Green Smoothie with Coconut Water

Sometimes I just feel hungry when I know I shouldn't be, like an hour after I eat lunch. I'm really probably just dehydrated or maybe I just didn't get enough nutrients last time I ate. It's times like these that I make myself a delicious green smoothie. Here is what I've concocted today and it's fantastic:

I use a Vitamix. Put all the ingredients in Vitamix (or other blender) in this order:

• 1 1/2 cups of coconut water (I use Zico in the big container from Trader Joes) This has 1500% daily allowance of vitamin C and so sure to perk you right up. Also it contains dairy-free probiotics which should stop the rumble in your tummy
• 1 scoop Trader Joe's Super Green Drink Powder berry flavor dietary supplement
• 1/2 frozen ripe banana
• 1 scoop frozen blueberries (I keep a gallon size ziploc in the freezer with a little scoop in it - very convenient)
• squeeze a little (about 1 tbsp) high lignans flax seed oil (I like Vitamin Shoppe brand) It's an excellent plant source of Omega-3. Don't add this in the beginning or you'll have an oily Vitamix which is harder to clean
• 1/2 cup of ice (always add last)
• Start on low speed for a few seconds and then quickly switch to high speed
• If needed to smooth out the ingredients so it blends better, add 1/2 cup to 1 cup water until the blades catch all the green smoothie stuff and can move everything around smoothly

Now pour your delicious green smoothy into a tall glass and use a straw (it's more fun!)
This combination of nutrients should keep you satisfied until next mealtime. Also, this is a good post-workout rehydrator. And it makes you feel so good about yourself in a way an ice-cream milkshake never can.