Sam's Ultimate Smoothie

I eat smoothies most days for breakfast. They're quick, easy, and the clean-up is a breeze. Oh, and did I mention that they're super easy to make gluten and dairy free, they're nutritous, and they taste GOOD?

Anyway, this is my ulimate smoothie:
- 1 banana
- 1 scoop of vital protein (vanilla)
- 1 tablespoon hulled tahini
- 1 taspoon vital greens
- 1 cup baby spinach
- 3 tablespoons raw cacao
- Milk alternative to blend (I like rice milk best, but use your favourite)

Blend and enjoy!

If it's not sweet enough, add honey to taste.

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Vanilla and Honey Chia Pudding with Banana

This is one of the easiest desserts to whip up - and the good news is that its so healthy that you can eat it for breakfast!

Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons chia seeds
- Rice milk (or other 'milk' of your choice - coconut milk is great too)
- 1 tablespoon vanilla protein powder (I use Vital Protein, it's made from peas)
- Honey to taste
- 1 banana, chopped
- Cinnamon and nutmeg, as desired


Put the chia seeds in a large bowl, and cover to about twice their depth with your milk. Stir, and allow to thicken for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Add the protein powder, and stir through. Sweeten with a little honey.  You may need more milk, as chia seeds suck up a lot of liquid.

If you want the cinnamon or nutmeg, add them and stir through.  Top with the chopped banana, then drizzle again with honey to taste.

Eat and enjoy!

A note on chia seeds - these are awesome - high in protein, high in calcium, iron, and other minerals.

Cashew Banana Ice-Cream

Who doesn't like ice-cream? If you answered 'Me' then I'm sorry, we can't be friends.

Actually, if you don't like ice-cream, I'm not sorry.

However, if you are not allowed dairy or gluten, this does rather limit your ice-cream options. Which sucks.

To the rescue tomes raw desserts! in this case, raw cashew banana ice-cream!

This is INCREDIBLY easy.

Ingredients:
- 1 cup cashews
- 1 banana
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- Honey, argave syrup or maple syrup to taste (I used maple syrup)

First, soak 1 cup of cashews for 2 hours or
more. I put them on to soak efore leaving the house for work, and had them all ready for
when I came home.

Drain them, and they're all ready to use!

Once again, this is a super easy blender recipe. Put the cashews in the blender, and blend. Depending on your blender, it may take a while. 

Add the coconut oil and the banana, the your sweetener to taste. (Yay for tasting!)

Put your blend in a freezer safe container and freeze. Take it out and stir every 1/2 hour or so so that it doesn't freeze rock hard. However, if it does, all you need to do is put it in the microwave for 10 seconds.

Easy Corriander Pesto

This is an incredibly easy way of adding a bit of pizazz to your food (or to other people's food).

Ingredients:

- 1 bunch corriander

- approx 1/4 cup of sunflower seeds
- 2 cloves of garlic
- a squeeze of lemon juice
- a little flaxseed oil to blend

Place all the ingrients in a blender, and blend until roughly chopped and combined. depending on the quality of your blender, this can take between a few seconds to a few minutes.

Spoon over savoury dishes, such as pasta, or vegetable soup!