Smoothie-licious: Power-Packed Smoothies and Juices the Whole Family Will Love
By Jenna Helwig
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A smoothie might just be the perfect family food: an easy and delicious way to get kids and adults alike to eat more healthfully. A blessing for busy parents, they are whipped up in minutes, perfectly portable, and enjoyed by even the pickiest eaters. In Smoothie-licious, Parents magazine editor Jenna Helwig shows how to make 75 smoothies and whole-fruit juices that are both healthy and delicious. Kids will love the bright colors and playful names like Peanut Berry Blast and Mexican Frozen Hot Chocolate; parents will love that they feature nutrient-dense seeds, dark greens and fresh fruit, and use no refined sugars. Nutrition information accompanies every recipe and icons note high sources of vitamins and minerals as well as vegan, gluten free, and meal-in-a-glass smoothies. A treats chapter turns smoothies into fun popsicles, slushes, and shakes.
“This sensational smoothie collection makes it so easy and fun for kids to eat whole foods. Whether it’s a protein-packed breakfast, a nutrient-dense snack, or a sweet treat, Jessica’s recipes are simple, accessible, and bursting with flavor. Your child will be grabbing the blender and begging for more. With this book, being healthy is literally child’s play.”—Tess Masters, author of The Blender Girl
Jenna Helwig
JENNA HELWIG is the food director at Real Simple and former food editor at Parents magazine, as well as a freelance writer, culinary instructor, and personal chef. She also founded Rosaberry, a culinary services company devoted to helping families eat better.
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Smoothie-licious - Jenna Helwig
Copyright © 2015 by Jenna Helwig
Photography © 2015 by Lauren Volo
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eBook design by Jessica Arnold
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Smoothie Time
1 Fruit-Filled
2 Veg-Tastic
3 Power Up
4 Special Occasion
5 Whole-Food Juices
6 Treats
Index
IntroductionAs a mom, I know that parents want to feed their children well. We want to give our kids a protein-packed breakfast before school and a healthy snack when they get off the bus in the afternoons. We would love to incorporate more whole foods into our families’ diets—if only there were an easy, foolproof way of eating that we knew our kids would love.
I am here to tell you that a solution exists, an answer so easy and healthy it’s almost magic. That solution, of course, is the smoothie.
Not many kids will be choosy about a sweet, creamy, cold drink, regardless of the ingredients. Smoothies come together in five minutes or less and require approximately zero cooking skills to blend up. They may just be the perfect food for children.
But that doesn’t mean that smoothies are just kid stuff. We adults need protein, fiber, healthy fats, vitamins, and minerals just as much as our kids. And as movie stars and fitness gurus will attest, produce-rich smoothies are a fantastic way to up the nutritional ante of a meal. The fact that all of this good stuff can be blended into a crave-worthy beverage is just the icing on the cake (so to speak).
Let’s face it, smoothies are fun. In creating smoothies, you are only limited by your imagination, and that’s where this book comes in. Smoothie-licious features 75 healthy, delicious recipes for smoothies and whole fruit juices—none of which contain refined sugars (well, just one, but it’s optional), only a little honey, pure maple syrup, or agave if the recipe needs a bit of sweetening. Because entire fruits and vegetables are blended, and not merely pressed for their juice, the resulting beverages are packed with antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and fiber, which is lacking in most juices and contributes to satiety and digestive health. The addition of seeds, yogurt, and nut butters provides protein and other essential nutrients. And best of all, each of these recipes can be prepared with a common blender, no expensive professional-grade blenders or juicers required.
My conversion to smoothies as a family-friendly power food is relatively recent. When I was a kid growing up in the suburbs of Denver, my mother would make a homemade Orange Julius
on special occasions such as my birthday or Christmas. It was made with milk, frozen orange juice concentrate, water, sugar, and ice. Cold, thick, and creamy, it separated if you didn’t drink it fast enough. But that wasn’t usually a problem. The sweet drink was a highlight of any holiday breakfast.
As I grew up, smoothies were always a special occasion treat. Even as a teenager, it never occurred to me that I could blend up a smoothie any old time. (In fact, smoothies are a perfect food for teenagers to make for themselves!)
As an adult I occasionally whipped up a plain-Jane smoothie with a banana, milk, and ice. It wasn’t until I participated in a 10-day detox
that I realized all that smoothies had to offer, especially where kids are concerned. During this period I cut out caffeine (eek!), alcohol, sugar, gluten, and dairy. I strove to incorporate vegetables into every meal, and in doing so realized that smoothies were the perfect way to veggify my breakfasts. Not only could I blend up all sorts of nourishing foods, but with a few smart additions I could ensure they were absolutely delicious and satisfying. My culinary pièce de résistance was a thick, creamy concoction of coconut milk, avocado, spinach, and frozen mango chunks. Morning after morning I happily sipped away at this subtly sweet and almost decadently smooth drink. I was hooked.
But what really caught my attention is what happened next.
Unsurprisingly, my then-six-year-old daughter, Rosa, wanted in on the fun. It looked like I was having a milkshake for breakfast, after all. But, picky kid alert: Rosa detests avocados. (She has declared that the worst foods in the world are a tie between asparagus and avocado.) Nevertheless, I gave her a sip of my smoothie and held my breath. She promptly asked for her own glass.
Since I am not one of those moms who generally believe in hiding
foods from children, I reluctantly disclosed the smoothie’s ingredients. Rosa was surprised, but undeterred. After all, you can’t argue with yummy. This celadon-green smoothie (Avocado Bliss) is still one of her favorite breakfasts or snacks frozen in ice pop molds.
Since then, our ingredient repertoire has expanded to include dates, frozen grapes, frozen strawberries, blueberries, apples, cucumber, chia seeds, kale, flaxseeds, almond milk, Greek yogurt, acai, peaches, pomegranate juice, and more. And I blend up a smoothie nearly every day of the week.
The recipes in Smoothie-licious are our family’s favorites. They have been served at breakfast, brunch, lunch, after school, at playdates, and as dessert. The smoothies are fast, easy, healthy,