Fruit Smoothie with True Food

I received free samples of this True Food product for sampling, use and recipe development. I was not compensated for my time and my opinions are all my own.

You know, I love a good smoothie!

Smoothies are a fantastic, simple and quick way to get a bunch of healthy, body revving nutrients all at once in delicious, satisfying beverage . I often have them as part of my breakfast and make them for my kiddos after school for a snack.

I am always looking for ways to easily and tastefully to give boost the nutritional boost to the foods that are already in my diet.  That is why I am excited to team up with Brightcore Nutrition to share with you, their True Food Premium Superfood Formula!  True Food has an amazing list of ingredients, including  kelp powder, goji berry juice powder , pomegranate juice powder, green tea extract, beta glucan powder and acacia powder and  a probiotic blend of 15 unique strains and 10billion CFU, to help support your GI bacteria, and you know how I love those little guys!

Also, Truefood is gluten free, dairy free, soy-free, GMO-free and vegan.

When my box of True Food arrived (both original and chocolate), I couldn’t wait to start using it!  The directions on the back suggested mixing either with plain water, so I thought I would give it with the original,  but with the strong flavor of the Wheatgrass powder, and spirulina, it was a bit to strong for my sensitive pallet, so I will stick with just adding it to my smoothies.  I also tried the chocolate flavor mixed with plain water (1scoop/12oz water), it has a pleasant with a sweet chocolatey earthy flavor.

As I said I love smoothies, because they are a great way to get lots of fiber, nutrients and flavor in a quick, delicious and filling drink.

Fruit smoothies are also so versatile, I have a pretty basic recipe, with frozen blueberries and strawberries and fresh baby spinach and then I add whatever fruit or vegetable (except broccoli, cauliflower or brussels sprouts, the sulfuric compounds) I have in my fridge or freezer that sounds good and/or needs to be used.  You can also add other types of fresh or frozen fruit and other nutrient-rich foods, like yogurt, nut butter, chia seeds or flax seeds.  What do you like to add to your smoothies?

On this day I was making enough smoothie for myself and my kiddos, so I added 1 cup of frozen blueberries, frozen strawberries and a wrinkly apple from the back of my fruit/veg drawer and a dollop of creamy peanut butter (~1ishtbsp).

Then I added a level scoop of True food.  Because I am sharing this with my kids, I didn’t want the flavor to be too strong and it does herbal ingredients (great detoxifiers) like Milk Thistle, Ginko, and Sea Buck Powder, which are all considered safe for children ( I checked), but there are no definitive studies, so I always like to be cautious with my little darlings.

I added water, but feel free to add milk (or milk alternative), whichever is your preference.  I add enough water to reach the top of the fruit because I don’t like my shake to be too thick…again this is a preference thing, my husband likes his smoothies to be super thick like soft-serve ice cream style.

Then I added about 2 cups of fresh baby spinach. I had to blend the fruit a bit to make room for the spinach.

Finally, added a touch (~1tbsp) of honey, because the strawberries were a tad sour and were taking away from the whole deliciousness of the shake.  🙂

Enjoy!

Wanna try it!  I hope you do, because it is awesome and because Brightcore is awesome, they giving us a special link to get  20% off here (affiliate link) for TrueFood Original and Chocolate.

Please let me know what you think!