1 cup 100% fruit juice
2 cups fresh spinach
6 tbsp. ground flax seed meal
1 cup chopped carrots
1 cup raspberries
1 cup blueberries
1 cup blackberries
1 whole mango (remove skin and stone)
1 cup low-fat vanilla or plain yogurt

In a standard sized (must hold at least 6 cups) blender add juice, spinach and flax meal and blend until liquefied. Then add the carrots and blend. Next add 3 cups of berries and blend, then the mango and blend, then the yogurt and blend, and you're all done!

It makes about 6 cups when all is said and done and it's a pretty purple color :) It's recommended that the average adult have 2 tablespoons of flax seed meal daily* so this recipe is designed to be 3 servings.

Variation: To lower the calorie content to have a healthy snack eliminate the flax seed meal and cut the yogurt in half, or omit it all together.

Note: Flax seed meal is very high in fiber so if you don't regularly eat a lot of fiber try starting with 1 tablespoon daily until your body is adjusted.

Makes 3 servings.

Submitted by: Jackie G.