Green Chocolate Smoothie Recipe

It's winter here so it's kind of crazy to be in a smoothie craze but I can't help myself. There is something about putting a bunch of random ingredients into a blender and bam! something completely new and delicious is created. I hear ya, now you might be a little put off and hesitant to even read the recipe. Honestly, if you would have introduced me to it a few months ago, my reaction would have probably been one word - ewwwww. But seriously, I have been converted. Give it a try. Spinach and chocolate really do go together!

So, here it is. A super duper healthy smoothie that is delicious and nutritious.


Green & Chocolate Smoothie

1 tray of ice cubes
1 handful of dates
1 frozen banana
1 handful spinach or kale
1/2 c. plain yoghurt
1/2 avocado
1 c. almond or coconut milk
1 1/2 tbsp. raw cacao
2 tbsp. chia seeds
1 tsp. maca powder
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. tumeric

*Ingredient amounts depend on what flavours you want to be punchy and bold and what ones you want to hide. 


Put all ingredients in a blender and blend away!

Don't be turned off by the colour! I promise, it tastes way better than it looks. And, if you want to hide the green, put in more cacao.

Pictures that do more than just make you stop and think

A picture speaks a thousand words. Except, in the case of these photos, that's an understatement. They speak more like a million words, make you stop and think, then proceed to slap you in the face. Or maybe they just go right ahead and start swinging. Swinging and stinging. Either way, they are powerful.

There are a number of articles out there that list the 20, 40 or 60 most powerful social issue ads, but here are a handful that really resonated with me…or rang true…or just slapped really hard.

After each picture I can't help but ask -

Can we not do this anymore?

Can we not trick ourselves into thinking weapons protect us.

Can we not confuse spirituality with…well anything else.

 Can we not ignore that which we cannot see. 

Can we not turn a blind eye to what our food is literally wrapped in.

Can we not treat the earth like we do our bodies. 

 Can we not pretend that this is how we're supposed to look.

 Can we not label but love.

Want to see more?

http://digitalsynopsis.com/inspiration/60-public-service-announcements-social-issue-ads/

The Trews

Have you watched The Trews yet? 

You must have come across it or at least heard about Russell Brand's you tube rants at one time or another. When did Brand become an enormously influential, political voice?  Some time between the drug talk, the jokes and the Katy Perry marriage fling, Brand started speaking up and out in an insightful, intellectually stimulating and politically passionate way. Yes, I just said it. Maybe indirectly but I like it, love it and I want some more of it. Please, someone strip away the politics from the politicians, the aggression from the aggressors and the bias from the media! 

Thank you Brand for creating The Trews because sadly (for them politicians and bigwigs) you say it better and without so much shite. Thank you for trying to set an example for others on how to BE the change, rather than being the change for people. If it's a revolution we need as you say, so be it, but just  the fact of reminding people that yes, we are truly capable human beings of changing things ourselves - each and every one of us is capable of embodying change and creating something better than before. Together we can achieve more but don't go relying on some leader to come up with the "right" way to do things. Cultivate your own way. Cultivate your own change.