It’s a relatively bright and sunny but chilly February morning and the bright sunlight streaming through my kitchen window is not letting me sit down work due to the blinding light getting into to my eyes. I have now moved to a cosy spot on the couch but it’s making me drowsy…
While I was away in India and eating all the wonderful local food, I also started reading up on a lot of things related to food , what we eat and how it affects us and how our body reacts to it all.
Now let me share some facts about myself – I am lazy – very lazy and not the type who will ever go the gym even twice a week – I have ended up wasting money in 2 currencies and 3 cities so I should know that however fabulous the gym it simply does NOT work for me.
Nor does dieting – I feel deprived and end up stuffing my face even more.
So what’s the way out when I have finally made a decision to eat sensibly and loose as much weight as I can without going mad. Well, past 2 weeks I have broken down my meals to smaller portions, trying to eat 5 small meals instead of 3 every day and have drastically cut down on sugar consumption. By sugar I don’t mean granulated sugar but sugar hidden in various food.
I have procured a chart about which foods are high in carbs and thus break down into sugar while they are being digested. Am consciously trying to read up more and steer clear of obviously sugar laden foods and any sugary foods are out. Thankfully I quit sugar in my tea years ago so that is not a problem but yes saying no to alcohol and other foods is not going to be easy. But then nothing good come by too easy does it?
Avocado, Spinach and Fruity Green Smoothie – Bursting with the goodness your body NEEDS every day!
So here goes, my morning smoothie recipe – an attempt to start the day on a healthy note :
Serves: 1 – makes 2 small glass fulls
Ingredients:
- 1/2 a Banana
- 1/2 of a big pear
- 1/2 of a big avocado
- 1 Royal Gala Apple
- 2 handfuls of baby spinach leaves
- a small knob of ginger
Method:
- Chop the ginger into small bits after roughly removing the skin, if the ginger is super fresh you can use the back of a spoon to easily peel of the fine layer of skin.
- Roughly chop all the fruits into chunks.Break the banana half by hand.
- Simply chuck all the above ingredients into a food processor and add very little water just to give the smoothie some movement and consistency.
I prefer a thick consistency the type you can scoop out using a spoon as it is simply more satisfying and increases the feeling of being full.
This made 2 small glasses and I had both of them , simply double up the quantity for 2 people and so on and so forth.
Avocado, Spinach and Fruity Green Smoothie – Bursting with the goodness your body NEEDS every day!
Leafy , green, tasty , bursting with fruity goodness and taste, this smoothie is an immune system booster and full of all things good for your body. It will definitely boost sagging energy levels and induce a feel good factor. The smooth creamy taste added by the avocado is a bonus!
I have linked up my recipe with Credit Crunch Munch which is a frugal food recipe sharing challenge developed by Helen over at Fuss Free Flavours and Camilla over at Fab Food 4 All and guest hosted by the lovely Elizabeth who blogs at Elizabeth’s Diary, have a look at all the other fabulous recipes linked up for Feb 2015 on her blog post too.
Nicki says
February 18, 2015 at 12:50 pmwow when I first saw the title it wasn’t very appetising but ones read it sound so nice and good for you x
manjirichitnis says
February 18, 2015 at 4:20 pmHi Nicki, yes a few months ago I would not have made this seeing the name but the proof of the pudding is always in eating it I say 🙂
Amy says
February 18, 2015 at 1:31 pmThis looks delicious, I’ve been getting into smoothies recently and definitely want to give this a try!
manjirichitnis says
February 18, 2015 at 4:20 pmThanks Amy, please do it’s dead easy to whisk up and so so delicious!
Manchester Flick Chick (Chrissie) says
February 18, 2015 at 2:49 pmI can’t really imagine the flavour of this but it sounds delicious! I’m the same, lazy and not one for dieting but I’m making healthier choices in general, which I think works well in the long run :o)
manjirichitnis says
February 18, 2015 at 4:21 pmHey Chrissie, oh I know exactly what you mean I am laziness personified! Yes we can only hope that these small changes go a long way!
Bintu @ Recipes From A Pantry says
February 19, 2015 at 8:14 amManjiri – I am soooooooooooooo hungry right now. I could do with a huge cup of this.
manjirichitnis says
February 20, 2015 at 11:21 amOh boy a huge cuppa of that is what I am making for myself again right now 🙂
Sylvia says
February 19, 2015 at 10:24 amIt looks so good Manjiri! I would love a glass of this to help me kick the cold I’m having now 🙁
manjirichitnis says
February 20, 2015 at 11:20 amOh no poor you Sylvia… yes this is an immune system boosting smoothie for sure!
munchiesandmunchkins says
February 19, 2015 at 11:55 amOoh I always add spinach but never thought to add avocado. I bet it makes it much creamier. Will try it out, have shared on my social channels x
manjirichitnis says
February 19, 2015 at 1:10 pmOh yes Avocado makes it soo delicious! Thank You for sharing! xxx
Heidi Roberts says
February 19, 2015 at 10:16 pmI am into juices at the moment but want to start making smoothies – hadn’t thought of using avocado!
manjirichitnis says
February 20, 2015 at 11:20 amI love smoothies over juices, don’t have a great juicer though yet as soon as I get my hands on one will get juicing too!
Choclette says
February 20, 2015 at 10:25 amThank goodness for avocados, they certainly make eating healthier a bit easier. trying to stay healthy is an uphill battle – good luck 🙂
manjirichitnis says
February 20, 2015 at 11:19 amOh god yes uphill it is! Cannot tell you how many times I slip into bad habits but I shall continue trying! And yes Avocados sighhh!
Jac -Tinned Tomatoes (@tinnedtoms) says
February 21, 2015 at 10:26 amThose are my kind of flavours Manjiri. I love green smoothies. My tip would be to add water to that when you are blending it and you get a nicer consistency for drinking.
manjirichitnis says
February 21, 2015 at 11:43 amYay that makes 2 of us!I am now a great fan of smoothies especially the green variety too Jaq, best part is Hubster likes them too. I did add a little water though I love adding in coconut water for a really great consistency.
glamorous glutton says
February 21, 2015 at 5:37 pmI bet this is a really tasty and so good for you. GG
Elizabeth says
March 1, 2015 at 9:22 amMmm love the sound of this smoothie, and good luck with your weight loss journey – it’s not easy! Thanks for sharing your recipe on the Credit Crunch Munch linky, but you forgot to link back to myself and the challenge hosts!
manjirichitnis says
March 1, 2015 at 11:22 amThanks Elizabeth. Uh oh ! Silly me! Have just added in all the links and the logo and tweeted out too! Cheers!
fabfood4all says
March 1, 2015 at 12:33 pmI have to admit I’m a bit of a baby when it comes to smoothies and tend to stick to the fruity ones but yours looks very appealing so I really should snap out of this! Thank you for entering #creditcrunhmunch!
manjirichitnis says
March 1, 2015 at 1:46 pmThanks Camilla, I am trying to avoid sugar and even natural sugars in a fruit smoothie are something I want to keep at a minimum so my next smoothie recipe will have just 1 or 2 fruits but yes I absolutely love fruit smoothies too!