Everything but the kitchen sink smoothie - this'll fill you up till lunch.

I was brought up to know the importance of a good breakfast. My dad would insist we "had something inside us" before facing the day.

Smoothies are big business but have you seen what's in the commercial ones?

Here's a non dairy one, guaranteed to fill you up with goodness.

In a high powered blender, put:
1 banana
1 cup of fresh or frozen blueberries
1 small handful of raw almonds
1 scoop of protein powder (soy or hemp based ideally) - optional
1 heaped teaspoon of cinnamon
1 teaspoon of maca powder (optional)
1/2 teaspoon of spirulina powder (optional)
1 glug (tablespoon) of flax seed oil
1 teaspoon of manuka honey (ideally 15+ strength)
2 teaspoons of chia seeds
Cover with coconut water
Add some ice and a 1/2 cup of water

Blitz until blended.

Ok so I know this has some "odd" ingredients in it and that spirulina is not to everyone's taste but you can leave out a few things if you don't have them.

If you don't have coconut water, use a little coconut milk thinned with water.

Finally - leave out the kitchen sink, it's hard to blend even in a vita mix.

Long time no blog...a warming yummy (healthy) soup

Sorry for no blog posts for a while but I've been busy and off sick.

Back now.

It's grey and gloomy in London today so needed a warm but healthy lunch.

Soup...but what?

I made Cream of Red Onion, Celery and Cheddar.

6 red onions (you can use white and vary the number).
3 stalks of celery
1 tsp bouillon stock powder
Hot water to cover.
Handful of raw cashew nuts
2 tsp of chia seeds

Put all the above in a saucepan.

Cover and simmer for about 10 mins till veggies are translucent and soft.

Then decant to a blender. Blitz till smooth and creamy.

If you have a Vitamix blender just pop in some smsll cubes of cheddar cheese. If not grate the cheese. Blitz and adjust seasoning with black pepper and some salt or salt substitute.

Let down if too thick with either water or milk (I had some to use up).

Enjoy.