Rise and Shine Citrus Smoothie
With the chaos that is most mornings in our house, ‘family breakfast’ is a time when just the kids are seen eating while I sip coffee and gather lunches, agendas and lists to start the day. I admit to having a terrible habit of skipping breakfast, with the exception of our traditional weekend brunch when we all sit together and have a great meal. Inarguably so, this time is precious.
As a sponsor of Breakfast Clubs of Canada, Minute Maid polled Canadians on the factors that get in the way of them enjoying their breakfast together. Turns out our family story is the same as many families living in Alberta, as you’ll see in the following slideshow. I had no idea that breakfast habits are so similar from region to region!
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Yet, common facts from families all across Canada, nationwide?
- Solo eaters: Eight in ten Canadian families don’t sit down for breakfast together
- Do as I say, not as I do: While most Canadian parents would feel worried (41%), guilty (27%) or disappointed (31%) if their children went a day without breakfast, 14% of parents still skip breakfast themselves
- Timing the challenge: Two in five Canadian parents say their biggest breakfast challenge is lack of time to prepare; a third say it’s a lack of time to eat in the morning at all.
- On the clock: About half of Canadian families spend less than 10 minutes preparing breakfast and more than half spend less than 15 minutes eating it
- Breakfast balancing basics: Nineteen out of twenty Canadian parents feel it is important that their family eat a well-balanced breakfast; 94% are confident they understand what a well-balanced breakfast is
To help change some habits and bring breakfast back to homes across Canada, Minute Maid has partnered with Canadian Living to develop some delicious recipes to help ease the strain on mornings.
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I was so curious to check out these recipes, since Minute Maid Orange Juice is ALWAYS seen at our brunch table. Yet honestly, I never thought to cook with it, and I enjoy finding new recipes to add to my favorites list!
The Double Orange Muffins is on my must-make list for the weekend, yet the girls wouldn’t let me wait until then to try the Rise and Shine Citrus Smoothie.
My girls adore their smoothies, yet we’ve been somewhat in a rut lately, always making the same recipe. Not any more!
Not only did we make this recipe together {me operating the blender while they gathered and poured in the ingredients}, yet we drank it together too. Delicious!
Here’s the recipe:
Rise and Shine Citrus Smoothie
Ingredients
- 2 cups frozen blueberries
- 2 cups honey-flavoured Greek yogurt
- 1 cup Minute Maid Chilled Orange Juice
- 1/4 cup Minute Maid Frozen Grapefruit Concentrate
- 1/4 cup oat bran
- 2 tbsp liquid honey
- 2 tbsp chia seeds (optional)
- 1 tbsp ground flaxseed
- 2 cups ice cubes
Instructions
- In blender, combine blueberries, yogurt, orange juice, grapefruit concentrate, oat bran, honey, chia seeds (if using) and flaxseed
- mix on medium speed until combined.
- Add ice cubes; pulse until ice cubes begin to break down; puree until completely incorporated.
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i absolutely love smoothies especially in the summer with fresh berries on a hot day. I didn’t know so many people skipped breakfast!
I am really wanting to get into making smoothies, I pinned this!
I eat a green smoothie every morning and I’m most definitely in a smoothie rut. Maybe I’l try to add some flax in this morning!
I love smoothies. This is a fast way to get all the nutrients you need. If this one tastes as good as it looks, it must be really good. Wow, double orange muffins, they sound soooo good!
looks yummy, not sure about the seeds, but may try it
This sounds yummy and would give you lots of energy to start your day off right!
smoothies for breakfast are my favorite!
I love smoothies, but my sound sensitive little guy forces me to take my magic bullet into the bathroom to blend. Not so convenient. Sounds delicious though!
yummy…I doubt the little would drink this(hates OJ) but I’m totally guilty of skipping breakfast most days.
The recipe looks delish! Will definitely try that 😀
When I clicked on this, I was surprised it wasn’t orange or yellow! 😛 It looks delicious. Blueberries and OJ isn’t a flavour combination that I’d think up myself, and yet this looks awesome. Definitely going to be checking it out.
OMG I was just searching for smoothie recipes!! Going to try this, thanks!
looks really good I just got a new blender and have been looking for healthy smoothie recipes bookmarked it
It would be much better if you used fresh blueberries, not frozen. And I prefer it without honey — I’m really not fond of sugar in any of its forms and find almost everything too sweet for my taste.
That looks really good. I like making “smoothies” (really more like milkshakes) out of frozen bananas, dark chocolate peanut butter, and milk. Whenever I make these, the kids beg for more despite the fact that they are pretty healthy.