Strengthen Your Immune System with Smoothies!

This is a Love Letter to you all! 
It's a reminder that in times of stress and uncertainty, especially when it involves something like a global virus, we need to be focusing on strengthening our bodies and our immunity. 

I've found the best and easiest way to get lots of nutrients into your body is through smoothies. There are so many variations and they are delicious. Smoothies and smoothie bowls are also a great treat for your kids and will help them get some fruits and vegetables into their diet. Get your kids hooked on smoothies! Yum! 

First of all, I'd love to share with you what I put in my smoothie every morning. I call it my detox smoothie because of all the antioxidants and cancer fighting power that it has. See my recipe below. 

My Super Detox Smoothie

1-2 cups Frozen Wild Blueberries
1 Banana Frozen or fresh
a handful of Frozen Spinach
1/2 cup Frozen Mixed Berries
1/2-1 Navel Orange
1 scoop of Greens Powder
1 teaspoon Maca Root Powder
1 Teaspoon Moringa Leaf Powder
1/4 cup Chaga Tea (I brew my own Chaga Tea with dried Chaga Mushrooms, Orange peels, Cinnamon Sticks, and Cloves)
1 cup Almond Milk
Water or coconut water to thin if you don't like your smoothies thick. 

I don't know if I would call this one kid friendly, but I think it tastes good and I drink it every morning. I used to put a lot more powders in, but I have an auto-immune disease that doesn't allow me to boost my immune system too much. So I try not to over do it any more. For my husband, I add in more powders, he gets an elderberry powder, and a mushroom powder that has a mixture of different immune boosting dried mushrooms in it. 

So, the next two smoothies I'm going to share with you are recipes that I got from Pinterest. I've tried both of them and they are both absolutely delicious, I made minor changes to both which I will share with you, but these would definitely be kid friendly! 

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Smoothie with hidden vegetables! 

So, for this one, I skipped the hemp seeds and used almond milk instead of coconut water and thought it tasted great! I made it a few different times and did add in some dates for extra sweetness when my strawberries weren't looking very sweet. Every time I've made this I've enjoyed it. I would recommend adding a bit more sweetness if you make it for your kids. A few dried dates, or raisins would probably do the trick. Otherwise my other favorite alternative sweeteners are date syrup, maple syrup, and coconut nectar. If you add any sweeteners, it doesn't need much. 

Chocolate Mint Smoothie

This is another one that I tried and enjoyed. I had a whole bunch of mint to use, so I used fresh mint instead of mint extract. However, you need quite a bit of fresh mint in there to actually taste it, and I don't think I put enough.  Mint extract would definitely give it more of a minty flavor if you like that sort of thing. This is delicious! and your kids will love it! It's like eating mint chocolate ice cream. Oh and PS, you cannot taste the Mushroom Powder or the Kale, but these delightful additions will help yours and your children's immune systems. 

Okay, so now that I've shared with you some recipes that I have personally tried, below I will list some more recipes you can try with your family and your kids. Yummy, antioxidant rich smoothies that you and your family can enjoy as the weather gets warmer and our bodies continue to need nutrients to be strong! 

Much love to you all and find more links to smoothie and smoothie bowl recipes below. 

Peanut Butter and Jelly Smoothie Bowl

Cinnamon Apple Pie Smoothie Bowl

Mint Chip Spirulina Smoothie Bowl

Green Smoothie

Blueberry Banana Smoothie

Banana Mango Smoothie

Kale Cherry Smoothie

Peanut Butter Banana Breakfast Shake


These are just a few! There are tons more recipes online! These ones sounded the best to me and are colorful and fun for the kiddos. Much love!