My morning meals have been mostly smoothies for the last couple of weeks – most likely because I have stepped up my fitness quite a bit as I am training for a summer duathlon (run – bike – run). I love a tall, liquid breakfast after a workout. Yesterday was a rest day from exercise; I wanted all the powerful nutrition of a smoothie but was most definitely craving a new texture.

I grabbed my usual smoothie ingredients (frozen fruit/ice, something green, plant-based milk, flax or chia seeds and a date or other natural sweetener). I simply altered the amounts of each ingredient and suddenly I was eating a beautiful bowl of green ice cream. Same great ingredients – completely different mouthfeel experience.