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If you could transform your health with one simple habit, would you do it?
Oh kale yeah!
Adding more vegetables and fruits to your diet is one of the best things you can do for yourself, and one of the easiest ways to do it is by adding a green smoothie to your day.
Sounds simple, right? You don’t have to count calories or eliminate entire groups of food (well, maybe ditching junk candy would be a good idea). Instead, simply drink a green smoothie a day. It is packed with dark leafy greens, some fruit to sweeten it up a bit, and a plethora of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and things your body craves.
That’s the premise behind the new cookbook “Simple Green Smoothies: 100+ tasty recipes to lose weight, gain energy and feel great in your body,” by Jen Hansard and Jadah Sellner (Rodale, $24.99).
It includes a 10-day kick start to get you acclimated, and a handy shopping list, along with advice about how to ease into the green smoothie regime.
Over the years, I’ve made some darn good green smoothies here and there, including
- Tropical Green Smoothie
- College Tour Detox Green Smoothie
- Tastes-Like-Ice-Cream Kale Smoothie
- Vegan Immortality Smoothie
…but never every day.
Today, as a new season dawns, I am welcoming Spring by pledging to add a green smoothie to my morning. I’d like to be more plant-based, drop a few pounds, and feel more energetic. #Goals, right?
Cookbook giveaway!
Want to join me? I’m giving away a copy of “Simple Green Smoothies” to one lucky reader. Simply enter through the Rafflecopter widget below, and it will guide you through entering. Once you leave a comment, you’ll have additional chances to enter. (Must be a U.S. resident 18+ with a U.S. mailing address. Legal fine print here.)
Cheers to your good health!
Below is a handy graphic you can PIN to remember this book:
Disclosure: The publisher sent a copy of the book for review, and will send the winner a copy of the book. Readers, thanks for supporting the brands, products and producers that I love, which helps support Shockingly Delicious. Photos by Simple Green Smoothies.
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This sounds like a great cookbook! I don’t make enough smoothies!
This looks like a great book. I haven’t been making green smoothies enough recently. Sounds like exactly the inspiration I need to get back on track!
Exactly the way I felt Amanda.
I love using frozen cucumber or squash!! Unexpected but gets them super creamy!
Rebecca,
That’s a GREAT idea!
Strawberries and Kale combination. Yummy!
I have tried some of their recipes- delicious!!
My husband has a green smoothie every morning, he loves them!
I JUST bought myself a Blendtec and I NEED this cookbook! I want to blend all of the things!
I need this book – I need more green smoothies in my life. I know they are good for you, I just need to make them!
I’m taking notes. I need to find a way to get more green smoothies in my diet that are simple. These look great.
YUMMY! I am on a diet, trying to lose the last 5 lbs of my winter weight, so these smoothies are just what I was looking for! Especially the Tropical Green Smoothie. I am having it after workout today!!!
Tania,
That one is my fave!
I need to make that pledge too, a green smoothie every morning would be wonderful!
My favorite flavor for smoothies is mango!!
I drink green smoothies all the time for exactly those reasons, but it’s always exactly the same recipe, which can get boring. This book would be perfect to mix things up, and those recipes look fantastic. I love the sound of the Tropical Green Smoothie!
We love smoothies with berries and pineapple!
I like tropical fruits..mango, papaya
I like lots of parsley in a smoothie.
Ham and matzah!!
Thanks for the entry Steph! (I had the wrong question posted when you answered, so I want readers to know that Steph was answering my prior question: “What would be on your Easter dinner table?” I’m sure she isn’t putting this in her smoothie!)
Asparagus
Thanks for the entry Hillary. (I had the wrong question posted when you answered, so I want readers to know that Hillary was answering my prior question: “What would be on your Easter dinner table?” I’m sure she isn’t putting this in her smoothie!)
pineapple!
I would love to win a copy of this book! I used to make green monsters all the time, but fell off the wagon!