kale)
1 cup almond milk (Califia Farms unsweetened)
1 scoop Sun Warrior, Warrior Blend Vanilla Protein Powder
1/2 cup frozen blueberries
1/2 banana
1 tbsp. chia seed
1 tbsp. ground flaxseed
water if necessary to thin smoothie
Put kale in a blender. Add the almonds milk and pulse a bit to break down the kale. Add the remaining ingredients and blend until smooth.
Getting enough protein in my diet is always a concern for me as I don’t have a lot of meat in my diet. I try to get about 50 grams a day. The following is a chart of the grams of protein and calories for this smoothie.
Sun Warrior Vanilla protein powder: 18 grams protein | 100 calories
Califia Farms almond milk: 1 gram protein | 30 calories
Chia seeds: 2 grams protein | 70 calories
Flaxseed: 1 gram protein | 37 calories
Curly kale: 2 grams protein | 33 calories
Blueberries: less than 1 gram | 42 calories
Banana: 1 gram of protein | 50 calories
Total grams of protein |26 and total calories|362. Not only do I feel satiated, I start my day consuming 50% of my desired protein.
Delicious! Have a happy and healthy 2017.
