Morning Nutrition Boosts

It can be super tough to get all the nutrients you need in a day, especially when you're an on-the-go-vegan.  I tend to focus on getting my iron, calcium, and protein.  To give me a good boost of these nutrients I try to have a smoothie for breakfast everyday. 

Here are three recipes that I love:

Iron Woman Gingerbread Smoothie

It's a little strong in taste so I would suggest adding an extra banana or subtracting a tbsp of blackstrap molasses.   As the recipe is, the author says there are 7 mg of iron and 350 mg of calcium.

Iron 101 Smoothie

This smoothie is refreshing and light, yet packs 8 mg of iron, 320 mg of calcium and 12 g of protein.

Creamy Vanilla Vegan Smoothie Shake

For this recipe I would suggest adding a few more bananas and a bit less water.  As is, I estimate this recipe contains 10 mg of iron, 364 mg of calcium and 29 g of protein.  However, this recipe makes a lot of smoothie!  So you'll get less depending on your serving size.

 

As great as these recipes are, I often deviate from them.  The beauty of smoothies is that you can still mix a couple up during those awkward days between grocery shopping trips when all that's left in your fridge is half used lemons, fruits starting to go bad and a bit of milk.  And you still end up with a filling and healthy breakfast!


You can really never get bored of smoothies because there's so much you can do with them.  Throw in some extra fruit or vegetables, 'yogurt', coconut, seeds and so much more.  Have some fun experimenting, and let me know if you come up with anything great!