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Ask A Minnesota Chef: Best Healthy Smoothie Recipe

Whether you're looking for a more palatable way to get your daily dose of fruits and veggies or a healthy breakfast alternative that you can consume on the go, a smoothie is a convenient and tasty option. But not all smoothies are healthy for you. Many contain unnecessary sugars, sweeteners and preservatives that your body can do without.

Truce, Minnesota's first and only 100% organic fresh-pressed juice shop, believes in using fresh, organic ingredients to create smoothies that not only taste good, naturally, but are good for you. Opened in Uptown Minneapolis in April of 2013, Truce produces fresh-pressed juice on-site daily, via a hydraulic press that is used to extract the maximum amount of liquid from a variety of fresh fruits and veggies. Truce juices may be purchased in-store and bike delivery is available to uptown and downtown Minneapolis (get the bike delivery map here).

If you don't have time to stop in to Truce for a smoothie, try making your own at home. Truce has graciously provided several healthy smoothie recipes that can easily be whipped up in just a few minutes.

Truce
1428 W. 32nd St.
Minneapolis, MN
612.825.1684
drinktruce.com

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Berry Green Smoothie
1 cup kale
1/2 avocado
1 cup frozen berries
1/2 frozen banana
1 cup unsweetened almond milk
1 tbsp flax seeds

Bite Of Minnesota: Smoothie
(credit: Crystal Grobe)

Morning Greens Smoothie
1 16 oz bottle Truce Morning Greens (ingredients include: kale, spinach, romaine, cucumber, apple, lemon, ginger)
1/3 cup fresh or frozen berries
1/2 cup fresh or frozen coconut
1 frozen banana
1 tbsp chia seeds
1 tbsp flax seeds

Almond Butter & Banana Protein Smoothie
1 16 oz bottle Truce Almond milk (ingredients include: almonds, dates, grade b maple syrup, sea salt)
1 frozen banana
2 tbsp almond butter
1 tbsp hemp seeds

A Minnesota native that was born and raised Up North, Minneapolis is where Christina Kalinowski currently calls home. Christina appreciates irony, loves bacon, enjoys a hearty libation (drink responsibly, folks), and is an avid proponent of the Swanson Pyramid of Greatness. Her work can be found at Examiner.com.

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