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Heart Healthy Smoothie Recipe

By -Tam | Food Apparel 4 Comments

Start out the day with this Heart Healthy Fruit Smoothie – good for the body and for the taste buds!

Heart Healthy Smoothie Recipe - great way to start the day! @foodapparel

A few months back, my husband had a physical exam to determine his insurance premium.  Not having coordinated the dates so well, I planned to feed some missionaries from our church.  Vegetable Lasagna with creamy white sauce and Alton Brown’s homemade ice cream that contains  8 egg yolks…….  Oops.

Heart Healthy Smoothie Recipe - great way to start the day! @foodapparel

After all the prep work for Friday night dinner was done, I realize my husband’s exam is the next day.  So he says he will skip the ice cream and eat it the next day.  Well, the ice cream came out with some homemade chocolate sauce after dinner and the temptation was too much to resist.  So the blood work came back with a cholesterol one point above the healthy range.  Again, oops.

So here I am reconciling for feeding my husband so terribly, making him a heart healthy fruit smoothie a few times a week and throwing it in mason jars for a healthy breakfast as he runs out the door.

Heart Healthy Smoothie Recipe - great way to start the day! @foodapparel

Heart Healthy Smoothie Recipe - great way to start the day! @foodapparel
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Heart Healthy Smoothie

Course Breakfast, Drink
Cuisine Quick 'N Easy
Servings 2 servings
Author Tammy Blankenship

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 Cups unsweetened almond milk or coconut water can use homemade or store-bought
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1/2 cup quick oats or 1/4 cup oat flour
  • 2 tablespoons milled flax seed or chia seed
  • 1 large banana
  • 1 1/2 cups frozen fruit i.e. strawberry, blueberry, pineapple, etc

Instructions

  1. Place all ingredients in blender in order listed
  2. Blend all ingredients into a smoothie.
  3. Add more honey if needed to reach desired sweetness.
  4. Store in 2 pint size mason jars for up to 3 days.

Heart Healthy Smoothie Recipe - great way to start the day! @foodapparel

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-Tam | Food Apparel

I'm Tammy and I love to be in the kitchen! I'm married and have three little tagalongs who love to help out with the food prep. My secret foodie dream is to open a bakery. Want to know more about me? Go here for a little Q&A.

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Comments

  1. Michael P Malone says

    August 20, 2018 at 2:42 pm

    you recommend honey in a heart healthy smoothy?

    Reply
    • Diana Frazier says

      June 27, 2019 at 2:20 pm

      The Antioxidants in honey are Linked to Other Beneficial Effects on Heart Health. Honey is a rich source of phenols and other antioxidant. Many of these have been linked to a reduced risk of heart disease and may lower bad Cholesterol. They may help the arteries in your heart dilate, increasing blood flow to your heart. I had to do a lot of research for heart healthy foods for my husband and this is what I came across regarding honey. Hope it helps!

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      • Food Apparel says

        July 3, 2019 at 5:54 pm

        Thank you for your input Diana!

        Reply

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