Smoothie Recipe
Freedom Mapmakers enjoy good health and have energy to spare! For many many years now, in fact it’s been 27 years, my breakfast of choice has been a smoothie. A smoothie is nutritious, delicious, and quick to make. Clean up is a snap, too!
A smoothie can be ice cold in the summer and room temp in the winter; at any temperature a smoothie provides a nearly instant and long lasting boost of energy. Smoothies can facilitate weight management as well, for they make an excellent meal replacement. You can use fresh or frozen fruit or no fruit at all!
Because I work at home, I have smoothie ingredients and equipment always available. And if I’m going out for the day, I always have a smoothie before I go.
I am often asked what I put in my smoothies. This has changed somewhat through the years, although there have been some constants, like bananas and spirulina powder. In addition to spirulina, my current recipe 
includes maca powder, undenatured whey protein, a mild vanilla flavored rice protein, chia gel, and water. When the weather warms up I add frozen berries. Please be forewarned: this is not a pink “fru-fru” drink…it’s green from the spirulina. If you close your eyes when you drink, you’ll never know it’s not pink!
Smoothie Recipe
1 banana, fresh or frozen
1/4 cup frozen berries, optional
1 cup purified water
1 scoop rice protein
1 tsp maca powder
1 tsp spirulina
3 TB chia gel
Place ingredients in blender or immersion blender cup. Blend well.
Add one scoop (10 g) undenatured whey protein and blend for 1-2 seconds only.
Enjoy!
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By Bill Beavers, January 23, 2009 @ 11:22 am
These are great no matter what the weather is outside. Looks like a great recipe too.
By admin, January 23, 2009 @ 11:31 am
Thanks, Bill. You must be a smoothie drinker too!