5 Healthy Breakfast Smoothies!

Breakfast is the most important meal of the dayso get started on the right footwith these five incredible smoothie recipes. (upbeat music)So, to get started I'm going to sharejust a couple tips to make your smoothie makingrun smoothly, right?First up, you want to use frozen fruit. Now, the reason is you don't want to be watering downyour smoothie with a whole bunch of ice. So, freeze your fruit yourself. I like to freeze my fruit ina single layer on a baking sheet. This prevents it from all clumping and sticking together. Next, when it comes to using your blenderbe sure to add your liquid first near the blades. That's gonna help your blender run a little more smoothly. Finally, don't be afraid to prepackage your smoothiesand leave them in the freezer. These are great 'cause all you need to do in the morningis roll out of bed, pour these into your blenderwith a little bit of yogurt and some juiceand you're off to the races. Breakfast is served. I love this sunny tropicalyellow smoothie to start off my week. It's perfect for a gloomy Monday to get you going.


 So, we're gonna start with a half a cup of pineapple juice. Now, if you don't have pineapple juice,it's fine, you could also use orange juiceor even almond milk in this recipe would work just as well. To that, we're going to add a half a cup of Greek yogurt. This is going to add a little bit ofmuch needed protein into our smoothiethen we're gonna top it with some tasty fruitslike some frozen pineapple,some mango, and some tasty banana. Finally, we're gonna hit it with a little bitof grated ginger just to liven it all upand press blend. Monday morning breakfast, taken care of. (upbeat music)I call this my Orange your gladit's not Monday anymore Tuesday smoothie. We're starting with some orange juice, about half a cup. To that we're gonna add about a half a cupof Greek yogurt for protein,one peeled orange frozen,half a peach, also peeled and frozen,and finally, one shredded carrot. I love sneaking vegetables into these smoothieswhen nobody's looking. They'll never even taste it. Come hump day, I'm ready for somethingbright and beautiful like this ruby reb smoothiethat features watermelon and strawberriesand fresh raspberries. It's absolutely delicious.



We're going to mix is up with a little bit of almond milkand some Greek yogurt. I'm using vanilla flavored Greek yogurt for this recipeand boom, there's breakfast baby. (upbeat music)By the time Thursday rolls aroundyou're stressed out to the maxor at least I know I am. What better way to start your daythan with a whole lot of antioxidant goodness?This purple smoothie is so deliciousand features some of these most antioxidant rich foods. Into our blender we are adding a halfa cup of pomegranate juice. If you don't have pomegranate juice,cranberry juice will also work. Then we are going to add some vanilla flavored Greek yogurt. We've got some frozen blueberriesand frozen blackberriesand even some beautifulfreshly pitted cherries. When they're in season, buy a whole ton,pit them and then freeze them so you can use themall year long. Ladies and gentleman, congratulations. You made it to Friday. Now, in order to prepare for theepic night you have ahead of you,probably best to get some greens into us early. So, I'm gonna show you my tastyFriday green goodness smoothie. All right, so it starts with about a half a cup of OJ,half a cup of vanilla flavored Greek yogurt,to that we are going to add two peeled and frozen kiwis,and then a whole avocado. Trust me on this one,it's gonna add some creaminessand some texture. You're going to absolutely love it. Now, believe it or not you can freeze avocados.



 You'll never be able to eat iton its own againbut it is great in smoothies. And then we're gonna add a handful of greensand you won't even taste thembecause of this beautiful kiwi. Also, keep in mind that smoothiesare an excellent place to improvise. So, once you've got these basic recipes downyou can add all sorts of things to themlike protein powder or hemp seeds or chia seeds. Any kind of greens, you can sneak those in. You won't even know they're there. These are incredibly deliciousand packed full of nutrients. I hope you'll give them a try and let me know how it goes. Be sure to tweet me or instagram me a photoof what you come up with in your own kitchen. I love hearing from you. And be sure to subscribe for more great recipesjust like these. Happy Monday, Happy Tuesday,Happy Wednesday, Happy Thursday, Happy Friday. And come Saturday it's time for eggs benedict. I have a video for that too.