My Favorite Morning Drink
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My Favorite Morning Drinks
Smoothies
In true Gemini fashion, I cannot and will not commit to just one drink as my favorite. I have at least three and pretty much drink all of them almost every morning.
Upon waking, when I am in a take care of myself phase, I drink either a glass of water with fresh lemon juice or with a spoonful of apple cider vinegar. While I don't dislike that, I can't call it my favorite.
Depending on my mood, I next have a green smoothie - ideally made with fruit and greens from my garden. I always have frozen fruit of some kind in the freezer. Pineapple, blueberries, cherries, and strawberries are some of my favorites. Really ripe bananas are almost a must. They make any smoothie so much better.
I often pick wild greens - also known as weeds from the garden, use lettuce, beet greens, chard, baby collards, fennel leaves, and whatever happens to be in season.
Sometimes, I add carrots, apples, and beets.
Other ingredients I like to add are chia seeds, hemp seeds, spirulina, turmeric, coconut oil, avocado.
I usually do not follow any recipes and I have made really good smoothies and really bad ones.
A high power blender such as a Vitamix or Blendtec gives much better results than a regular blender. If you don't have frozen fruit, add some ice cubes.
Enjoy
While writing this, I realized that it has been a few days since I made a smoothie. Maybe it is time to issue a 30-Day Smoothie challenge. Hmm.
Dandelion
While my true love is coffee - it has been since I was a child and it probably will be forever - I usually have some kind of Dandelion based drink either before or after my smoothie. I like a hot drink in the morning, so, most likely, I have it before.
The many years I was either pregnant or nursing, I didn't drink coffee. But herbal tea was just not the same. I love the bitterness of coffee. Then, I used to drink Pero.
Now, I gave this a try.
It is a little sweet. My favorite lately was dandelion root roasted and granulated. I had a pound of it I ordered from my co-op. But they don't have it anymore and I haven't been able to find it. Nice and bitter and good.
Now, I am certainly not pregnant but gave up drinking coffee first thing in the morning after reading that it is tough on the adrenal glands. Too much stimulation first thing in the morning can lead to adrenal fatique - and that, I want to avoid.
Somewhere in there I have some protein as well. Now, I am ready for my all time favorite:
Coffee
And by coffee, I mean good coffee. A dark espresso roast. Organic and Fair Trade coffee beans. An espresso machine. Life is good!!!
Usually, I make my espresso Americano fashion at home. But when I go out, I love this kind of a treat.
What is your favorite drink?
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Yes yes yes! Love this post, and love your drinks. I also enjoy smoothies in the morning - so before I go in to work at my job at the bakery I make a chocolate smoothie that has cacao, banana, hemp powder, and possibly some peanut butter and agave. It's super delicious and creamy!
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I probably should get back into smoothies. I just don't like the time it takes to prepare and cleanup. It's sooooooo mind numblingly repetitive. Did I get the proper amount of whine into that? I feel like I did. :)
I have never tried anything with dandelion in it. I don't even like the smell of dandelions, so I'm not sure how I'd do with a drink based on it. It sounds like you really like it, though. Why does all the good stuff, like this drink you talk about and Pero have to be so hard to find?
Probably hard to compete with all the different versions of coffee out there.
I hear you about the clean up - that is the reality with everything we eat and drink and that is why people opt for easy and already prepared. But fresh is so much better.
The smoothie looks yum, but I am not sure i'd like the blend of fruits with veggies cos I haven't tried that. Coffee is b far one of my most favorite morning drinks too. It is yummilicious but yes if it is a good coffee.
I love coffee but have stopped drinking it first thing in the morning.