photo credit: Darwin Bell
This is a great smoothie to reduce the symptoms of PMS. Oranges are known to improve the health of the blood vessels of the uterus. Spinach is a great source of magnesium which helps to reduce muscle cramps. Cinnamon helps to keep the blood sugar levels stable to reduce cravings for carbohydrate foods.
If you choose to add the optional bee pollen this will give you an extra boost of B vitamins to help you cope with stress and alleviate depression.
Some people have difficulty with the combination of bananas and oranges as mixing sweet and acid fruits is not perfect food combining. If this is the case for you simply omit the bananas. It will still taste great. You may like to use less water and perhaps add a touch of honey, agave or stevia for extra sweetening.
Ingredients:
Serves Two
2 oranges
2 bananas
4 cups spinach
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon ginger
2 tablespoons bee pollen (optional)
2 cups water
Method:
Place all ingredients in blender and mix until smooth.
May 11th, 2010 at 7:01 pm
i used Stevia extract as a sugar substitute because i am diabetic. Stevia is really sweeter than sucrose.,`-
June 15th, 2010 at 4:35 pm
My husband and I really liked this!! The cinnamon and ginger really gave it a zing.
I didn’t have bee pollen, so didn’t use it and then added 1 1/2 tsp of agave nectar and 3tbsp ground up hemp seed for protein.
(Because every shake/smoothie needs to be a protein shake for my muscle building runner husband and I knew he would be disappointed if I didn’t add an insane amount of protein)
June 17th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
Hemp seed sounds like an interesting addition. Glad you enjoyed it