Hot Pink Smoothie

Thanks Kaila for this recipe!
I added a banana, flax seed, and about a 1/3 cup of oats - to sustain me a little longer.

1 ½ cups coconut liquid (best raw, or from a can, both can be found at Asian markets) - I didn't have this on hand so I used coconut dream

1 large carrot (or 5-6 baby carrots)

1/4 of a medium beet, raw, peeled

¼ cup cashews

4-5 dates

2 tsp. vanilla

12 frozen strawberries (I only had 7, so I added wild blueberries)

optional: 1-2 Tbsp. hemp protein or SunWarrior fermented brown-rice protein powder

optional: 2 Tbsp. kefir or yogurt

Puree all ingredients except strawberries and hemp protein in BlendTec for 90 seconds.

Add strawberries and puree on high until smooth. Add hemp protein for the last 5

seconds.

Notes:

Raw beets are an excellent blood purifier, coconut liquid is packed with minerals and

electrolytes. Makes one quart, a 450-calorie breakfast that has 4 servings of fruits

and vegetables, 15 percent plant protein, and good fats in the cashews.