15 Dec Healthy Breakfast: Chia Green Power Juice
10 Good Reasons to include Green Smoothies:
1. Greens are the highest alkaline forming foods.
2. Very easy to digest
3. Highly Nutritious
4. Eating more live foods
5. Filled with lots of fiber which we know we need for elimination.
6. Get more of the nutrients in a well blended green smoothie.
7. Simple and quick to make
8. Greens help widen our blood vessels,
9. Greens are full of chlorophyll that purifies the blood,
10. Improved health including Chia Seeds
Time: 10 min
Yield: 2 serving
Ingredients
2 golden apples
1/2 pineapple
2 sticks celery
1/4 cucumber
2 cups baby leaf spinach
Juice of 1/2 time
1/2-inch piece of fresh ginger peeled
1 tabespoon milled chia seeds
Directions
- Cut the apples into small pieces that will fit easily.
- Peel the skin from the pineapple and cut it into small pieces.
- Put the apples, pineapple, celery, cucumber, spinach, lime, and ginger through the juicer.
- When your juice is ready, add the milled chia seeds. Stir well before serving immediately.
Per serving: 234 (from fat 14);
Fat 2g (Saturated 0g)
Cholesterol 0mg
Sodium 101 mg
Carbohydrate 58g (Dietary Fiber 7g)
Protein 3g
For more info: Cooking with Chia for Dummies
