Creamy Coconut Lime Mint Frozen Margarita

Creamy Coconut Lime Mint Frozen Margarita - A light and refreshing tropical escape - Made with healthy fats and protein - great as a blood sugar stabilizer. Mocktail version is great as a snack option! 

If you have been with me long enough, you know tequila-based cocktails are my favorite! Hello, chili lime mango smoothie, the perfect Paloma, and spicy watermelon margarita. But I think this one may be my new favorite! 

Why, do you ask? Maybe it’s because coconut is my favorite fruit. Or that the song, Coconut - Harry Nilsson showed me that limes and coconuts should be married. Or that this cocktail literally takes me on a virtual tropical vacation. 

And yes, those things are true, but what I love about this recipe is that it’s great as a mocktail. Very similar to the adrenal cocktail, if you add a scoop of collagen to the recipe, you will have an even ratio of fat to protein to carb, making this a great blood sugar stabilizer! 

Even if you are still enjoying this as a libation, coconuts have a stable, saturated fatty acid that helps to stabilize blood sugar levels as well as to decrease the rate of alcohol absorption. But that doesn’t mean you need to overconsume! 

Cocktails can be great if consumed in a balanced way so cheers and drink responsibly! 

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Creamy Coconut Lime Mint Frozen Margarita - A light and refreshing tropical escape - Made with healthy fats and protein - great as a blood sugar stabilizer. Mocktail version is great as a snack option! 

Ingredients

• ½ cup ice

• ½ cup coconut water

• ¼ cup coconut cream

• 3 oz tequila

• Juice of one lime

• A small handful of fresh mint

• 1-2 Tbsp sweetener (pure maple syrup, honey)

• Pinch of sea salt

• 1 scoop collagen (optional)

(makes 2 servings)

Directions

1. In a blender, blend all ingredients until smooth and creamy. Taste test -may need to add more lime juice, fresh mint, or sweetener for desired taste. 

2. Pour into a salted rim margarita glass and garnish with coconut flakes, lime wedge, and fresh mint. Enjoy responsibly!

Tropical Papaya Chia Pudding

Tropical Papaya Chia Pudding - A simple and nutritious breakfast escape! Meal prep, blood sugar stabilizer, and healthy fat friendly!

During the summertime, I want to eat all the tropical fruits - mango, dragon fruit, coconut, guava, pineapple, you name it!

But one of my favorite tropical fruits that I can’t seem to get enough of these days are papayas! Now, I have noticed that people don’t typically put papaya in their grocery cart. They either have no clue what to do with them or they don’t want to buy a large semi-expensive fruit and worry if they will like the taste or not. Well, I am here to give you the low down on this sweet tropical “nectar of the gods” fruit while providing my favorite go-to breakfast recipe!

Before I unpack the nutritional value, papaya - when eating ripe, is sweet and has a flavor comparable to a melon. If you pick unripe papaya, you may have little to no flavor at all. 

Tip: Papaya is fully ripe when it is bright yellow so look for papayas that are mostly yellow and a little green to fully ripen at home from the grocery store! Also look for firm, smooth skin, and heavy for their size. 

Now that you know how to pick ripe papayas, here are the nutrition facts:

• Immune system booster as it contains an absorbent amount of vitamin C.

• When eating a balanced amount, papaya has a hypoglycemic effect on the body which decreases blood glucose levels. 

• Plays a major role in fighting inflammation as it contains the enzyme, papain, which is a group of proteins that help regulate inflammation. 

• Bloating or constipation issues? The high fiber and water content help to improve digestion by reducing bloating and easing constipation while encouraging regular bowel activity. 

So now that we have established that papayas are pretty amazing, let’s dive into my go-to breakfast recipe - chia pudding! Even though we know that papaya is a fruit, it still contains an adequate amount of natural sugar. So to make sure we are balancing our blood sugar for the morning, we are pairing this fruit with protein and healthy fats that come from the chia pudding mixture. You can use any chia pudding recipe as the base for this recipe, but I like to #levelup with canned coconut milk, vanilla extract, and fresh ginger! The ginger is my favorite part if you like a more Thai inspired dish but if you don’t, that’s okay! Keep it simple with just vanilla extract. 

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Tropical Papaya Chia Pudding - A simple and nutritious breakfast escape! Meal prep, blood sugar stabilizer, and healthy fat friendly!

Ingredients

• 4 Tbsp chia seeds

• ½ cup of canned coconut milk

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 1 tsp freshly grated ginger (optional)

• ½ cup papayas (diced)

Garnish

Shredded coconut flakes, fresh lime, bee pollen, raspberries, honey

Directions 

1. Soak the chia seeds with minced ginger (optional), vanilla, and milk for at least an hour or overnight - stirring occasionally until a gel forms. You can make your chia seed pudding thicker or thinner by reducing/adding liquid. You can also use your favorite plant-based milk for this recipe as well! 

2. Pour the chia seed pudding into 2 serving glasses, top with diced papayas and top with the garnishes. 

3. Store in the fridge as a leftover, enjoy chilled or at room temperature. Great for breakfast, dessert, or a snack! 

Notes

• Don’t have papaya? That’s okay! Use whatever tropical fruit that pairs well with ginger like mangoes, pineapple, kiwi. This recipe is very versatile and any fruit/topping combination will work as long as you have the chia pudding ratio right! 

• Need more protein? Add a scoop of collagen peptides to the mixture and add ¼ cup more milk to the mixture. You can also drizzle nut butter over chia pudding when ready to eat.

Tidal Wave Smoothie

Tidal Wave Smoothie - A chocolate lovers dream inside a tropical paradise! - A beauty collagen and detox smoothie.

What better way to start the new year than with a refreshing chocolate and tropical inspired smoothie? If I am going to hit the reset button, I’m going to do it this way. There is no...other...way! 

But how about we take it up a notch? Not only are you going to feel like you are on vacation drinking this smoothie, you are going to look and feel pretty doing it. ;) Tropical notes that you will taste are from my favorite Vital Proteins Beauty Collagen line - Tropical Hibiscus. Organic fruit flavored powders of pineapple, oranges, and cranberry. Read more about the nutritional information here. 

What gives this smoothie that vibrant tropical color is Vital Proteins spirulina capsules. Spirulina is an amazing superfood sourced from blue-green algae. It’s a great source of vitamin A and K as well as other phytonutrients that help to aid in the body’s ability to naturally detoxify while boosting energy levels. Read more about the nutritional information here. And don’t worry, you will not taste the “algae” part!

So now that we know that this smoothie tastes like vacation in a glass, can make us look and feel beautiful, all while detoxing and giving us energy, you can see why this is the perfect smoothie to start the new year! Now, onto the recipe! 

This post was created for a Vital Proteins giveaway that will be featured on our Instagram page!  

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Ingredients 

• 1 frozen banana (large)

• 1 handful fresh organic spinach

• ½ cup mango (fresh or frozen)

• ½ cup plant based milk

• ⅓ cup coconut water

• 2 scoops Vital Proteins Tropical Hibiscus Beauty Collagen

• 1 scoop chocolate flavored plant based protein powder

• 3 capsules Vital Proteins Spirulina

• 1 Tbsp cacao powder

Directions 

1. Add all ingredients to a high powered blender and blend until smooth and creamy. Remember to break open the spirulina capsules before adding to blender. You just want the powder, discard capsules.

2. Makes two servings

Notes 

• If not using the specific spirulina brand, regular spirulina is fine; about 1-2 tsp. 

• If the banana and/or mango are not frozen, use ½ cup ice. 

• I like using this brand for plant based protein powder.