How Have the Smoothies Been Going?

'So.. how have the smoothies been going?' Was a question from a work colleague recently.

While I can report, I have been fairly consistent with smoothie making in the past few months, in contrast, I have been pretty shoddy with blog entries.

That's because along with my established affection for Pinterest I discovered the joys of Tumblr, and have been distracted with reposting other people's pictures and blog posts..


Smoothie Making: 3 Things I have Learned So Far

1. I make smoothies for my breakfast on work days. Whether or not I organise myself in time to do this each morning is dependant on what fruit-stock I have in the freezer, and what time my first morning meeting is due to take place.

9am, 9.30am meetings = starbucks or costa coffee
10:30am meetings onwards = home-made smoothies


2. . Almond milk seems like a natural favourite among those with lactose intolerance but after a few goes, I realised I don't really enjoy almond milk. I cant put my finger on why, just end up feeling a little nauseous if I don't drink it when its super-cold. So far, my go-to liquid has been coconut water from a can, which is not ideal but works for me right now.

I recently bought some chai and some green tea bags with a view to trying cooled tea as a smoothie base, will update this post (or a new post) and let you know how that goes. Similarly, avocado's in smoothies? Not my favourite option so far but I haven't given up on that yet. WIll try a few more recipe combinations first.

My only attempt using avocado instead of banana or mango as the creamy element in a smoothie. Perhaps it was combination of ingredients not just the avocado? It was aiiiigghht but not fabulous.

Ingredients: Kale, pineapple, avocado, coconut water. Meh..

3. Prep makes it all possible. On the weeks where I stock my freezer with mixed fruit and veg bags, I can be more consistent throughout the week with morning smoothie making.I do a fruit-fest all at once, randomly filling freezer bags with different combinations so each is slightly different.

I would list here, the contents of these freezer bags I put together, but your guess (based on ingredients we can make out from gazing at the picture), is as good as mine! You get the gist through! 

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