I have been making the same smoothie every day at home for over 4 years now. it is perfect. It is delicious. It is amazingly healthy. I prepare it in the morning and drink it around noon every day. My morning routine consists of making my cup of coffee, I am using a Bialetti Moka and I grind my own beans. While sipping my coffee, I then start the preparation of the smoothie. I eat nothing after 8pm the night before, and the smoothie is my breakfast and lunch. It keeps me lean, regular, and energetic. And I want to share this magical formula perfected over years here with you. The first thing I do is prepare a cup with:
- Chia seeds
- Golden Flax seeds
- Cacao nibs
- Goji berries
- 3 jumbo Medjool Dates.
Soak them in a cup of water for 3-4 hours. The chia and flax seeds form a gelatinous ball around the seed indicating that they are sprouting. The goji berries and dates get soaked, plump, and soften, making them blend much better, and they never stick to the blender blades. The cacao nibs resist water, but they seem to blend a bit better when soaked. Over the course of several hours, I stir up the slurry to make sure it is all getting evenly soaked. Chia seeds clump when not stirred.
About an hour before I start the smoothie, around 11am, I place the cup with the above ingredients in the freezer. I have found that frozen dates and goji berries blend even better after soaking then freezing and it makes the smoothie cold. I also place about a liter of water in the freezer, not to freeze, but to get very cold. I keep ripened bananas in the freezer which come into play. Pro-tip: ripened bananas last a very long time when frozen.
At noonish, I get the blender out and put the following ingredients in:
- Coconut: I open a fresh young coconut. Empty the coconut water into the blender, and scrape the meat with a sturdy spoon. Young coconut flesh is soft and able to be scooped with a spoon.
- A head of purple lettuce, hydroponically grown.
- A few heaping tablespoons of plain Yogurt. Crucial that it contains living probiotics: The kind I get contains Lactobacillus acidophilus. Puts the smooth into the smoothie.
- Frozen banana - I place a frozen banana in a bottle of water long enough for the skin to soften - about 8 minutes. Then I squeeze the banana into the blender and it slides right out of the skin. Very satisfying.
Here is where I go nuts:
- 1/2 cup of roasted almonds
- 1/2 cup of Brazil nuts
- 1/2 cup of walnuts
- 1/2 cup of cashews
- 1/4 cup of Macadamia nuts
- 1/4 cup of Hazelnuts
Then I add the semi-frozen cup of Chia, flax, cacao, Goji, and Dates. Fill the blender to the top with nearly frozen water, then blend for two minutes and enjoy. I buy most ingredients in bulk to reduce expense. The cost per smoothie is about $10. The vibrant feeling of health: Priceless.