Peach Banana Chia Smoothie

Smoothies are staple breakfasts and snacks in our home!  Most experts agree, that the human diet should consist of at least 50% raw foods.  A smoothie chock full of raw fruit, is an easy delicious way to get your raw foods.  Raw foods are full of enzymes, micro and macro nutrients such as phyto- nutrients, and vitamins in tact.  Cooking foods removes some of those benefits, especially the enzymes.

Enzymes are critical to health!  They are what allow nutrient uptake, and are responsible for a whole host of chemical, immunological, and metabolic processes.  If you don't eat enough enzymes via raw foods, your body needs to work extra hard to make more of them!  When enzymes are present in the food, you readily digest, and easily utilize the nutrients in that food.  Makes sense, right??

So, this is one of the main reasons we make lots of smoothies at our house.  In addition, smoothies taste like a TREAT, but are a nutritional POWERHOUSE.

Smoothies are nothing more than throwing raw fruits or raw fruits and veggies, with a liquid, into a blender and VOILA- health shake!!




Peach Banana Chia Smoothie

2 C frozen peaches
2 ripe bananas
3 C coconut milk (or any milk alternative)
2 TBL chia seeds
1 TBL probiotics

1 TBL flax oil (or flax seeds)

Everybody goes in the blender bowl!  Start at a pulse, and pulse until incorporated, then blend on high!  This will make 2 large smoothies or 3 regular smoothies.

For a thinner smoothie, you can add liquid to above the fruit in the blender.  If you like a thicker smoothie,  you should fill the liquid just to the top of the fruit in the blender.  You could also add ice cubes if desired.

I used only the peaches from this bag!

Chia seeds seeds are a super power seed, rich in Omega 3's.  You do not need to preblend, or grind the chia seeds before putting into your smoothie.

I used Barlean's Omega Swirl in banana strawberry flavor , which is delicious right out of the bottle.  You could use flax seeds, but you need to grind them in the dry blender first, then add your ingredients.

Omega 3 fatty acids are ESSENTIAL fats, and are not only good for you, but essential for good health.  The benefits are too many to mention here.

I used Garden of Life Primal Defense for kids, a powerful probiotic made especially for kids. 

A breakfast, a snack, a super healthy treat!

Yours in health,

Natalie