Steve's Breakfast Booster

Happy New Year! It’s time for me to put away that chocolate now and start the new year with a new start. To get me motivated I decided to call upon Steve Bonthrone, Personal Trainer for some heathly eating tips and ideas. 

This smoothie recipe is one of Steve’s and I made it for breakfast this morning and it kept me feeling full until well into lunchtime.  I hear some of you gasp at the thought of downing raw spinach and kale but let me tell you, with the banana thrown in for that little bit sweetness this was actually good.  You can obviously add in other ingredients should you want to, for example a bit of ginger to give a bit of zing. 

As Steve explained, “This smoothie is rich in many vitamins and minerals. It will boost your immune system, essential just now to fight colds, is high in Potassium (helps blood pressure, kidney function and a natural electrolyte), Magnesium (helps improve sleep, relaxes the nervous system, helps reduce muscle cramps and prevent lactic acid from building up after exercise).  Although the smoothie looks like liquidized Kermit the Frog, it taste of banana”. 

Great sense of humour Steve – and with all those benefits I’ll definitely be  sticking to smoothies more often as my start to the day now.

Gill x