5 shakes for breakfast and energy

If you do not have much time in the morning and want to start the day with energy and nutritious food, these recipes may be the best option.

How do you start the day? Do you pay attention to your breakfast? If you do not have much time in the morning but want to take care of your health and food, fruit and vegetable smoothies can be a great option for you.

We share these four recipes so you can start checking it out.

BETA-C SHAKE WITH LUCUMA

Thanks to orange vegetables (carrot, papaya and orange) this juice is rich in beta-carotene, precursor of vitamin A, and vitamin C. Coconut water is an excellent natural isotonic. Lucuma enhances the flavor and provides a very special sweet touch.

This shake gives you a large dose of fiber, beta-carotene and vitamin C. It is also sweetened with lucuma, low glycemic index and very nutritious.

Ingredients for 4

• 2 carrots
• 100 g papaya
• 1 orange
• Half lime juice
• 8 raw cashews
• 1 teaspoon lucuma
• 250 ml coconut water
• Strawberries (optional)
• 1 flower (optional)

Preparation:

1. Chop the carrot and papaya and peel the orange.
2. Place them together with the rest of the ingredients in the blender and crush everything for about 5-10 seconds until a homogeneous texture is obtained.
3. You can decorate it with some strawberries or even a flower.

GREEN SMOOTHIE REISHI POWER

Reishi is considered the 10,000-year-old mushroom. This superfood has a medical history of 4,000 years and in China is known as the “elexir of immortality”.

This green smoothie offers many beneficial health effects. Reishi is anti-aging, anti-inflammatory, purifies and improves the general condition. Kale provides chlorophyll that keeps your body clean. Pear is alkalizing and black grapes are a potent antioxidant.

Brazil nuts or coquitos provide selenium, which promotes good mood.

Ingredients for 300 ml

• 3 large kale leaves
• 1 pear
• 120 g black grapes
• 1 teaspoon reishi powder
• 5 Brazil nuts
• 200 ml spring water

Preparation:

1. Pour all the ingredients into a powerful blender and mix until you get a homogeneous drink.
2. Add water if you want a more liquid texture.

GREEN ENERGY: A BREAKFAST THAT GIVES YOU VITALITY

This smoothie is a great option in your breakfasts to start the day full of vitality, with a nutritious, creamy and sweet base and an acid point.

It gives you very beneficial ingredients:

• Spinach. One cup of them, the amount contained in the shake, provides 30 mg of calcium, 24 mg of magnesium and 0.81 mg of iron, 8.5 mg of vitamin C, 59 mcg of folates, 141 mcg of vitamin A and 145 mcg of vitamin K, all key to good bone health and energy production.
• The Granny apple. It refreshes the shake and helps the proper functioning of the intestines due to its contribution in fiber (between 5 and 6 g per unit) and its content in polyphenols, compounds that are fermented by the intestinal flora and from which antioxidant metabolites are derived.
• The banana. It provides energy and a high content of magnesium and potassium, which favors muscle recovery.

And if you want a more antioxidant shake and improve concentration, add a teaspoon of matcha tea and another of maca.

Ingredients:

• 1 banana
• 1/2 block Granny
• 2 handfuls of spinach
• 1 glass of coconut water
• For toppings: matcha tea, banana, spinach leaves and maca

Preparation:

1. Wash the ingredients.
2. Peel the banana, cut the apple into eighths and take out the heart.
3. Pour the coconut water into the blender and also introduce the spinach. Beat 3 seconds.
4. Add the banana and apple and beat 5 seconds more or until you undo the lumps if you prefer.
5. Decorate it with the toppings to your liking.

GREEN TROPICAL: THE ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND ENERGIZING SHAKE

Creamy and fresh, this irresistible smoothie will take you to the tropics you dream of and, at the same time, will give you a good dose of fiber and minerals such as potassium and magnesium, rehydrate you and increase your energy doses with its natural sugars and saturated fats, but medium chain, from coconut meat.

Kale leaves and camu-camu are a rich source of vitamin C, and provide you with a large number of antioxidants that will help strengthen the immune system and purify the body; So, you can prepare it and protect it against seasonal allergies.

Pineapple is a fruit with extraordinary anti-inflammatory properties due to its content in bromelain, a digestive enzyme that contains sulfur and triggers an anti-inflammatory reaction that will help us reduce joint ailments.

Moreover, turmeric is known as natural ibuprofen. It is a root with excellent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that will help you soothe muscle, bone and joint pain.

Ingredients:

• 2 pineapple slices
• 1/2 young coconut (its flesh) or
• 1/4 cup coconut zest
• 3 kale leaves
• 1/3 cucumber
• 1 teaspoon camu-camu
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 cup coconut water

Preparation:

1. Wash the kale leaves and remove the stem from them, as it is too fibrous.
2. Cut a slice of pineapple and remove the crust, but leave its central part.
3. Wash the cucumber. Open the coconut with the help of a coconut opener or kitchen knife.
4. Pour the coconut water into the mixer, add the kale and beat it for 5 seconds.
5. Then add the rest of the ingredients and beat them for 10 seconds more or until you undo all the lumps if you want a finer texture.

GLOW GREEN DETOX SHAKE TO START THE DAY WELL

I propose a small health challenge that does not require following diets, restrictions or endless hours in the gym. I propose, specifically, to acquire the habit of preparing green smoothies.

And the best thing to start and organize well is to introduce an easy to prepare shake as soon as you get up.

The Glow Green shake, which I now present to you, comes loaded with green leafy vegetables, with a very powerful antioxidant called chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is known as the “blood of the plant kingdom”, as it is said to have a structure very similar to human blood plasma and, once in the body, has a high revitalizing, alkalizing and purifying effect. The shake also contains calcium, magnesium, potassium and carotenes.

A Glow Green in the morning will give you a good dose of vegetables and fiber as soon as you start the day, which will help you feel light, refreshed and with a noticeable boost of energy. It also includes a superfood, alfalfa sprouts. These tiny seeds with tail are a box full of amino acids, fatty acids, enzymes and phytochemicals, very easy to absorb and assimilate by our body.

Ingredients

• 2 celery sticks
• 2 kale leaves
• 1/3 cucumber
• 3 sprigs of parsley
• 1 apple
• 1 cup coconut water or water
• 1 pinch of alfalfa sprouts
• 1 piece of ginger (like the size of your thumbnail)
• Toppings: wheatgrass to reinforce the cleansing effect, apple, parsley and lemon

Preparation

1. Clean the celery and remove any remaining soil from the vegetables.
2. Place all ingredients, except toppings, in the blender or food processor and crush until you get the desired consistency.
3. Cut the apple into slices.
4. Complete and decorate the smoothie with the herb, apple slices, some parsley leaves and a slice of lemon.