The Green Aisle's Healthy Smoothies and Slushies: More Than Seventy-Five Healthy Recipes to Help You Lose Weight and Get Fit

By Michelle Savage

A recipe book of delicious drinks for every type of diet.

Chocolate cheesecake, mango tango, and cinnamon toast. Broccoli boost, zucchini nut bread, and sweet and spicy apple. These are just a few of the energizing and nutritious drink recipes you can find in Michelle Savage's The Green Aisle’s Healthy Smoothies and Slushies.

This book is full of beverages that are tasty, healthy, and easy to makeall you need is a blender. All featured ingredients are easily found in grocery stores, at farmers’ markets, or in specialty food storesand some are even available on Savage’s blog and website, BrowseTheGreenAisle.com.

In addition to providing these recipes, which are sure to help you lose weight and maintain a healthy lifestyle, Savage also includes information on the following topics:

Toxins, free radicals, and enzymes
Probiotics
Milk alternatives
Meat dangers
Coffee versus tea
And much more!

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Skyhorse
• Release date: Jan 13, 2015
• ISBN: 9781629149707

Book preview

THE GREEN AISLE’S HEALTHY

SMOOTHIES AND SLUSHIES

More Than 75 Healthy Recipes to

Help You Lose Weight and Get Fit

MICHELLE SAVAGE

Skyhorse Publishing

The information given here is designed to help you make informed decisions about your health. It is not intended to replace the advice of a qualified health professional. If you have a condition that requires care, please seek treatment with your health-care provider.

Copyright © 2015 by Michelle Savage

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Print ISBN: 978-1-62914-575-4 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-62914-970-7

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Contents

Dedication

Bebe, thank you for the comradery during our joint exercise explorations and the companionship you’ve given me and for exploiting my ineptitude with the ever elusive pull-up.

Scott, I have loved the flights with you; thanks for sharing the stalling lessons and providing me with a means to ensure that my heart is a-okay.

A Note from the Author

On December 27, 2012, I created The Green Aisle to share my passion for cooking and my love of health.

I am a health coach living in California as a freelance court reporter. I enjoy helping others live healthier and happier lives, invigorating their health by educating them on proper nutrition and cooking heart-warming foods that heal the soul and make them feel good about eating. In this book, everything is SkinnyLicious, organic, and wholesome.

Since I have had four cancer surgeries, a severe staph infection, been diagnosed with RV dysplasia and left bundle branch block, suffered from chronic fatigue, overweight, bloated, and distended—all by the age of forty-one—I decided to take a good look at transforming my lifestyle. Nothing is more important than eating clean and healthy, I decided. I am now cancer free, healthy, energetic, full of life, thirty-five pounds lighter, and have enjoyed sharing with you some of the great smoothies and slushies I have created.

Through experimentation and elimination, I was able to create amazing smoothies and slushies that just about anyone can drink, whether you have diabetes, diverticulitis, cancer, or just about any other ailment because these smoothies and slushies are GMO-free, diary-free, sugar-free, soy-free, and gluten-free.

You can now enjoy your all-time favorite treats like strawberry shortcake, zucchini nut bread, strawberry cheese cake, peppermint patties, and much more in a drink that gives your body essential vitamins, nutrients, and enzymes to achieve energy, vitality, and longevity without the guilt, bloating, discomfort or high calorie, sugar-laden foods that give no sustainable nutrients.

I have a passion for sharing empowering information in hopes of inspiring others to continue a healthy lifestyle and attain energy, peace, and balance with organic, raw, all-natural foods.

Have a great day, everyone. I will be in the kitchen, finding new heartwarming foods to share with you! Join www.facebook.com/thegreenaisle and check out www.greenaislewellness.com for tips to optimal health, detox, weight-loss, and healing recipes.

Introduction

The Essence of Health Begins with the Art of Food

This book is divided into two parts: the informational part is to help you, the reader, make informed decisions regarding your health and well-being. Hopefully, I’ve taken some of the confusion and guesswork out of this strange new world of healthy living and eating.

Here, I’ve examined protein powders, milk alternatives, nut butters, and even some healthy substitutions. This is all for your information, and you are free to use any or all of it on the journey to a healthy new you. The second part is the fun and yummy part: smoothies and slushies!

Want to increase your energy levels, enhance metabolism, improve mental clarity, improve digestive function, flush out toxins, and shed a few extra pounds in the process? If so, this