Here is a green smoothie recipe that's easy, low in fat high in protein iron and vitamin C and iron that is a quick nutritious, great for breakfast or when you are on the go. As dancers we need our protein to feed our muscles when we are training performing and teaching but high protein can be beneficial for many reasons not just when training for example, I had upped my protein intake after having my two gorgeous babies, two csections and recoveries in just over one year, I had split weak tummy muscles A.K.A diastris recti, lost a lot of hair and struggled to loose weight for around fifteen months after giving birth. Although there wasn't a quick fix because by body and hormones had taken alot of stress in a short period of time and I wasn't getting any sleep (thanks kids 😄). With a diciplined high protein healthy lifestyle change along with a daily routine of special gentle tummy exercise to bring the muscles back together along with yoga and yoga nidra all helped me become stronger and even my hair started to grow back. Some smoothies or protein shakes don't taste very nice but with added nutritional ingredients this one is very tasty.
What You Will Need
A blender
A glass or a Cup
A tablespoon of almond butter or peanut butter ( peanuts are higher in fat, pick a pure butter without palm oil sugar ect)
A scoop of vanilla whey protein
(low fat brand - I use PHD diet whey - which is packed with natural ingredients like green tea)
A handful of fresh Spinach leaves
One small or half of a large banana (I freeze mine)
A tea spoon if cinnamon (levels blood sugar and insulin levels and stops your body storing unnecessary fat
A small glass of water
Some ice (if using non frozen banana)
Stick it all in the blender (or in a container if using a hand blender) & blend untill it turns into a smoothy / shake
Pure ground almond or peanut nut Butter are best. Avoid ones with added ingredients like sugar or palm oil.
Vanilla whey protein works best because it's quite a plain flavour and goes with most ingredients. Use what flavour you prefer. Swap the water for almond milk or coconut water if you prefer.
You can have this any time of day especially after working out but it's a great healthy breakfast for people on the go or on a health kick.
Enjoy!
