Maximiliane Smith

Creating a healthy and purpose-driven life.

Snickerdoodle Smoothie

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I know you’re thinking how could this be? But I swear this tastes like Snickerdoodle in a cup. I don’t know how it’s possible, but it’s clearly a sign that life is all good. Whenever I have a craving for something sweet, which is pretty much always, I tend to deviate to making this smoothie. It’s perfect. Sweet, cinnamon-y, creamy, yet surprisingly healthy for you! It’s also customisable to a certain extent, with the option of what nut butter or seed butter you want to use, or if you want to add a subtle almond flavour as well.

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Power Oatmeal

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As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I’m a girl of simplicity. Don’t give me diamonds, but give me books or a hug. I have no need for a cordon bleu (though I would certainly appreciate the luxury of it), I’m very much satisfied with a bowl of oatmeal. For a while I went grain-free, but I’m really trying to heal my gut and part of that is looking at the fodmap diet. According to the fodmap diet, oats would be okay. I’m still doing dairy-free and gluten-free, and plan on keeping those intolerances at a minimum, but I might try whey protein powder for a while to see how it goes! Part of me is scared about how my body will react, but the other part of me is excited. I’ve lived for a while now with so many dietary restrictions, that it was making things like eating out more difficult than necessary. Don’t even get me started on traveling!

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Traveling Healthy

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Traveling Healthy can be a complete and utter disaster challenge! There are so many enticing fast food signs and restaurants offered on the way to your final destination, that it’s almost laughable to try to eat healthy! But what if you’re traveling to Florida, state of sunshine, palm trees and beaches? You most certainly don’t want to get there all bloated, uncomfortable, with the clothes too tight! I find weight gain not as disastrous, as I do find the discomfort of it. I’m not saying you can’t wear a bikini (because heck you’re fabulous just the way you are), but I know I don’t feel like hitting the beach after eating a large order of fries, a large coke and a double hamburger. Fast food makes my brain foggy, my stomach bloat (sorry for the tmi) and my energy significantly decrease. Similarly, I don’t want to go on vacation and return home not feeling as good as when I had left.

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Vanilla Cranberry Protein Balls

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With the holiday season over, I’m still craving sweets but at the same time want to slim down again. (Let’s not even talk about the 5 lbs. I’ve gained over Christmas time!) Protein balls aka energy bites are a wonderful way to fulfill the sweet cravings, as well as fill up relatively quickly in a healthy manner.

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Happy (belated) Thanksgiving! And a grain-free scone recipe

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I could not live without sweets. In fact, I plan to open a healthy cafe full of allergen-free treats and smoothies! For me it’s an adventure coming up with dairy-free, gluten-free, grain-free and often refined-sugar free versions of regular desserts. Vegan is infinitely harder when added to the mix, but completely doable!

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Chocolate Milkshake Recipe

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Love, love, love going to smoothie bars! In fact after hitting a salad bar on my bday, I went straight to a smoothie bar a few blocks away. And there I got my usual: a dreamy creamy full of chocolate-y goodness banana smoothie! It tasted so good in fact that it was gone in less than 5 minutes! Because I’m a huge smoothie lover and because I’m wayyy too curious for my own good (got that from my mom), I was watching like a hawk at what they were putting in. While theirs was different in the sense of them using cashew milk and no protein powder, I found this tastes almost exactly the same!

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Pomegranate-Orange Smoothie

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I was walking through Fresh Market, one of our favorite grocery stores, looking for something to throw into one of my daily smoothies when I stumbled across the POM Pomegranate Juice. Knowing that the cold season was kicking in, and people around me have started sniffling, I thought it would be a good idea to add freshly juiced oranges for some Vitamin C and the pomegranate juice for some heart-healthy antioxidants. The result tasted better than I could’ve imagined!

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Spiced Latte Smoothie

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Who is ready for fall? I so am! Fall is my favorite season of the year. It’s the time of boots, scarves, slouchy sweaters, beanies, apple picking and pumpkin patches. The trees turn beautiful shades of orange, red, and yellow, and the sunshine turns a golden sheen. Gone is the sticky heat, replaced by a slight cool breeze. Needless to say, I LOVE FALL!

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How to Naturally Help Common Health Ailments with Shaklee

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(Warning: This is a bit of a longer post, but there’s a lot of helpful information here!)

 

I have struggled with a ton of different issues or ailments throughout high school in particular: acne, digestion issues, frizzy hair, nails that broke quickly, immunity, etc. My last year of school I was sick 30 days out of the school year. At five school days a week, that makes more than a month! One of my teachers actually told me on graduation day that he was surprised that I passed my exams and graduated. Let me tell you, that was quite a shock! He then backtracked and told me that due to me being sick so often, he didn’t think I could catch up on all of the school work, and it certainly was hard! I wasn’t caught up on the material, and therefore my grades weren’t the greatest. (The testing anxiety and perfectionism didn’t help much there either.)

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