Making the healthiest smoothie of them all (+100% RDA micronutrients)
Background
I'm on a quest to be the healthiest lazy person out there, I care a great deal about natural bodybuilding and longevity. But I'm also a very minimalistic person who likes to get the best results from the least amount of effort, time and money.
So after a while I've stumbled across this recipe from the very knowledgable nutritionist Dr Rhonda where she gives a recipe and explaination of all ingredients required to meet and exceed the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) of all vitamins, minerals but is also a packed with anti-oxidants, enzymes, flavonoids and more.
I have adjusted this recipe slightly to better match what is available in the markets where I life in the Netherlands.
So far I have made 10 of these smoothies, I pre-cut them, bag them and freeze them for practical purpose. It makes me feel great and energetic and I highly recommend it. But the problem is that they are PACKED with fibre (about 50 gram) which solidifies the 2 liter smoothie after it sits for a while which makes it less enjoyable and harder to drink, the smoothie tastes OK but the many ingredients give it a bland taste and color.
So I would rather split the ingredients in two and make one fresh-sour tasting green smoothie and another one for the sweet ingredients with some vegetables that complement the latter smoothie too and I need your help on this.
So far I got:
Fresh-sour smoothie
- 200g Kale
- 200g Spinach
- 2 Parts of celery
- 1 Carrot
- 1 Tomato
- 25ml Lemon juice concentrate
- 1 Avocado
- Some parsley
Sweet smoothie
- 200g of Blueberries or a red berry (cheaper) mix
- 125g Whey protein powder
optional for taste
- Ginger
- Chia seed
- 1 Apple
- 1 Banana
I would like to swap some of the ingredients from the first smoothie to the second, what will taste best? I'm trying to make both smoothies equally as fibrous/thick.
What are your thoughts? What would you add, swap and change?
EDIT: After great advice on several subreddits I swapped some things up and I like what I have so far. For the people curious about the micronutrients in this smoothie. I use this PDF as reference
Fresh-sour smoothie
- 200g Kale
- 200g Spinach
- 25ml Lemon juice concentrate
- 1 Avocado
- Some parsley
- Water
Sweet smoothie
- 200g of Blueberries or a red berry (cheaper) mix
- 125g Whey protein powder (cream and berries flavor)
- 2 Parts of celery
- 1 Carrot
- 1 Tomato
- Water
optional ingredients for flavor and extra calories
- Ginger
- Chia seed
- Apple
- Banana
- Greek Yogurt
Posted Oct 21, 2016, 1:54 PM UTC · edited