Green Power Shake

1 cup spinach - blended in a little bit of water until it gets warm
Add and blend on high until smooth:
80 grams frozen banana
15 grams avocado
1 cup unsweetened almond milk
1 Tbs. natural almond butter
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 scoop of vanilla protein
ice cubes

Pumpkin Smoothie

Ingredients

1/2 cup (approximate) organic pumpkin, canned or fresh baked or sweet potato
1 small or 1/2 regular/large tart apple
1 carrot
flax seeds, hemp, and or chia seeds
chunk of ginger (optional - ginger is good for digestion)
Protein powder of choice (vanilla works best with this recipe)
1-2 teaspoons pure vanilla
1-2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp turmeric
Handful of greens if you wish—baby kale, spinach, chard, dandelion greens, etc.
Your milk of choice: real raw milk, coconut milk, almond milk, etc.
1 Tbsp of coconut oil

Directions

If adding greens, blend them up in the blender until they become warm to get the most nutrients out of them.  Once blended, add ice cubes to cool it down.
Mix remaining ingredients in blender until smooth and desired consistency.

Pumpkin Nutrition and Information:

You should also know that this recipe is an almost perfect low-glycemic snack for Diabetics, due to it’s blend of fiber, healthy fats, antioxidants, and a reasonably low amount of sugars and carbs that impact blood sugar.  

Pumpkin’s high fiber helps you feel full longer, which is a great aid in weight loss. And it’s low glycemic properties also help to keep your body in fat-burning mode—not fat-storing mode. Pumpkin’s powerful antioxidants also help fight off cancer and boost the immune system. A pumpkin-protein smoothie can be the perfect post-workout recovery food—since pumpkin is also full of potassium, along with its vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals.

Pumpkin can be eaten roasted, baked or steamed, similar to sweet potatoes or squash. It is a delicious addition to curries and soups as well. Don’t  forget to eat the pumpkin seeds, too, which are best lightly roasted. Pumpkin seeds are known to boost levels of serotonin, the ‘feel-good’ brain chemical.

Try this amazing pumpkin smoothie!

Mom's Basic Smoothie

Ingredients:

Organic dark leafy greens are the king of alkalization so it's good to find ways to incorporated them into your diet. Including smoothies. They give your body folate, they burn fat, are anti-aging, help your heart, feed your telomeres (the little tails on our DNA chromosome), fight diabetes, feed your gut, provide sun protection, protect against toxins, and build enzymes.
I use as many greens in season as I can. Some of the greens I like in a smoothie are:
Spinach - With spinach, you want to get the protein coating off of the iron cell if you are needing iron in your diet. In order to do this, put about 1 - 2 inches of water in the bottom of your blender (Vitamix or Blendtec) put in a large hand full of spinach and blend until it becomes warm. Bringing the spinach up to temperature dissolves the protein coating which then frees up the iron. Once it is warm, pour in some ice to bring down the temperature and then you can add the rest of your ingredients.
I always put as many greens and vegetables in my smoothie as I can.  (I have a secret....if you add citrus, it will kill the grass taste.)
Cabbage
Dandelion Greens
Swiss Chard
Bok Choy
Kale
Beet Greens
Beets
Carrots
Celery
Cucumber
Avocado

Once I finish adding my desired vegetables, I add one, some, or many of the following:

Ginger
Almonds
Flax seeds
Chia seeds
Hemp seeds
Cinnamon
Tummeric
Raw honey
Coconut oil - Organic, raw, extra virgin, cold pressed
Almond butter
Peanut butter
Cacao
Kefir

I then add fruits. The ratio of my smoothies is higher in greens than in fruits i.e. -  1/2-3/4 are veggies and the remainder is fruit.

Limes
Lemons
Oranges
Apples
Peaches
Apricots
Bananas
Berries (all kinds)
Grapes
Melon

Side notes:

When you put beets in your smoothie, add citrus, grapes, and or berries to it to kill the beet taste.

Use organic ingredients.

If you have a pure, organic, healthy protein powder, you can add that too. We like the vanilla as an overall favorite flavor in our smoothies. However, chocolate protein powder is delicious in red smoothies.

Add ice, if needed, and blend everything together to make a yummy, healthy smoothie.  Enjoy!

FOR A NON SWEET SMOOTHIE
Blend:
Tomatoes
Cucumbers
Celery
Spinach
Chard
Cilantro (optional)
Basil (optional)
Ginger
Carrots
Lime
Lemon
Red pepper flakes (optional)

This tastes more like a V-8 juice without the basil and cilantro.

Cantaloupe Peach Smoothie

This yummy smoothie is great during the fall harvest when local cantaloupe and peaches are at their prime. 

Ingredients

• 1 cup cantaloupe , sliced to cubes and frozen
• 1 fresh peach , sliced and frozen
• ½ ripe bananas , frozen (optional)
• 1 tablespoon cashew butter, cashews, almonds or almond butter
• ½ cup water or ice cubes
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 0.01 inch (0.5 mm) fresh ginger , to taste if desired
• 1 tablespoon chia seeds, hemp seeds, and or flax
•  1 scoop of vanilla protein
• dash of cinnamon (optional)
• dash of turmeric (optional)

Instructions

1. Put all the ingredients in the blender and mix until well combined. If necessary, add some water or ice cubes to get a smoothie desired consistency.

Almond Banana Flaxseed Smoothie

So delicious the only thing I added was a couple leaves of Kale and I used soy milk instead of almond...
found via foodgawker

serves 2 in tall glasses, or 3 in smaller glasses

2 cups unsweetened vanilla almond milk
1/4 cup almond butter*
2 frozen ripe bananas [I break each banana into pieces, wrap in freezer-safe foil, and freeze overnight]
2 tablespoons ground flaxseed
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons honey or desired sweetness

Blend and enjoy.

Pumpkin Chocolate Shake

1 cup plain soymilk
1/3 c. pure pumpkin puree
1/2 t. cinnamon
dash nutmeg
1/2 scoop chocolate protein powder
1 1/2 t. coco powder
a small handfull of frozen banana pieces
4-5 ice cubes

blend up!