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Hey everybody! Today we're making the Strawberry Apple Smoothie Recipe; it's
going to be fabulous! If you're unfamiliar with who we are and what we
do my name is Jenna and I'm the founder of GreenBlender and GreenBlender is a
smoothie delivery service where we send you all the pre-portioned ingredients and
superfoods to make awesome smoothies at home. We really want you to eat whole
foods that are unprocessed and you get to connect with the real food that
you're eating, and as an added bonus they taste delicious! So, thanks for watching
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about m aqui berry powder because that's what we're talking about today. Maqui
berry powder is one of my all-time favorite superfoods that I can possibly
think of. Their kind of main claim to fame is that they have the highest
amount of antioxidants in any super fruit and the antioxidants that they
have are polyphenols and anthocyanins. And they are extremely dark; they kind of
look like - in the U.S. you're going to find a lot of powder form - and if you see
them in nature, they kind of look like a very dark blueberry. They are grown in
the Patagonia region of Chile and Argentina, which is kind of the far south
part of the of the countries. And they are really an all-around awesome little
tiny berry. They are - there aren't a lot of scientific studies around maqui berry,
but they have- because they have anthocyanins in it, that has been studied to
help prevent cancer, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol.
They're also, because of the high antioxidant level. They're also an anti-aging
berry, which antioxidants help against free radicals. We talked about that last
week and we'll link to that video. And free radicals kind of make you look
older. Its some of the issues with them, so when you have a high
antioxidant food that kind of ushers out those free radicals and allows you
to have a very young youthful skin in a very, in a very easy to consume way. They
also have anti-inflammatory properties, but besides all of the health benefits
of maqui berry powder, I really love maqui berry powder specifically because
they turn your smoothies bright purple. Which I'm really excited about. It's a great
little mask if you have people who might be a little hesitant to drink green
smoothies, or a smoothie that's not exactly the most palatable color even
though it tastes good. Adding a teaspoon or two of maqui berry powder will make
your smoothie turn a bright beautiful purple, and it will allow people who
might not want to drink a green smoothie drink a green smoothie. You can buy a
maqui berry powder at your local grocery stores, in the health food section, or you
can actually buy it on Amazon. We'll post a link to our favorite brands in the
comments after the video. So let's talk about what else is in the Strawberry
Apple Smoothie Recipe. We're going to have some strawberries and an apple - duh-
that's what its called, a juice of one lime. This is a huge lime! Of course one
zucchini - I love zucchini - and a teaspoon of maqui berry powder. So all of this is
going to be really good. It's a little bit - let me just rinse this real fast.
Alright, let's blend this up. I'm going to throw in the blue. Oh, first put in the
water, so we can all see it coming through.
Of course, we have some water and ice. If you want to sweeten this smoothie up a little bit, you
can use coconut water, maple water, um a little bit of apple juice, a little bit
of orange juice. We're going to throw in my zucchini, which I absolutely love. One
of my favorite things to put in smoothies, and that it's summertime there's a
wide variety of different types of zucchinis and squashes and I would
definitely implore you guys to go to the grocery store and see what kind of
squashes that they have. The yellow ones are fun because they're not going to
change the color of your smoothie. There's patty-pan squash. Go to your
farmers market and see what kind of squash they have - 8 ball squash, that looks
like a little circle - lots of really fun squashes in the summer time and they
don't really add any flavor to your smoothie! They just add a lot of fiber
and other good stuff. Let's throw in my apple. I don't really core my apple; I
just cut it in half and make sure if there's any stray apple seeds I get
them out of there. Its up to you though, I don't like to waste food or time. And
throw in my lime. Limes, we're going to use about a half a lime. If you have a very
large lime, you can use even less. I love limes in my smoothies, so there we
go and what else? Oh finally, the maqui berry powder! I think
we're going to do - we're going to put this in live, as its blending, so we can see
how the colors change. Hopefully it'll change in a cool way. So hold on to this.
Let's see what happens!
Look at that - just magic! Let's try it out! Whoops! I'm really - I know what's going on
with me today. Here we go, let's try it out! The Strawberry Apple Smoothie Recipe,
looks delicious. Here it is; whoo, zingy! Lots of lime in there; its really refreshing.
This is a calming smoothie, really good for your skin, low calorie, and low sugar. If
you ever want to cut the sugar, you can always add half of the fruit that we
recommend, use more zucchini, and some citrus, which will really mask and
sweeten it up a little bit more. So until next time, thanks for tuning in!
Feel free to like this video. We would really appreciate it and let me know
what you think about maqui berry powder, would love to hear from you. Until later,
Cheers!