August 19th, 2015
Yoga and wellness expert, Erin Urton, shares her craft: divine and decadent smoothie creative. Slurp your way towards vitality with these anything-but-ordinary, power-packed blender concoctions.
Sweet ripe blackberries and tart green apple are perfect partners for making a low glycemic smoothie. Add plenty of greens, creamy avocado, hearty hemp hearts, and a touch fragrant basil, and you have a dream for all the senses.
The superfood boost: mushrooms!
Nowadays, there are lots of different powdered mushroom blends on the market as these funky fungi are known to be ultra-immune boosters and anti-aging warriors. You can go with a pure blend of red reishi or chaga, or use my current favourite - a blend of 14 different kinds of mushroom! I've found that most kinds are very neutral tasting and therefore undetectable in your smoothie.
Go organic.
3/4 cup fresh or frozen blackberries
1/2 a green apple
big handful spinach
1/3 - 1/2 avocado
1 Tbsp hemp hearts
2 basil leaves (or more if you looooove it)
1 to 2 tsps powdered mushroom blend (optional)
1 1/2 cups, or more, of filtered water
Blend until smooth and enjoy!
Erin Urton from Squamish, British Columbia
Erin Urton has her fingers deep in the world of heath and wellness, namely as a yoga teacher in Squamish, BC at
the Yoga Studio Community Co-op. It was yoga that naturally led her to write and created the desire to help others find their own paths towards health. When she’s not networking up a storm, Erin is outside exploring mountains and forests as much as humanly possible. Check out her website,
www.erinurton.com.
