What Is My Favorite Breakfast Food?

Since it’s Friday, I figured I would post something a little more fun for your weekend.

While at the beach the other day, my wife and I inquired of two ladies we met, “If you could ask the Healthnut anything, what would it be?” To my surprise one of them asked to describe my favorite breakfast food.

Getting to the point, my favorite food is a Superfood Smoothie:

1. I use 1 scoop of an organic grass fed whey protein meal replacement powder-PaleoMeal full of Albion Chelated minerals, vitamins, enzymes, essential fatty acids and most importantly low in sugar. The meal replacement I use includes ~18 grams protein, 2.5 grams fat, less than 3 grams carbohydrates and about 100 calories. When I add the other ingredients, for me it becomes about 300-400 calorie power breakfast. I’ve compared the cost of this nutrient dense nutrition to an unhealthy fast food meal and there is absolutely no competition for my nutrient rich and potent smoothie meal.

2. Add 2 Tbsp of freshly ground flax seed. Use a coffee grinder to grind the flax seeds.

3. Add 1 Tbsp of a fiber supplement. I like a naturally occuring fiber supplement-PaleoFiber that has over 10 forms of fiber.

4. Add banana for potassium and fiber. I use 1/2 or 1/4 slice of an average size banana.

5. Add kiwi for Vitamin C. I use 1 kiwi. This also gives the smoothie a nice consistency along with the banana.

6. Add pineapple or papaya for digestive enzymes. I use a few slices.

7. Add frozen berries, which are abounding in antioxidants. I use 1/2 cup.

8. Add 1 Tbsp of a whole food extract-PaleoReds with organic freeze dried berries for additional antioxidant support.

9. Add ice and 1-2 cups of water- depending on how icy, smooth, or liquid you want you will vary the amount. I normally use a full ice tray and 1 cup of water.

*Please note that this will only work with a high-powered blender such as a Vitamix or Blend-Tec. Other blenders may not have the power to pulverize so you may want to use less ice.

*Notice there are no sweeteners or artificial flavors added. Also keep in mind that the sugars are from natural fruits and the protein, and fats actually slow the digestion and assimilation of nutrients.

*A substitute for organic whey protein for dietary reasons or allergies to milk is a combination  Non-GMO pea/rice protein powde-PaleoMeal-DF with BCAAs that contains the Albion Chelated minerals and other nutrients.

*Click here for additional smoothie recipes including several low carbohydrate versions of the meal replacements.

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1. That’s great Kayla….do you use organic whey protein?

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