Hormone Balancing Breakfast Recipe #2: Chocolate Cherry Smoothie

This low-sugar breakfast recipe can easily be adapted to become a decadent snack

or a healthy dessert. The fat from the avocado and coconut butter along with the protein from the hazelnuts and pumpkin seeds will help keep blood sugar levels stable.

Healing foods:

• Cacao – Contains magnesium, flavonoids, vitamin Bs and E.
• Avocado – Balances sugar, anti-inflammatory, nutritionally dense, anti-carcinogenic.
• Coconut butter – Supports plump skin, anti-bacterial, healthy fat for long term energy, high in fiber, precursor for many hormones.
• Pumpkin seed – High in magnesium, zinc, protein, fiber, anti-oxidant, anti-fungal, anti-viral.

Time to prepare: 10 minutes

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

• 1 avocado
• 2 tbsp raw unsweetened cacao
• 1 tbsp coconut butter
• 1 handful of pumpkin seeds
• 1 handful of hazelnuts, pre-soaked overnight
• 1 handful of dry cherries, pre-soaked in hot water for 10 minutes (you can replace with goji berries too)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp lemon or lime juice
• 1⁄2 tsp cinnamon powder

Directions:

Put all ingredients into the blender and blend until smooth.

Magdalena Wszelaki