Superfood Red Papaya Duo-layered Green Smoothie

I’ve been making superfood smoothies every morning for the past 20 years.

Whilst the ingredients change quite often, and have evolved over time, there is still a core set of ingredients that I’ll always use.
For example, bananas are always a vital part of the smoothie, unless they aren’t ripe or I’ve run out of them.

So first thing in the morning, after I've drunken at least 800ml of filtered, mineralised water with fresh squeeze of lemon (or apple cider vinegar), I’ll go out into my garden and handpick the greens from my organic veggie patches to include in the smoothie.

There’s nothing quite like the immediate raw energy of organic food that has been freshly picked and consumed within minutes.

Greens in a smoothie you ask?
Yes, it’s like getting a salad in first thing in the morning, with all of the important nutrients that come with lush green leaves, but in a yummy sweet treat drink.

Something to note is that when I put the leaves of hardier greens, such as kale, into a smoothie, I will always take the stem out first.
Why?
I find the stem far too strong in its raw form. It really overpowers the flavours of the smoothie.
(Those people that have sensitivities (like hyperthyroidism etc) to cruciferous plants (kale, broccoli, cabbage, etc) should either avoid them altogether or make sure that they are steamed first.)

I will do another post on how to make almond milk (or mylk) so that it’s yummy, nutritious and doesn’t curdle when used in things like tea. So keep your eye out for that post (by following me).

DIRECTIONS
Okay, so I start with putting in the harder ingredients first so that the blade get those processed better during the mix.
Chuck everything in the blender and friggin blend it!
I mean this shit isn’t rocket science guys. Haha.
Make it look pretty.
Then drink that delicious drink that down.
Take a pic of it.
Post it up on all your social media just to show off how healthy you are. Lol!
Enjoy.

INGREDIENTS

• homemade almond milk
• 2 x ripened bananas
• 1 or 2 quadrants of ripened red papaya
• several handpicked Nero kale (Tuscan spinach) leaves
• several handpicked curly kale leaves
• several handpicked dark-green cos lettuce leaves
• rice protein powder
• activated almonds
• activated sunflower seeds
• ground golden flaxseeds
• lecithin
• activated cashew nuts
• raspberries

---

Please make sure you vote for @pfunk, @ausbitbank as witnesses here: steemit.com/~witnesses. These dudes do lotsa good.

---

Thanks so much for commenting below
(because I'm hoping you're about to ).
If you felt the vibe of this article, or it's helped you shift perspective,
please do click upvote, click resteem, click follow and comment.
Let's connect, be friends!
I'd really love to hear from you.

I try my best to check out the blogs of my genuine upvoters as well as those of you who do genuine comments and especially those who follow me…

Also, I'm a proud helpinaut!
Visit @helpie to find out what that means and
to find out if you'd be a proper fit for our discord group!
Helping is the #1 goal!