Hormone Balancing Smoothie

Feeling your hormones going a bit haywire? Try blending up this smoothie which contains hormone regulating ingredients like raspberries, red grapes and goji berries!

30 g about a quarter small beetroot
30 g about a quarter avocado, pitted and peeled
20 g (1-2 florets) broccoli
⅓ cup frozen or fresh raspberries
10 seedless red grapes
2 tablespoons natural unsweetened yoghurt
1 tablespoon goji berries
1 teaspoon maca powder
1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil (or you can use coconut oil)
½ teaspoon savoury yeast flakes (nutritional yeast)
1½ cup (12 fl.oz) almond milk ((or you can use filtered water or coconut water))
Optional: Up to 1 tablespoon runny honey (to sweeten)

Blend all ingredients up in your Omniblend. Enjoy!

Recipe sourced from https://thekiwicook.com/2016/04/10/hormone-harmonizer-smoothie/

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