Welcome to our blog where we'll be exploring a world of flavour combinations, discover the versatility of sea moss, and unlock a fun way to fuel your body with goodness. We'll provide a variety of smoothie recipes, from tropical delights to energising green blends, all featuring our amazing sea moss.
Today we'll be showing you how to make our Green Glow Up Sea Moss Smoothie.
Ingredients (Serves 2):
Watermelon - 500g
Large medjool dates x3 - (approx. 120g)
Lime juice - 30ml
Spirulina - 20g
Irish Sea Moss Gel - 40g
Water - 120ml
Instructions:
Add ingredients to a blender and blend on high until consistency is smooth. You may need to pulse blend ingredients initially to ensure contents have been broken down accordingly.
Pro tip:
use cold water and make sure fruits and sea moss have been refrigerated prior to using so to ensure your smoothie is nice and cold at the end of blending process.
Typical nutritional value per serving:
Calories: 400.8kcal
Protein: 8.4g
Fats: 2g
Of which saturates: 0.3g
Carbohydrates: 89.8g
Of which sugars: 70.51g
Fiber: 7.4g
Salt: <0.3g
When it comes to nutrition, rather than looking at things in black and white it's important to get clarity on a spectrum of information supporting nutrition. Below are some important notes that you may want to consider.
Notes around protein:
When consuming foods, especially on a plant based diet it is important to get protein from a variety of foods as the amino acids (which are synthesised into protein) will vary depending on what foods you use. for instance, some plant based ingredients may lack in certain essential amino acids causing them to be classed as an incomplete protein. In this case, by using an ingredient such as spirulina which has all essential amino acids and actually has 57g protein per 100g you can be confident that you are getting a high quality source of protein in your diet.
Notes around glycemic index:
When deciding which foods to incorporate into your diet, it can be a great help to be aware of the glycemic index. Especially if you are somebody who has diabetes or insulin resistance.
The glycemic index is a system with numbers ranging from between 0-100 that measures how quickly sugar from food enters the bloodstream. the higher the number is, the greater the speed is at which sugar enters the bloodstream.
It is important to note that dates typically have low glycemic index and a medium glycemic load, because this recipe has a great amount of fibre from both dates and sea moss to aid in slowing digestion and absorption rate of nutrients this helps to stabilise blood sugar levels over time reducing the likelihood of an immediate spike.
In regards to watermelon, whilst they do have a high glycemic index (72) because of their rich water content they have a very low glycemic load of 5 which makes them suitable for use in most cases.
Please remember that recipes should only be used as a reference as each individual's preference can differ, we encourage you to adjust ingredients accordingly to make it to your liking. Nutrition is an important aspect of our lives but also maintaining a healthy relationship with our food choices is also important.
Health is wealth!
