One healthy habit that our family has that I love, and that has become a regular institution in our house, is the morning fruit shake. It is not uncommon to wake up to chants of “Shake, shake, shake!” which is annoying, but at least they are not chanting for Cap’n Crunch. I pull myself out of bed and head for the blender for the morning wake up food.
The base of the thing is frozen bananas, though non frozen bananas work OK as well. Then I throw in some orange or pineapple juice (half a can of the regular frozen kind). Frozen fruit of some variety comes next (you can get all kinds of great frozen fruit for a great price, often organic, at Costco–or buy the fresh stuff and freeze it). A little soy milk, some stevia or honey, some water and sometimes ice and you are ready to go. That is except if you want “power ups”. I sometimes put a little flax oil, or sometimes a herbal health food powder. You can put all sorts of good stuff in there, depending on what you like and what works for you (and what you want to get your kids to eat). Sometimes I dump a little chlorophyll in there for a little green power. Blend to perfection ( a vitamix helps)
What a great way to start the day!