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If you only had 5 ingredients for a healthy smoothie what would they be?

5 must-have ingredients for a healthy smoothie: fruit, spinach, peanut butter, protein powder, and almond milk!

If you only had five ingredients for a healthy smoothie, what would they be? Definitely I would start with fruit. That would be the base of my smoothie. Always is. Likely a banana and blueberries. I know that's two ingredients. We're going to count it here as one. I would then throw in a couple of handfuls, about two cups of spinach. I would add a healthy fat. My ingredient would likely be peanut butter. It's just a preference. Love it. It also gives me a little bit of protein. A good alternative or substitute in this space would be hemp seeds or chia seeds. Next, I would add in some protein powder and or some collagen peptides to increase the protein content, balance out my blood sugar levels, and have a well-rounded meal, really. I use smoothies often as a meal replacement. Finally, I would do almond milk or milk of choice. Cashew milk is really good here as well, and so is regular dairy milk or cow's milk. Hope you enjoy. I'll add a recipe below.

For a healthy smoothie, I would use banana, blueberries, spinach, peanut butter, protein powder or collagen peptides, and almond milk.

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For a healthy smoothie with only five ingredients, I would start with a fruit base, such as a banana and blueberries combined. Next, I would add about two cups of spinach for added nutrients. To incorporate a healthy fat and some protein, my preference would be peanut butter, but alternatives like hemp seeds or chia seeds work well too. To increase the protein content and balance blood sugar levels, I would include some protein powder or collagen peptides. Finally, I would use almond milk or any milk of choice, such as cashew milk or regular dairy milk. Enjoy!

What made you want to start your own business sharing weeknight dinner ideas?

Revolutionizing Weeknight Dinners: A Business Born from Passion and Expertise

What made you want to start your own business? Sharing weeknight dinner ideas, I created weeknight dinners really to help people improve their relationship with food in a very practical and sustainable manner in a way that promotes self care improve self-efficacy and really helps people slow down and reconnect with themselves and their food. I'm very, very comfortable in the kitchen and I wanted to build something or design something that would help people get to that point as well. I wanted to take that skill set and blend it or combine it with my nutrition education. And also, the time I've spent overseas, I got a graduate degree in Italy. I've been fully immersed in Italian, food culture, and so, really taking that approach and the Mediterranean diet as well, building a program around that around the batch cooking model. So it's again, very sustainable. Very practical allows for people to assemble meals during the work week when Are all very busy in less than 10 minutes. Being Whole Food based being homemade. If being delicious well-balanced and seasonal. It's all things that come very you know, second nature to me. But that's that's not what happens for everybody. So finding a way that I could build a platform, an education tool to promote all of these things in a very seamless way for people to implement them, was what set me, why I set out to do this.

I wanted to start my own business to help people improve their relationship with food in a practical and sustainable manner. I used my culinary and nutrition education, as well as my experience with Italian and Mediterranean food culture, to create a program that allows people to assemble meals during the work week in less than 10 minutes using whole foods, homemade ingredients, delicious recipes, and seasonal produce.

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I wanted to start my own business sharing weeknight dinner ideas to help people improve their relationship with food in a practical and sustainable manner. My goal was to promote self-care, self-efficacy, and encourage individuals to slow down and reconnect with themselves and their meals.

With my comfort in the kitchen and my background in nutrition education, I wanted to create something that would help others develop their culinary skills. Drawing from my experiences studying in Italy and immersing myself in Italian food culture, I wanted to incorporate the Mediterranean diet and batch cooking model into my program.

The focus is on creating sustainable and practical meal solutions that can be assembled in less than 10 minutes during busy work weeks. The meals are based on whole foods, homemade, delicious, well-balanced, and seasonal. These aspects come naturally to me, but I understand that it may not be the case for everyone. I wanted to build a platform and educational tool that seamlessly promotes these principles, making it easier for people to implement them in their lives.

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Kelly is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and the creator of Weeknight Dinners—a weekly meal plan program that utilizes the batch cooking method, allowing people to prepare meals in less than 10 minutes when they’re pressed for time. She helps busy people feel more confident in the kitchen while improving their relationship with food and also provides 1:1 coaching to help individuals and families find more ease and joy in cooking and eating.