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Chances are your mornings are rushed like mine. Whether it’s not remembering if I’ve already shampooed my hair, stuffing last night’s leftovers into a mason jar, or frantically making coffee, there never seems to be enough time in the morning!

If you didn’t start your overnight steel-cut oatmeal  last night (I know I didn’t), you could try something that’s faster to prepare: a breakfast smoothie! Super nutritious, ridiculously easy, surprisingly filling, and requires only two things: a blender and a container you love – I like a glass mason jar.

All smoothies more or less follow the same basic formula (adapted).  You need liquid (i.e. water, juice, almond milk), a textured ‘base’ (i.e. banana, avocado, peanut butter), fruits and/or veggies (fresh or frozen), and extras (spices, oils, grains, sweetener).

Here are some smoothies we love!

Banana Avocado Smoothie

• 1 banana
• 1 avocado
• ½ cup unsweetened almond milk

Place all the ingredients in a blender for about 30 seconds and adjust taste to your liking.

If you don’t have time to use a blender, mash the avocado and banana in a mason jar. You can also add in flaxseed, nuts or differnt seed butters, chia seeds or other.

Banana Bread Super Foods Smoothie

• 1 cup water
• 1 banana, frozen
• ⅓ cup cooked quinoa or buckwheat
• 1 tablespoon raw walnuts or hemp seeds
• 2 teaspoon cold-pressed flax oil
• 1 medjool date, pitted
• flesh from 1 vanilla bean or ½ teaspoon alcohol-free pure vanilla extract
• ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• pinch allspice
• extra walnuts and ground cinnamon for topping

Place all the ingredients in a blender for about 30 seconds and adjust taste to your liking. Pour into a mason jar and top with additional walnuts and ground cinnamon.

Mojito Smoothie

• 1 ½ cups nut milk or coconut water
• 3 Tbsp. hulled hemp seeds
• ½-1 tsp. spirulina (whatever you can handle)
• 4 Tbsp. freshly squeezed lime juice
• 1 avocado
• 1 frozen banana
• 2 dates, pitted
• handful fresh mint leaves (20-25 leaves)

Place all the ingredients in a blender for about 30 seconds and adjust taste to your liking.

Avocado Kale Superfood Smoothie

• 1 frozen banana, chopped in small chunks
• 1/2 cup blueberry soy yogurt
• 1 cup kale (or spinach) leaves, chopped
• 1/2 ripe avocado
• 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk

Place all the ingredients in a blender for about 30 seconds and adjust taste to your liking.

Sue’s Kale-full Smoothie

• 1 cup packed, chopped kale
• 1/2 a banana
• 1 wedge of lemon
• 1/2  an apple
• 1 scoop of original vega or pea protein
• 1/4 cup mango juice or berries
• 1 – 1 1/2 cup of water
• 1 Tbsp chia seeds
• 1 Tbsp flaxseed