![]() ![]() (For more information, read HERE.) As my colleague Chris says, processed juice is just “Sugar Water,” and that’s pretty much the truth. 99% of them contain natural flavors and have been treated and processed pass the point of having any real nutrition. Orange Juice Be sure you are using FRESH juice, the kind you squeeze yourself! STAY AWAY from commercial juices. Read your labels if purchasing vanilla extract from the store because they can sometimes contain sugar, artificial flavoring and even GLUTEN! Pure Vanilla I now only use my homemade vanilla extract. (Read HERE why you should be consuming Coconut Oil). Remember, FAT is GOOD, especially the MCFA’s found in coconut oil. Be sure to check out this blog post and learn why you should be consuming gelatin.Ĭoconut Oil I add Virgin Coconut Oil to every smoothie I make. Gelatin I added Great Lakes Gelatin to get my daily dose of good quality collagen. I chose not to use regular milk or my homemade coconut milk in this recipe for extra richness. of coconut cream concentrate (or coconut manna) and 1/4 cup water for a dairy-free version. If using cream be sure it doesn’t contain carrageenans, which are known to cause digestive problems. You can also use pure canned coconut milk or even 2 tbsp. Real ingredients make the recipe REAL delicious and TRULY healthy and SUPER-Charged! Now I know why, our bodies are not designed to consume that much carbohydrates at once, ESPECIALLY without the presence of fat and protein. I felt HORRIBLE after drinking an entire cup of liquid sugar, especially with no fat or protein to offset it. OMG… I promise that if I wasn’t with my best friend I would not have made it home. So because I already paid, they just gave the me the larger size (with no protein). I paid for the smoothie but when they started making my drink, they realized they were out of protein powder. I went to a smoothie shop and ordered a strawberry smoothie, with protein. Their site promotes the shake’s Vitamin C, protein and antioxidants, but what they don’t tell you is that their drinks will put you into a diabetic coma, and that’s NO joke! Unfortunately, their shakes also only contain minuscule amounts of protein.Ī few years back I was at the mall and wanted something “healthy” (it was healthy in my definition at the time). The large cup of the O riginal Orange Julius pictured right above has over 117 Carbohydrates ! YIKES! They advertise how healthy the Orange Julius is but the nutrition information says otherwise. What you may not know about the Original Orange Julius… This updated version is still a low-carb, sugar-free and now is loaded with Superfoods! Oh, and it taste delicious too! ![]() I did update my original recipe to include gelatin, coconut oil and egg for extra protein and added nutrients. Since Satisfying Eats has over 250 recipes, I am afraid that this recipe has gotten lost in the pages so I am re-sharing because this one’s too good to be missed. In my first cookbook, Satisfying Eats, I shared with you my first Orange Julius recipe. I also have a Sugar-Free Kumquat Marmalade recipe coming up in the near future! ![]() Be sure to check out this post with 50 Uses for Lemons in the Kitchen. We have so many oranges, satsumas, mandarins, lemons and kumquats right now that we need to open our own roadside stand! Since “ain’t nobody got time for that,”I am trying to think of as many ways and recipes that I can use all of our citrus.
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