Low-Calorie Breakfast

Kale And Berry Smoothie For Bloating

I tried this Kale and Berry Smooth as a low-calorie breakfast option twice. Once with the peanut butter and once without. The latter simply because I forgot, but definitely preferred it to the one with peanut butter. My husband did not notice the difference. Enjoy!

Recipe Here From Shape.Com

Ingredients / Calories (calories are approximate)

• Vanilla Greek yogurt – 70ish calories
• Almond Butter – 100ish calories
• Frozen Blueberries – 50ish Calories
• Frozen Pineapple – 70ish Calories
• Kale – 20ish calories
• Water

Total Calories: 310ish

Low-Calorie Smoothies

Spinach has always been my go-to leafy green of choice in all food items. I remember my mom first making me green smoothies in high school. Thanks, Mom. They were not green, but purple and consisted of spinach, blueberries, milk and protein powder. I remember being grossed out initially and then loving them and wanting one everyday. I still love my spinach smoothies but I have recently been reaching out to Kale due to all the health benefits I have been reading about.

I was first introduced to Kale Smoothies by Joe Rogan. My husband and I were doing a detox for our wedding and Joe Rogan’s smoothie was part of our plan. Not only am I no longer really a Joe Rogan fan, I also did not think it was to terribly delicious so I started to branch out a find more kale based smoothies.

Smoothies are easy and quick to make. Perfect for a busy workday morning. nice a versatile.

In addition to Kale, this recipe uses pineapple and blueberries. I love pineapple. And, I have now learned it is a superfood. Read more about “The Power Of Pineapple” And, even more exciting, according to WebMD, Blueberries are considered a Superfood. Read more in the artcile “Superfoods Everyone Needs.” Blueberries are never on my list of fruits that pop in my head as something I love or crave and I do not know why. I do love them and they make me feel fresh and healthy.

Additional Thoughts On Low-Calorie Smoothies

Smoothies are so easy to make. And, they take minutes. But there is room for error. For example, sometimes, when I make a smoothie, I come out with four or five cups of smoothies instead of the two I was aiming for. At first, I just drank them assuming it was supposed to be like that, but I do not think that is the case and I was probably really overdoing it on the fruit. I have googled this and have not found other people having this problem. Since this problem still occurs even when measuring out the ingredients, I freeze the remainder for later. I read you can leave a smoothie in the refrigerator for two days, but I personally do not think they keep and just do not think they are that good.

I prefer frozen fruit to ice in my smoothie except for bananas. Instead of freezing bananas I just use ice all after a difficult blender situation that I would prefer not to relive. Basically, I find frozen bananas hard to blend.

I tend to get hungry after a couple of hours after a smoothie so I like to keep some carrots on hand to avoid any junk food mishaps.

I try and taste my smoothie before pouring it out just in case I need to add anything to it. I feel like this is like tasting food before adding salt.

My husband told me drinking from mason jars is very early 2000. I do not know if that is true or not, but I love my mason jars and use them for my smoothies with reusable straws such as metal.

Smoothies are easy and quick to clean up if you clean your blender right away.

I am not going to lie, my vegetable intake would be very limited without smoothies. It just never occurs to me to make sides with my meals and sides are usually vegetables. So, unless I made salad, there are not vegetables

Equipment is everything. I feel so lucky because my sister in law gave me a Vitamix a few years back, which is completely life changing. Prior, I used the bullet and it is just not the same. It works, but a nice blender is ideal.

Lastly, I find green smoothies an excellent way to get vegetables into my kids diet. They get a little messy, but whatever works.

Here are some additional Low-Calorie Smoothie recipes I found online.