Energy Booster Morning Smoothie

After about 12 days eating the same things for breakfast (rice cake scramble and steel cut oats), Stephen and I wanted something fruity for breakfast. Stephen made this smoothie, he is definitely the dedicated smoothie maker in the house! I love smoothies! Whenever we have berries that are on their way out, we always pop them in the freezer to save them for smoothies later, this is a good solution for bananas too!

1 mandarin

1 apple, chopped

1 1/2 cups favorite frozen berries

1/2 cup kale

1 swiss chard leaf, stem removed

1 carrot, chopped

10 almonds

1 cup ice

1/4 cup grape juice (no sugar added)

2 tablespoons almond juice

1 banana

Directions

• Put the ice in the blender and crush the ice
• Add all the other ingredients and whirl it up
• Modify the smoothie to make it the consistency you want- add more juice to make more liquid or more berries to be thicker.