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Strawberry Kiwi Smoothie Recipe
Strawberry and kiwi, two of my favorite fruits, combined together to make a smoothie that is sure to make you feel like the sun is beating down on you.
Berries add sweetness to a smoothie as well as vitamin C, fiber and many antioxidants that protect your health.
For your strawberry kiwi smoothie, make sure you use kiwis that are really ripe — it should give when you press the sides.
Mushroom-Barley Soup
In winter, when you crave something warm and don’t want another green smoothie, vegetable soups can be your best friend, and this mushroom-barley soup is an all-time classic.
Whether you’re trying to lose weight or just striving to eat a more healthy diet, nothing is more comforting, and yet the effort to make homemade soup is pretty minimal. They are by far the most versatile of cooked dishes and can be made using many different ingredients or very few ingredients by an experienced cook or a novice.
Just like with smoothies, it’s really hard to spoil the soup, and even if you don’t “love” what you made, it’s usually pretty easy to fix it.
Cream of Broccoli Soup (Easy Recipe Ready in 20 Minutes or Less)
This soup is so easy to do, that it literally can take you under 20 minutes from start to finish. It’s also low in calories and super healthy, as it gets its creamy texture from the addition of potato, not cream or butter.
If you’d like to make it even more nutrient dense, you may substitute potatoes with cooked white beans. For a flavor boost, drizzle in some cashew cream, or a squeeze of lemon.
You will literally not believe that this soup has no dairy or cholesterol. It looks rich and creamy, and yet has no saturated fats, no cholesterol, and is low in calories.
Health Benefits of Cabbage: Why It’s Good to Eat More Cabbage, Even If You Don’t Love It
Cabbage is often unappreciated, but it’s worth to make an effort to consume more of it, because of all the health benefits that it provides. Cabbage can be used in many cooking recipes, but it’s worth to consume lots of it raw for maximum benefits.
For most people, the appeal of cabbage juice lies not in its taste, which is rather bitter, but in the many health benefits you can derive from drinking it. A member of the healthy cruciferous family of vegetables that also includes broccoli and cauliflower, cabbage contains a wealth of micronutrients as well as a wide array of phytochemicals with a similarly broad variety of medicinal properties.
Salads and juicing are two popular ways to eat raw cabbage, as well as sauerkraut (cultured cabbage), but I have found that it can also be used in smoothies, as adding a small amount of cabbage to green smoothie will hardly be noticeable in many recipes.
Protein Smoothies For Athletes and Body Builders
One of the biggest concerns that individuals have when considering the option to go vegan is whether or not they will be able to receive the proper amount of protein that their bodies need. This concern is amplified ten-fold when it comes to fitness-oriented individuals like bodybuilders and athletes.
Well, the answer is that it’s very easy to be able consume enough protein as a vegan, even for athletes and weightlifters.
The key to promoting fitness in the body and maximizing the benefits of working is out highly dependent on post-workout nutrition. It is absolutely essential to take in lots of carbohydrates and protein after a workout so that the muscles can jumpstart the recovery process.
Pomegranate & Cherry Smoothie Recipe
Cherries have some amazing health properties and taste great in smoothies. Since they are not available year-round, I often buy them frozen and use in different variations of this cherry smoothie recipe.
By many, they are considered a “super-fruit”, packed with antioxidants called anthocyanins which aid in the reduction of heart disease and cancer. They are rich in vitamins C, E, potassium, magnesium, iron, folate and fiber, and an excellent source of beta carotene (vitamin A). In fact they contain 19 times more beta carotene than blueberries and strawberries.
I didn’t add any greens to the smoothie initially, because I just came back from a trip and didn’t have any fresh greens on hand. After I tried it (and took the picture), I added 2 cups kale. The cherry and pomegranate flavors blended with banana were sufficient enough to mask the greens, but you may have it without the greens, for a change, too.