{"id":1426,"date":"2015-12-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hubpages.com\/food\/the-amazing-smoothie-for-toddlers-pregnant-women-and-everyone-else"},"modified":"2015-12-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T00:00:00","slug":"the-amazing-smoothie-for-toddlers-pregnant-women-and-everyone-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/?p=1426","title":{"rendered":"The Amazing Smoothie for Toddlers, Pregnant Women, and Everyone Else"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><time datetime=\"2015-12-14T00:00:00\" title=\"December 14, 2015\">December 14, 2015<\/time><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived\/e171f5f06ea8b29e4c18208945eed9d5.jpg\" style=\"max-height: 500px; width: auto;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This is what I had for breakfast every.single.day for the last 4 months of my pregnancy&#8230;and it&#8217;s what my 1 year old and 3 year old begged to have for breakfast each morning as well!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>When I was pregnant with my 6th child, I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. My ob insisted I needed to add protein to my breakfast. I couldn&#8217;t handle eggs for breakfast, so I started with an all-natural healthy smoothie recipe that was high in protein. Then I started tossing in ingredients from the &#8220;Top 10 Healthiest Foods&#8221; lists (spinach, blueberries, and flax seeds). Cinnamon is supposed to help your body regulate insulin, so I added that as well.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>What I didn&#8217;t expect is how much this would affect my eating habits! Prior to drinking this smoothie each morning I had constant cravings for cake and cookies every single day. After a few days of drinking this smoothie, all those cravings stopped! I was amazed when I could easily bypass the candy aisle and bakery aisle without a second thought. This of course led to me barely gaining any &#8220;baby weight.&#8221; After I had my baby, I was only 10 pounds heavier than my pre-pregnancy weight!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>If this wasn&#8217;t good enough, my toddler and preschooler always begged to share my smoothie, so I usually doubled the recipe and shared it with them. This was such a great way to add in vegetables into their diets!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Since I&#8217;ve had my baby, I continue to drink this smoothie frequently, and my children and I enjoy it together!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prep time:<\/strong> 5 min <strong>Cook time:<\/strong> 3 min <strong>Ready in:<\/strong> 8 min <strong>Yields:<\/strong> 1<\/p>\n<h2>Ingredients<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>4 -6 c. raw spinach leaves<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 c.  milk<\/li>\n<li>1 cup  of frozen blueberries<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 c.  plain yogurt (I prefer Greek) (optional)<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp.  honey (optional)<\/li>\n<li>6 -10 baby carrots (optional)<\/li>\n<li>1 Tbsp.  ground flax seed (optional)<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp.  cinnamon (optional)<\/li>\n<li>1 Tbsp.  peanut butter (optional)<\/li>\n<li>3 Tbsp.  dry milk powder (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Instructions<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Combine all ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth.  (Tip: I have found it easier to start with 1 handful of spinach, turn the blender on, and then add the remaining spinach through the hole in the top as the blender is going.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 14, 2015 This is what I had for breakfast every.single.day for the last 4 months of my pregnancy&#8230;and it&#8217;s what my 1 year old and 3 year old begged to have for breakfast each morning as well! When I was pregnant with my 6th child, I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. My ob insisted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1426\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shannon.wasmer.app\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}