Sunday, September 21, 2014

Smoothie 3.0

I have been making smoothies every morning for the last 10 years. Refer to this previous post to see my 2.0 recipe.... http://www.dpessis.com/2011/12/waking-up-smoothly-with-smoothie.html. This recipe constantly evolves and improves as I continue to be an expert on nutrition, and better understand what the body needs to thrive and succeed - in addition to eating pizza for 5 meals a week. Below is the recipe, as well as quantities, and links to these products so you can see the details. You don't need to buy from these links as they are easily available at the store.

  1. Pour half a cup of oats (quaker oats plain) into a cup, fill the cup with enough water so that it's at the same level of the oats, place in microwave for 30 seconds.
  2. Pour 1/2 scoop of Vega One powder into blender (very important this is the first thing you poor into the blender so it's on the bottom, this way it won't stick to the walls of the blender). Also I prefer the french vanilla flavor, although I enjoy vanilla chai as well. This is $10 cheaper on Amazon than if you buy at Whole Foods.
  3. Pour just under 1 cup of blueberries .93 cups, or half a bag of Whole Foods 365 frozen blueberries. (I have done lots of research on blueberries, the Whole Foods 365 are the most consistent, enjoyable flavor).
  4. Pour 10 oz of vanilla almond milk into blender.
  5. Pour the half cup of microwaved oats into blender, use this same cup in the next step.
  6. Place 3 ice cubes in the cup, fill with ~3 tablespoons of water, shake the water around the cup to loosen up the oats stuck to the cup, poor the cup into the blender (we don't wan't to waste any ingredients).
  7. Add a big generous tablespoon of peanut butter. 
  8. Blend her up!!!!  (If you have a weak blender, sometimes it's difficult to get it going with all this stuff jammed in. I recently purchased a Ninja blender, and for the first time in my life I NEVER have this problem). 

5 comments:

David Pessis said...

Best recipe of all time. No Joke.

David Pessis said...

Yeah, i totally agree, it's the best.

David Pessis said...

Do you use organic blueberries?

David Pessis said...

Obv. Duh.

David Pessis said...

My blog has thousands of fans!!!!