Wake Up With a Healthy Green Elixir

Published by FoodTrients

This breakfast drink works well for those who have a hard time eating breakfast. It’s zesty, refreshing, light and healthy, and you can vary it with any fruit or vegetables you have on hand.

Ingredients:

½ cup water
1 cup spinach, kale or romaine leaves, torn
1 cup peeled and chopped cucumber
Juice of 1 lime
1 cup fresh pineapple, peach, apple or pear, chopped
1 Tbs. fresh mint, basil or parsley
2–3 ice cubes

Directions:

1. Add ingredients to a blender in the order listed. Blend, starting with low power and increasing to high, until smooth.

PER SERVING (8 ounces): 57 cal, 0g fat (0g mono, 0g poly, 0g sat), 0mg chol, 13mg sodium, 15g carb (2g fiber, 9g sugars), 1g protein

Time-saver: Combine the water, lime

This recipe by Lori Eanes was provided by New Hope Network with photos by Lori Eanes. FoodTrients is a member of the New Hope Influencer Co-op, a network of health and wellness bloggers committed to spreading more health to more people.

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Combining her passion for food and a lifelong commitment to promoting a healthy lifestyle, Grace O has created FoodTrients, a unique program for optimizing wellness. Grace O is a fusion chef with a mission: to cook up recipes for sustaining a long and joyful life that are built on a foundation of anti-aging science and her work in the health care industry. Mixing foods and unique flavors culled from a lifetime of travels from Asia to Europe and America, Grace O encourages young and old to celebrate a full life that embraces diversity. Lifestyle tips, age-defying recipes, and secrets of the healing properties of food are the centerpiece of FoodTrients-–all available through cookbooks, e-newsletters, and this website.