The BEST Green Juice recipe

Green juices have become increasingly popular over the past year, as people have started to realise that it is much easier to drink a salad than eat it! Personally, I have found that the recipes I’ve used in the past either taste TOO green (pure kale juice really isn’t my thing…) or involve too many ingredients and steps that make the whole process very time-consuming.

I’ve definitely been having too many ‘cheat’ days recently, (filled with a whole large dominos pizza, an Indian takeaway and plenty of chocolate), and therefore have been trying to drink plenty of smoothies to balance it out, because drinking a smoothie alongside a whole pizza makes it healthy, right?? I began experimenting with some greens I found in the fridge and in the process I believe I have made the BEST green smoothie ever (… or at least out of the ones I’ve tried!).

The recipe is super simple and consists of only a handful of baby spinach, a handful of kale, a pear, a couple of tablespoons of chopped pineapple and a slice of lemon (make sure you cut off the skin and pith)! Unlike many other recipes that involve needing a juicer, which are super expensive and a pain to wash, this juice (or smoothie?) can be made in a simple blender! The one I use is super inexpensive and can be bought here. Just simply throw all of the ingredients into the blender with some ice cubes and water and blend until smooth!

The benefits of the ingredients in this juice are endless; kale and spinach are both absolutely packed with nutrients, pineapple and pears are a rich source of antioxidants (and add a sweetness, which is definitely necessary!) and the lemon helps boost the immune system, as well as adding a great flavour!

I really hope you enjoyed this post and if you try out this recipe, please let me know what you think either in a comment down below or tweet it to me! Thanks for reading!

Poppy x

New year, new me?

As my first ever blog post, and as it is the beginning of 2015, I thought I’d write about a few of my new years resolutions for this year!  

Just like every other person who makes new years resolutions, this year my primary goal is to live a healthier lifestyle! Currently 50% of my diet consists of cheese, and although I’d love to say that’s an exaggeration, I pretty much can (and will) put cheese on just about everything… So along with a few other diet changes, I mainly want to reduce the amount of cheese I eat, which I know sounds kind of stupid but I’m really hoping it’ll help my overall health! I also want to drink more water as currently I often can go an entire day without drinking any liquid whatsoever. So far this week I’ve been drinking much more water and I can already see a difference in my skin, which is encouraging!

My next resolution is another common one but it is to procrastinate less! I feel like this is really important this year for me as not only will I be doing my A-level exams in June but I also will be starting university in September! At the moment I spend all of my free time watching YouTube videos and pretty much nothing else so I want to start to be more productive whether that be doing more school work at home or just posting consistently on here!

Finally, my last resolution is to get a job! This coming summer, me and 6 friends are planning a month InterRailing trip throughout Europe and I really want to (and need to!) save some money for it. Also on top of this I’ll obviously be starting university after the summer and I think saving up as much money as I can will be really useful!

Thanks for reading my first ever blog post! If you want to know a little more about me feel free to read that here and if you have any suggestions for future blog posts please leave them in a comment down below!

Poppy x