Super smoothies in two minutes

Juicing everyday is a wonderful high ideal, but if like me you get jaded by scrubbing the juicer components, why not try whizzing together a quick super-food smoothie instead.

Here are two simple recipes to blast you with nutrients each morning and leave you feeling wonderful.

Milky smoothie:
I never use cow's milk as I object to drinking a baby calf's milk after it has been forcibly taken from its mother, and also because cow's milk increases mucus production and makes colds and blocked sinuses hang on for longer.
Instead I am a big fan of oat milk. It is quite creamy and it's tastier that the 'woody' texture of soya milk. So the base for this first smoothie is a large glass of oatmilk. Poor the glassful into a pyrex jug and add a chopped banana, blueberrries, raspberries and strawberries. Finish with a level teaspoon of agave syrup or real maple syrup. Make sure all the fruit is just covered by the oat milk.
Simply blast with a hand blender. For an extra health boost, break open an acidophilis capsule and stir that in well.

Monster smoothie
This one is so thick, creamy and satisfying, it is usually enough for breakfast in itself.
Use a good quality freshly squeezed cloudy apple juice as your base (no 'from-concentrates'). Chop a small banana and a small avocado and pop those in. Add a generous handful of raspberries or strawberries and a half teaspoon of local or manuka honey. Whizz with your hand blender.
To finish, stir in vigorously a teaspoon of spirulina powder or better still a combination powder containing seaweed, spirulina, wheatgrass, alfalfa and barley grass such as Viridian 'Organic Soul Food Greens'.
WARNING - this smoothie looks a bit like sludge and goes a pasty green, but it tastes bursting with goodness and it makes you feel great.

Your body will love you for giving it all these nutrients and not bombarding it on a cold winter's day with hard to digest refined foods, dairy or sugar.