Smoothie

Smoothie: captured with flash photography.

This morning's low-glycemic index smoothie recipe combined high fiber and protein--provided by flax seed, chia seed and quinoa--with the fruit and vegetables at hand. Employing two exciting super foods--cocoa and maca root powder--the drink powered the members of our household for several hours before hunger returned.

Interestingly enough, the two photos are of the same beverage: the pinker color appeared when the camera's flash went off, and the more chocolaty color came when the dark background was removed and the automatic flash elected to not activate.

Same smoothie, without camera flash.

The ingredients: 

• fresh, raw goat milk--12 ounces
• chia seed--palm full
• flax seed--a palm full
• quinoa--a palm full
• raw, organic cocoa powder--2 tablespoons
• raw, organic maca root powder--1 tablespoon
• Action Whey [TM]--one scoop
• one fresh peach
• one garden tomato
• six overgrown green beans (that needed to be eaten)
• mint--a sizable handful of fresh leaves
• maple syrup--a quick pour, to offset tartness of maca
• frozen blueberries--1/4 cup
• frozen strawberries--8 to 10
• ice

The smoothie whipped up thickly and tasted fine for our needs. I would not try serving it as a restaurant or to anyone used to restaurant smoothies for it was far from sweet. That said, it was filling and refreshing, and carried us solidly until our midmorning snacks.