Breakfast Smoothie

I am not a breakfast person, at all. In fact, I don't usually have anything to eat until around lunchtime. I am usually up around 5 AM, so that is quite a long stretch of not having any nourishment in my body. So for the past week, I have been incorporating some type of breakfast. It is a toss-up between 2 over easy eggs cooked with coconut oil or a strawberry/banana smoothie. This gives me a jumpstart to a healthy eating day. Below is my version of a breakfast smoothie.

8 oz of any of the following...coconut milk, coconut water, soy milk, unsweetened almond milk or just plain water. This depends on what flavor I want for the day.

1 frozen banana

1 handful of frozen strawberries (any berry will do)

1 Tbsp. ground flaxseed

1/2 Tbsp. coconut oil

1 handful of dehydrated kale (see my post in shortcuts regarding kale)

Blend until smooth. I use my Magic Bullet. The large cup is just perfect for me...

Enjoy~

 

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Instant Brown Sugar and Cinnamon Oatmeal

Lately we have been eating a lot of instant oatmeal around here. With the chemicals that are added in the store bought oatmeal, and the cost skyrocketing, I ventured out to make my own. This recipe can be cut in half if you don't use that much.

This is what I use:
100% whole grain rolled oats (10 cups)
2 tsp. salt (I like sea salt)
4 tsp cinnamon
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
hot water as needed

I used my Ninja professional blender to process the oats to a fine powder, then add the remaining ingredients and process until blended. To serve, put as much oatmeal in a bowl that you need, add boiling water and stir. Nothing to it. It tasted so much better to me.

On a side note, I will be cutting back on both sugars. I thought it was just a tad too sweet. I'm going to try 3/4 cup of each sugar next time.

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