Energy Smoothie

I love to start my day off with a green smoothie. In fact, I eat one for breakfast almost every morning. This smoothie recipe is particularly energizing due to the addition of bee pollen. It might seem like an unusual ingredient, but bee pollen is a superfood which contains energy and health enhancing properties. What is it? Bee pollen is the flower pollen which bees collect to make honey. It is a complete protien, containing all twenty-two essential amino acids. Bee pollen is a rich source of antioxidants, enzymes, phytonutrients, and minerals. On top of all that, a little bit of bee pollen adds a creamy consistency to the entire smoothie and makes it taste like a milkshake! 

Smoothies are an ideal way to start our day. Every night as we sleep our bodies cleanse and rejuvanate. If we eat a heavy meal in the morning, our bodies switch from cleaning to digesting. Digestion requires lots of energy. This is why heavy breakfasts can actually drain our energy. Smoothies are essentially predigested food. Therefore they require less energy to process while making nutrients more readily available to our bodies. Eating a smoothie for breakfast is an ideal way to extend our body’s cleansing process, while providing energy and easily assimilated nutrients.

Ingredients:

1 large banana

2 cups of spinach

1/2 cup of shredded kale

1 cup of unsweetened almond milk

1 tbsp of bee pollen

1 tsp of spirulina

1 drop of pure vanilla extract

Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until desired consistency is reached. Enjoy boundless energy!