by Silvija Rumiha (Mini Muncher Bali)
Smoothies are great, refreshing, children love them and they are a fantastic way to get everyone eating more fruit and vegetables.
Getting your kids to eat healthy foods is not always easy. Fortunately, most kids love the taste of a creamy smoothie that is naturally sweetened by fruit or the optional addition of a good quality sweetener like raw honey, maple syrup or coconut nectar. Personally I don’t think any additional sweetener is required in smoothies when using ripe and sweet fruits like banana, mango, pineapple or apple for example.
Smoothies are a fantastic way to nourish the body with essential nutrients that are a thick shake type of drink filled with fruit or vegetables and other nutrient dense ingredients. Giving smoothies to children from an early age will help nourish them and hiding veggies that they normally wouldn’t eat is easy.
Benefits of consuming raw fruits and vegetables in a smoothie:
– Ensures you stay hydrated especially if you have one at the beginning of the day
– Provides you the full spectrum of nature vitamins, minerals, nutrients and antioxidants.
– Gives lots of natural fibre
– Helps empower the immune system
Smoothies include the whole fruit so the vitamins and other nutrients are in a very natural form, combined with the fruits fibre. This means that they cause fewer fluctuations in blood sugar levels.
A great smoothie isn’t simply blending a banana with ice and milk of choice. The best smoothie is one that provides vitamins and oils necessary for complete nutrition.
A healthy smoothie should have some dietary fats required for our biological functions that are then burned by our bodies for energy.
Smoothies are excellent for breakfast, as a snack, at school or when at home. I send my kids a frozen smoothie to school almost every day to help nourish, keep cool and hydrate my little ones. Mini Muncher will be launching a Smoothie Range – Not just for kids and will include the following flavors
- Chocolate Fudge
- Strawberries & Cream
- Tropical Lush
- Dream Greens
- Dragon Blast
The smoothies will be based with either homemade organic coconut mylk or coconut water with the addition of ground flaxseeds for a boost of omega-3 and nutrition. No extra sweetener is added to the smoothies as all our smoothies are sweetened naturally by the fruits used. These will be available frozen or fresh by request. Simply take out of the freezer and let it defrost for 10 minutes and enjoy it as more of an ice cream treat or defrost fully, shake and ENJOY!
For all the iNFOPEDAS readers, a special discount of 15% (promo code: infpmuncher15) will be given until December 31st 2015. End the year a healthy one with some Smoothie Love! To order please visit www.minimuncher.com or call +6287862305959, delivery service available.
