Br Dr Joe
This is a very easy smoothie to make. Plums and almonds smoothie enriched with a strawberry flavour from natural fruits – real food for the heart.
We are not going to use almond nuts for this one. Rather we will be using almond butter, but of course you can use the nuts instead. There is nothing absolutely wrong with that.
Time to get some monounsaturated fats into our body ready for the day. Almond are guaranteed to give your body the much needed pizzazz for a hectic day.
The idea is to keep hunger at bay. Go about your day without worrying about hunger or food. Eat when time allows.
So, what do we need for our plums and almonds smoothie?
Here are the ingredients we require:
Plums 200g
Celery X 2 sticks
Strawberry X 200 gm
Linseed X 2 tbsp full
Natural yogurt 200gm
Almond butter X 1 tablespoon and half
80ml of Hemp milk
Pea Protein X 1 scoop and half
Nutritional Information for Plums per 100 g
| Calories | 42 kcal |
| Total fat | < 0.5 g |
| Saturated fat | < 0.1 g |
| Carbohydrate | 8.8 g |
| Sugars | 8.8 g |
| Fiber | 1.6 g |
| Protein | 0.6 g |
| Salt | < 0.01 g |
Nutritional Information for Strawberry per 100 g
| Calories | 30 kcal |
| Total fat | < 0.5 g |
| Saturated fat | < 0.1 g |
| Total Carbohydrate | 8.0 g |
| Sugars | 5.2 g |
| Fiber | 2.8 g |
| Sodium | < 1 mg |
| Protein | 0.7 g |
| Potassium | 150 mg |
Nutritional information for flaxseed per 100 g
| Calories | 502 kcal |
| Total fat | 42 g |
| Saturated fat | 3.7 g |
| Polyunsaturated fat | 27 g |
| Monounsaturated fat | 8 g |
| Cholesterol | 0 g |
| Total Carbohydrate | 29 g |
| Sugars | 1.6 g |
| Fiber | 27 g |
| Protein | 18 g |
| Sodium | 31 mg |
| Potassium | 802 mg |
You also get Vitamin C, Vitamin B6, Iron, Magnesium and Calcium from flaxseeds.
Nutritional information for almond butter per 100 g
| Calories | 609 g |
| Total fat | 54 g |
| Saturated fat | 4.0 g |
| Polyunsaturated fat | 13 g |
| Monounsaturated fat | 33 g |
| Cholesterol | 0 g |
| Total Carbohydrate | 20 g |
| Sugars | 4.8 g |
| Fiber | 11 g |
| Protein | 22 g |
| Sodium | 8 mg |
| Potassium | 744 mg |
Flaxseeds also contain magnesium, calcium, Vitamin B6 and iron.
How to make the Almonds and Plums smoothie.
As usual it’s all about chucking the whole ingredients together and blitzing them using Nutribullet processor.
>> First slice the plums into the Nutribullet taking care to remove the core of the plum.
>> Add the strawberries.
>> Cut the celery to smaller pieces, then add them.
>> Scoop the yogurt in, then add the flaxseed.
>> Pour in the hemp milk. You may add more than 80 mls of the hemp milk depending on thick or thin you want your smoothie.
>> Go ahead and blitz all of the content for about 1 minute.
> Pause the nutribullet.
>> Add the 2 scoops of pea protein. You may use whey protein if that tickles your fancy. Pea protein is vegetarian and ideal if you are vegetarian. Whey protein is a by-product of cow’s milk, so not ideal for vegans.
>> Finally add your 2 tablespoonful of almond butter and blitz one more time for another 1 minute or so.
Then enjoy your strawberry-flavoured almonds and plums smoothie. It’s so yummy and would last you so long, you will be amazed at how long your next quest for food will take.
Even if you are on a high protein diet, this will give you a bit of a breather from stuffing your face with so much protein. There’s protein in this smoothie but it is within recommended limits.
When I tested myself on this strawberry-flavoured almond and plums smoothie 1 hour after having it, I got a blood glucose reading of 4.3 mmol/l (77.4 mg/dl). Very healthy!
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Dr. Joe