The Green Goblin Smoothie- AKA green energy!

This is like pure energy in a drink. In fact after downing this (to great guffaws of laughter from the kids who thought it extremely funny that I had a green milk moustache) I was so full of zing that I couldn’t eat my lunch. In second fact, it’s nearly gym time and I am still rearing to go. Maybe I was a bit heavy handed with the guarana and the maca and the green tea powder.  Maybe.

I have accumulated a nice little baking tin full of powders and potions from my travels through wholefoods stores and online herb suppliers, but by far my favourites are the green powders and the zingy herbs.

When I say green powders I’m talking spirulina, which not makes your smoothies a dreamy, dreamy blue green, but also supplies readymade energy, and a whole raft of easily assimilated nutrients including a fair whack of iron. I also like barley and wheatgrass which alkalise and nourish and I also came across a nice green tea powder on my travels which supplies polyphenols which are pretty awesome antioxidants and also enhance alertness and fat metabolism- just the ticket for early morning!  

As far as zingy herbs go, my pick of the bunch is maca- this stuff finds its way into virtually every smoothie I make. It helps your body adapt to the stress response, normalises hormones ( great for those with an attack of the bitch- PMS or menopausal) and promotes a good mood. I also really love guarana. It’s been pretty played out by its use in energy drinks but it’s a pretty awesome herb- millions of Brazillians can’t be wrong ( they drink it instead of coffee!) It contains caffeine so enhances mental alertness and physical prowess and actually is thought to help with stress relief as well. Chuck it in!

I also added to this smoothie, the vege to end all veges- kale- full of  nutritional goodness and my favourite quencher watermelon.

Whats in it?

• ½ watermelon

• 2 handfuls of kale

• ½ avocado

• 1 banana

• ½ cup water

• ½ cup coconut cream

• 1 teaspoon each of spirulina, barley grass, maca, guarana and matcha green tea

 

How do you make it?

Chuck it in a blender and blend the bejesus out of it- then

 

Enjoy!