New and improved Daily "Green Monster" Smoothie

About two years ago I posted my Daily Smoothie Recipe. Since then I have made some edits and changed it up a little bit, both for taste and for the health benefits of various ingredients.

The Base Smoothie:

• Raw Cacao Powder (natural caffeine great if you don't like coffee and don't want to drink pop)
• Low Fat or Greek Vanilla Yogurt  (Sometimes I use Activia for added probiotics)
• Vanilla Almond Milk (I avoid soy milk, it can cause higher estrogen in women and men)
• Rainbow Chard/ Baby Spinach (Both and great for you and have little taste, I prefer the chard)
• Ground Flaxseed
• Cinnamon (Read about the health benefits of cinnamon)
• Frozen Banana (The riper the better, peel them before you freeze them! See my buying/freezing bananas post)
• Frozen Blueberries (cranberries, acai berries, etc.) - for antioxidants
• Protein Powder (again no soy)
• Honey (Read about the health benefits of honey)
• Vanilla

Optional Ingredients:

• Frozen Apple Slices and Cinnamon (Read my post on why apples are awesome)
• Apples and Peanutbutter
• Peanutbutter and Cinnamon
• Anything you want!