Smoothies + Quinoa Granola

Every now and again I find myself on a smoothie kick. Smoothies are a great way to pack a huge amount of vitamins into one meal, and when you blitz up your kale and spirulina and maca with bananas, berries, or nut butters, you get this delicious, super healthy drink, and you don't even notice that all that healthy stuff is in there. How good is that! 

I have two smoothie recipes to share with you, both quite simple, both super delicious. I'm also going to share with you a simple recipe for quinoa granola, which I have been topping my smoothies with - so good! 

Simple Green Smoothie

1 - 2 frozen bananas (make sure you peel and chop them up before freezing them!)

A big handful or two of kale

Water

Place the banana and kale in a blender, along with about 1/2 a cup of cold water. Turn on your blender, and blitz until smooth - you will probably have to add more water to reach your desired consistency, so just play that by ear. 

Banana-Berry Smoothie

1 - 2 frozen bananas

A big handful or two of kale or baby spinach

1 heaped tsp acai powder

Mixed frozen berries, about 75g

Water

Place the banana, greens, acai powder, and berries into a blender with 1/2 - 1 cup of cold water. Turn on your blender and blitz until smooth. Again, you may need to add more water to help your blender along, and to reach your desired consistency. 

Notes: You could use these same recipes to make ice cream! Use a food processor instead of a blender, and don't any any water (unless it really needs it). You'll have a super quick, creamy ice cream in a few minutes, tops. 

Feel free to add in whatever else you desire: chia or flax seeds, nut butter, other greens, etc.

Quinoa Granola

1/2 cup uncooked quinoa

1/2 cup raw almonds, roughly chopped if desired

1/4 cup shredded coconut

2 tbsp chia seeds

Handful of raisins

1 - 2 tsp cinnamon

2 tbsp coconut oil, melted

1/8 - 1/4 cup maple syrup

Preheat oven to 190 degrees C. In a bowl, combine the dry ingredients. Add the coconut oil and maple syrup and mix well. Spread the mixture out onto a baking tray and bake for 15 - 20 minutes until lightly golden and toasted. Remove from the oven and let cool - the granola will harden up a lot once it's cooled!