My Favorite Breakfast Smoothie

Yield: 4 servings

Prep Time: 5

Total Time: 5

Ingredients

1 cup 100% carrot juice (see note)
1-2 tablespoons ground flaxseed
1 orange peeled
½ lime peeled
1 soft ripe pear, cored and cut into quarters
1 to 2 handfuls fresh spinach
1 frozen banana
1 cup frozen blueberries or strawberries

Instructions

Combine all the ingredients in a blender and process until smooth (if you have a Blendtec, it works best to combine them in the order listed - liquids at the bottom, frozen at the top).

Notes

Adaptable: this recipe is very adaptable (just like a lot of other smoothie recipes) but I usually make it pretty close as written. Sometimes I'll sub out the carrot juice for a mango blend (I like the Bolthouse brand because they are organic and 100% juice and since I don't have a juicer, I stock up on them at Sam's Club where they are a bit more cost efficient). And other times I'll use an apple instead of a pear but otherwise it's pretty much the same makeup.

Lime: the lime is my favorite part - it adds such a wonderful refreshing flavor to the smoothie!

Ice: also, if you want the smoothie a bit more ice/thick, you can add a handful of ice cubes into the mix.

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