{"id":222,"date":"2009-07-13T19:31:03","date_gmt":"2009-07-14T01:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/?p=222"},"modified":"2009-07-13T19:31:03","modified_gmt":"2009-07-14T01:31:03","slug":"alexs-green-monster-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/?p=222","title":{"rendered":"Alex&#8217;s Green Monster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-223\" title=\"smoothie-close\" src=\"http:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/smoothie-close-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"smoothie-close\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/smoothie-close-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/smoothie-close.JPG 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/openendedquestion.wordpress.com\"><strong>Alex<\/strong><\/a><strong>&#8216;s Green Monster<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I started making my GM last fall, when I was experiencing low energy and a lot of sugar cravings. Most carbohydrate-dominant breakfasts made me feel wired and then I crashed shortly after, so I wanted to find an alternative that had a good balance of protein, vitamins, fibre, and healthy fats, and was substantial enough to keep my crazy horse metabolism satisfied until lunch.<\/p>\n<p>And thus, my GM was born!!!<\/p>\n<p>Concrete Jungle Juice Recipe:<\/p>\n<p>1 scoop of green powder<\/p>\n<p>1 scoop of protein powder<\/p>\n<p>1\/2\u00a0 a frozen banana (you can put in a full one if you want this sweeter)<\/p>\n<p>Small handful of blueberries (if you omit these, the smoothie would be green)<\/p>\n<p>1 Tbsp psyllium husks<\/p>\n<p>1 Tbsp flax seed oil or ground flax seed meal (you can do this in a clean coffee grinder)<\/p>\n<p>1 Tbsp nut butter (almond, cashew, sunflower seed, or pumpkin seed)<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 to 3\/4 water or Unsweetened Almond Breeze<\/p>\n<p>Splash of lemon juice (optional)<\/p>\n<p>Add all ingredients into a blender and blend until it all becomes, well, rather grayish\u2026and DELICIOUS! And don\u2019t fool yourself, this baby is a meal, and it will keep you full and satisfied for hours!<\/p>\n<p>Please check out my blog at <a href=\"http:\/\/openendedquestion.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/13\/concrete-jungle-juice\/\">http:\/\/openendedquestion.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/13\/concrete-jungle-juice\/<\/a> to get a break down on each of my super nutritious ingredients!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex&#8216;s Green Monster I started making my GM last fall, when I was experiencing low energy and a lot of sugar cravings. Most carbohydrate-dominant breakfasts made me feel wired and then I crashed shortly after, so I wanted to find an alternative that had a good balance of protein, vitamins, fibre, and healthy fats, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reader-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=222"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":225,"href":"https:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222\/revisions\/225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}