PEAR SMOOTHIE

For those who are not super comfortable in the kitchen, smoothies are a simple culinary endeavor, this one being no exception.

I like to drink smoothies year round, but switch up the ingredients I use depending on the season. The warming spices in this pear smoothie make it perfectly appropriate for a winter morning.

Makes about 2 1/2 cups

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YOU WILL NEED

• 1 cup non dairy drinkable yogurt, kefir or milk

• 1 cup ice or ¾ cup filtered water 

• 1 pear

• 3 dates, pitted, or 1/2 banana

• ¼ avocado

• 2 tablespoons almond butter or cashew butter

• ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract

• ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon

• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg, optional

• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves, optional

• ¼ teaspoon ground cardamom, optional

• ¼ teaspoon ground or fresh ginger, optional

• 2 tablespoons collagen peptide powder, optional

• 1 tablespoon manuka honey, optional

• 1 teaspoon Laird Superfood Performance Mushrooms, optional

• 1-2 scoops colostrum powder, optional

• Dash of fine sea salt

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TO MAKE

Place all of the ingredients in a high-powered blender and blend on high until the dates are fully processed and incorporated, about 2 minutes.

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