Lift Your Afternoon Mood with Maca, Kefir & Cacao Smoothie

Recipes
Written By Leanne de Groot

Rouse your spirits and energy naturally with this afternoon smoothie elixir 🌿

When you’re feeling low, the usual tips—move your body, breathe deeply, or get outside—are great, or you could experiment with a dose of Kefir ! Lactobacillus — a probiotic bacteria found in yogurt and kefir — assists the body in managing stress

🍫 A boost of cacao for feel-good vibes

🦠 Raw milk Kefir -building blocks for serotonin & dopamine,

🍵 A splash of matcha green tea for gentle energy

🌱 A dose of maca powder to balance hormones

🥛 Healthy fats from raw milk

🥕 Slow-releasing veggies to keep blood sugar stable

Next time the 3:00 pm slump hits, blend this up for an energy boost and a mood shift you’ll love!

Ingredients

1/4 cup pre-cooked, chopped and frozen zucchini

1 tsp maca powder

1 tsp cinnamon

Pinch of nutmeg

1 tbsp organic cacao powder

1-2 cups frozen raw milk kefir (Freezing slows down the probiotic activity but won't kill it. Once thawed it is ready to do all the good stuff it was doing before it was frozen. It’s going to make your smoothie super thick and luxurious ♥️)

1 tsp of Bee Pollen Broken Cell from Body Fuel

Method

Add all ingredients to a blender or nutribullet and blend until just smooth and naturally creamy

Leanne de Groot

My contribution is a union of nutrition, mindfulness, meditation, breathwork & movement intertwined with behaviour change and how it impacts a life worth living.

As a health and fitness professional, I want to shift the paradigm toward one of self-love and self-care instead of an aesthetic insecurity-based industry. Let’s move away from the trail of being overweight, body shape dissatisfaction, the daily dose of pharmaceutical and social drugs, persistent envy, unhappiness, anxiety, depression, and a life full of pressure to keep up, skip steps, and rush.

Living without awareness and intention creates pressures that we are not doing, we are not moving fast enough, as bosses, workers, weekend warriors, friends, lovers, parents, siblings, or grandparents. We have to be able and willing to step outside the pull of unhealthy and unhealthful cultural norms and make the critical space to do our meaningful thinking.

The first thing I need people to take in is if they are going to work with me or read my work because for me this re-frames the core of moving through all obstacles we have around stress, rush, health, weight, etc … The very blantant truth is that living under the guise of society’s expectations - is not living.

We have been fed a narrative that stepping outside or away from norms is the wrong way to exist and this narrative furthers unhappiness, unhealthiness, pressure, and a life that is too fast to enjoy.

Wherever we are, this is life—it’s happening right now, and I’ve decided that I am not going to rush through it and I invite you to join me today …

https://www.bodyfuel.org
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