Apple Pie Smoothie

This morning I woke up and had to whip up breakfast fast! I had to be at work  early and needed to eat and get my workout done pronto. I received these delicious Macintosh apples in my organic produce delivery last week and have been enjoying them immensely.  Now that fall is officially here ,well not really in South Florida,I just pretend the palm tree frawns change color like the leaves do up north. I miss autumn in Pennsylvania SO much every year. Nostalgia got the best of me this morning so I created this great breakfast shake invoking memories of warm apple pie coming from my Grandma's oven on crisp fall days.

Zen Peach Smoothie

I woke up this morning STARVING. That little run yesterday must have jump started my metabolism. It is days like these that I don't want to wait for breakfast. My body needs to eat now. I have been wanting to create a smoothie with silken tofu to break away from using protein powder. I thought it would be very "zen."

Zen Peach Smoothie

1 peach peeled, pitted and sliced ( or 1 cup of frozen peach slices)

1 cup of unsweetened vanilla almond milk

1/3 cup of silken tofu

1/8 tsp of liquid stevia ( or less to taste)

1/4 tsp of vanilla extract

Ice ( use less if using frozen peaches)

Place all ingredients into Blendtec or blender and process until smooth. I topped my smoothie with a dash of nutmeg.

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Brooklynn

Immunity Smoothie

picture by Brooklynn

 As a health care provider I pride myself on my strong immune system. I get sick maybe 2-3 times a year. Last weekend was my weekend to work at the pharmacy and every other person at my consultation window had the same question. It went something like this, "I've had this congestion, runny nose, and my head feels like its gonna explode for 4 days. What can I take?!" At this point I graciously put some distance  between myself and the ill individual and ask a few more questions to make an appropriate recommendation. I hate being sick. I hate missing workouts. As fate would have it I ended up in my primary care doctor's office yesterday with the same symptoms as all my patients from last weekend. With a prescription for a Z-PAK in one hand and a cranky toddler in the other I headed to my local pharmacy. It is times like these when I am the patient that really impacts how I give my patient care. As much as I loathe being ill it is a nice reality check and enables me to be empathic in  my own job. Now when I'm sick I tend to lose my appetite partly because I'm not rocking my workouts and I have no desire to be in the kitchen. I came up with this nutrient and vitamin packed smoothie to help boost my immunity and fill me up.