What’s up guys its Lucie. Welcome back to my YouTube channel. Today we are talking about
something delicious and nutritious. It’s smoothie time. That’s annoying. My goal
for today’s video is to really inspire you to go to the grocery store, buy some fresh
produce and make some smoothies. So today I’m going to give you 5 life-changing smoothie
ideas that you can try out this summer. One note about my smoothies, I’m not gonna break
it down for you like, ½ a cup of this, and a teaspoon of this and a tablespoon of this.
That’s not how I make my smoothies. I look at my blender and I throw in whatever I want.
Sometimes I add more of an ingredient if I want to change the color. I add more liquid
if I want it to be thinner. It’s totally an eyeballed process for me so I'm not about
to give you exact measurements. If you’re looking for exact measurements, maybe go to
another video. Smoothie number 1. I’m gonna start out with one of my all time favorite
green smoothie recipes. Green smoothies are great for me because sometimes I don’t get
enough green throughout the day, so throwing them in a blender is a really great way to
get them in and you can even mix them with fruits and sweetener so that it’s not quite
as green. For this smoothie I throw in some baby spinach and baby kale. I chop up one
nectarine and throw it in. You can also use a peach for this if it’s peach season. I
fill it up with 100% natural coconut water and I sprinkle on some ground cinnamon. Blend
it all together, it’s bright green and it’s delicious. Smoothie #2. Probably the prettiest
smoothie you’re gonna see today, and that’s because it’s made with Pitaya. I have these
Pitaya Plus pouches. They’re dragon fruit superfruit smoothie packs. So inside this
bag there are four individual pouches and you just squeeze them in to make the smoothie.
You can also use this to make incredible Acai bowls. Really beautiful. For this smoothie
I mix together this pity plus with one banana and some fresh cut strawberries and then I
topped it off with almond milk, blended it together. There’s seriously nothing prettier
than a pitaya smoothie. If you walk out of the house with that people will be staring
at you at the street because it's blindingly bright. But it’s so good for you, it's a
superfood, it's organic, it's high in fiber and magnesium -- great! For the next smoothie
we’re going to the opposite color range. We’re going from this bright pink pitaya
smoothie to something that looks almost black. But it’s not. It’s really just a deep,
deep, deep blue. I put in baby kale and baby spinach once again. Then I fill it up with
blueberries. I use frozen blueberries so that I didn’t have to add ice, too. Sometimes
when you add ice in smoothies to make it cold it makes it a little bit watery, so using
frozen fruit is a great tip. I put a scoop of protein powder. I used Vega plant-based
vanilla flavored protein powder but you use any kind that you like. Then I poured in almond
milk and squeezed in a little bit of honey for some sweetness. Blend it all together,
it is dark blue. Like Jack’s Mannequin dark blue. So yummy. Smoothie number 4. This one’s
a fun one because it’s layered, so it has two parts. For part number one I added frozen
strawberries, almond milk, a couple of spoonfuls of greek yogurt and another squeeze of honey.
Once I blended that together I realized it wasn’t as pink as I wanted it to be so I
threw in fresh raspberries for color. Trust your eyeballs. And once I had the color that
I wanted I poured that into the cup as the base, and then it was time to make a small
extra portion which is gonna be just floating at the top. I diced up a fresh, sweet mango
and because it was sweet I didn’t add any sort of honey in there, but if you’re using
a not sweet mango think about adding any form of sweetener, and then another couple spoonfuls
of greek yogurt. Blended it all together, it's very thick, and you pour it right on
top of the pink mixture and you have this sunrise situation going on. And for smoothie
number 5, this one is one of my favorites because it’s more of a dessert treat because
it's chocolate. This is for all those chocolate lovers out there who love chocolate milkshakes
and cocoa nibs but still wanna be healthy and eat superfoods. For this recipe I used
one and a half frozen bananas, a tablespoon of raw cacao powder, and a tablespoon of that
vanilla protein powder. Then I put a teaspoon of vanilla extract, a little bit of water
and some cocoa nibs. Blended it all together. It was chocolate. And there you have it. My
five summer smoothie ideas that I hope inspire you to try something new this summer. Please
let me know if you have any smoothie ideas below. I love trying out new smoothies and
I also love the fact that there are so many fruits around the world that I haven’t tried
yet that one day I’m gonna put in my smoothies. And if you haven’t yet subscribed to my
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I'll see ya next time.