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NutriBullet: The solution to my breakfast problem

11 May 2015

Breakfast has long been a challenge for me. Once I leave the house in the morning, I’m often with a client for four hours or more. It’s important that I don’t get hungry; I don’t think well when I’m hungry. So I need breakfast that sticks to my ribs.

I’m often running late in the morning. Despite getting up early, I try to cram a whole lot in (like blogging) before leaving the house. And, as I’ve admitted here, I tend to be punctuality challenged. So cooking a hearty breakfast usually doesn’t happen.

Enter NutriBullet. This small blender (or “nutrition extractor” as the company calls it) breaks down fruits and vegetables into a highly palatable and drinkable smoothie. And it’s really convenient, because you make the smoothie right in the cup you’ll drink it out of.

I don’t love green vegetables, but I know they’re important for me to eat. When I visited my friend Shannon Wilkinson last month, she served me fruit-and-veggie smoothies and I discovered that if the balance is right, I don’t even taste the vegetables.

Here’s a picture of the pre-blended smoothies Shannon made us.

I bought my NutriBullet at Costco for about $70 on April 22. Since then, every day but one (my husband’s birthday), I’ve had a smoothie for breakfast. The NutriBullet came with recipes and guidance on ingredients. Mine typically have greens, berries (either frozen or fresh), a banana, yogurt, chia seeds (for protein and essential fatty acids), and water or sometimes coconut water. I take my vitamins while drinking it and I’m not hungry for about four hours.

Here are some of the ways NutriBullet has revolutionized breakfast for me:

• The smoothies are delicious.
• The smoothies are nutritious.
• Breakfast is quick! Making a smoothie takes less than five minutes start to finish.
• Clean up is really easy.
• I can puree any extra greens and freeze them in an ice cube tray so I don’t have to have fresh greens on hand (thank you of that tip, Shannon).
• It’s easy to keep frozen fruit in the freezer too.
• If I’m running really late, I can take my smoothie to go (my system came with different tops for the cups, including one that has a flip top).

Honestly, this is one of the best purchases I’ve made in a long time. It’s solved my long-standing breakfast problem in a healthy way. Score!

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