Blueberry Muffin Smoothie Recipe (100% Vegan)

Do you love blueberry muffins like I do? Well f course, you do! Blueberry muffins were one of my favorite treats but with ingredients that are hard to pronounce as well as chemically bleached flour, it may not be such a treat after all. Did you know many processed blueberry products in the grocery store are not really blueberries? It’s true!

The ingredient list on some breakfast treats reveals that these “blueberries” are in fact just sugar, corn syrup and food coloring clumped into berry-sized bits.

A 2011 investigation by Natural News found many half-truths (or total lies) in blueberry snacks when they compared pictures of fresh berries from the package to what’s actually inside. Later that year, General Mills was sued over allegedly deceiving consumers with Total Blueberry Pomegranate Cereal, but the case was soon dropped.

While some blueberries are just sugar and dye, others are real fruit mixed with other natural and artificial ingredients. They’re half-berries — or maybe not even half. Blueberry Pecan Kind bars, for example, are peppered with “blueberry pieces” that mix blueberries with other fruits, gelling agents and sugar, which is close-ish to the real thing. And a lot of other cereals, yogurts, muffins, bagels and other foods do contain dried blueberries or blueberry puree on the ingredient list.

Read more about Fake Blueberries here—https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/29/fake-blueberry-breakfast-foods_n_6016288.html

Now that we have established whats real and what’s fake, let me show you how to transform a blueberry muffin into a delicious healthy 100% vegan smoothie…Yes, I said SMOOTHIE.

Blueberry Muffin Smoothie Ingredients

Blueberries
Strawberries (Organic)Don’t worry about the strawberries stealing the show, it helps add a boost of color)
Almond Milk or plant-based milk of your choice
Chia Seeds
Old fashioned Oats
Vanilla Extract
Agave or natural sweetener of your choice

(Side Note: Make Sure all of your produce is organic)

Preparation

1 Cup frozen blueberries
½ Cup strawberries
1 Cup Almond milk
¼ tsp vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
1-2 tsp agave or maple syrup

Chuck all of your ingredients into your blender and blend away. Make sure to blend well to break down the frozen fruit and chia seeds, This recipe serves two and takes about two minutes from start to finish. This Smoothie is super filling and so much healthier than a muffin filled with all type of ingredients you can’t pronounce. I hope you enjoy this recipe if you do I’m absolutely positive you will love my E-book Creating Healthy Smoothies With Chef TR

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