Smoothies To Start Your Day

June 4th is National Health and Fitness Day! But when it comes to breakfast, it’s so easy to not be healthy! Delicious bacon. Buttery toast. Oatmeal loaded with brown sugar.

So, we’re sharing four smoothies to start your day that we tried out, on-air.

Blueberry Pina Colada

1/2 cup blueberries (40 calories, 9.4 carbs, 0.3 g protein, 0.5 g fat)
2 carrots (50 calories, 12 g carbs, 1.2 g protein, 0.4 g fat)
handful kale/spinach mix (5 calories, 0.8 g carbs, 0.5 g protein, 0 g fat)
200 mL coconut kefir (140 calories, 20 g carbs, 6 g protein, 3.5 g fat)

Nesta: There’s definitely some texture to this one from the blueberry skins, but it’s not a bad thing. It’s tasty, sweet, loaded with probiotics and really filling.

Drew: Great texture which makes each sip an adventure. Flavour, top notch.

Total breakdown: 235 calories, 42.2 carbs, 8 g protein, 4.4 g fat

Morning Monster

1/2 avocado (85 calories, 7.5 g carbs, 1.5 g protein, 13 g fat)
1 cup spinach (7 calories, 1.1 g carbs, 0.9 g Protein, 0.1 g fat)
1/4 water
1/4 cup orange juice (38 calories, 9.5 g carbs, 0.2 g protein, 0 g fat)
juice from one lime (10 calories, 3.2 g carbs, 0.2 g protein, 0 g fat)
1/2 apple (40 calories, 11 g carbs, 0 g protein, 0 g fat)
1/4 cup of frozen pinapple and mango (22 calories, 5 g carbs, 0 g protein, 0 g fat)

Nesta: It’s not as sweet as I was expecting and it’s really, really green. It’s tasty though and the avocado gives it a great mouth feel.

Drew: It’s like sipping on the Hulk, you’ll feel stronger but not angry.

Total breakdown: 202 calories, 37.3 g carbs, 2.8 g protein, 26.2 g fat

The Kitchen Sink

One small apple (60 calories, 12 g carbs, 0.3 g protein, 0 g fat)
1/2 cup spinach/kale (5 calories, 0.8 g carbs, 0.5 g protein, 0 g fat)
1/4 cup hemp hearts (283 calories, 5 g carbs, 16.7 g protein, 21.7 g fat)
1/2 avocado  (85 calories, 7.5 g carbs, 1.5 g protein, 13 g fat)
3 strawberries (11 calories, 2.9 carbs, 0.1 g protein, 0 g fat)
1/4 cup blueberries (20 calories, 4.7 carbs, 0.15 g protein, 0.25 g fat)
1/3 yellow pepper (67 calories, 15.7 g carbs, 2.5 g protein, 0.5 g fat)
1 cup almond, cashew, hazelnut milk (40 calories, 2 g carbs, 1 g protein, 3 g fat)
1/4 cup orange juice (38 calories, 9.5 g carbs, 0.2 g protein, 0 g fat)

Nesta: I expected this to taste really nutty, with the nut milk and the hemp hearts, but that little bit of yellow pepper overpowered everything. It tasted like a salad in a drink. Not in a good way but not in an awful way either. Drink it quick like a wheatgrass shot.

Drew: Got better with each sip until it started tasting like play dough. Then it was great.

Nesta: Liar

Total breakdown: 609 calories, 60 g carbs, 23.95 g protein, 38.45 g fat

Now, even though it’s National Health and Fitness Day tomorrow, it is National Donut Day today. So we decided to make up a donut smoothie…just because.

Donut Delight

1 apple fritter (290 calories, 48 carbs, 7 g protein, 8 g fat)
1 cup almond, cashew, hazelnut milk (40 calories, 2 g carbs, 1 g protein, 3 g fat)

Nesta: Very…cake batter-ish. I think I’d prefer to eat the donut. Perfect if you don’t want anyone to know you’re cheating though!

Drew: Surprisingly satisfying. Sipping a donut is better than chewing one.

Total breakdown: 330 calories, 50 g carbs, 8 g protein, 11 g fat

Anyone else a little disturbed that the Donut Delight is better for you than The Kitchen Sink? Goes to prove that not all smoothies are good for you! You really do have to pay attention to what ingredients you’re throwing in there.

Do you have a delicious smoothie recipe? Share it in the comments of our Facebook post!