Eating for More Energy with Culinary Nutritionist, Michelle Fox
Get Your Morning Boost!

Thursday, April 1, 2021
6:30 - 7:30 p.m.

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Happy April Fools’ Day! Join AARP Colorado Thursday, April 1, 2021, 6:30 p.m., for Eating for More Energy, with culinary nutritionist, Michelle Fox, a hands-on cooking webinar. Shop for the ingredients and then join us, ready to blend and bake with Michelle. This month we will be making breakfast for dinner and that’s no joke! Learn the power of liquid nutrition to sustain energy throughout the day. We will be making an elixir, a smoothie and what could be the most delicious blueberry muffins you’ve ever tasted.

Ingredients needed:

For the Elixir:

1 tsp cacao powder

1 tsp Maca powder

1 tsp hemp seeds

Dash of cinnamon

2 Tbsp ghee 

1 Cup boiling water

2 dates

For the Smoothie:

1 Cup almond milk (or alternative milk)

1/2 Cup filtered water

1 date

Handful of greens (spinach, chard, kale)

1 Tbsp unsalted pumpkin seeds

1 Tbsp coconut oil

1 scoop chocolate protein powder (Vega is my fave)

1 scoop collagen, 10 g (Great Lakes is my fave)

1 tsp Maca powder

For the Muffins:

1/4 Cup almond flour

1 1/2 Cup gluten-free All-Purpose flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp sea salt

1 Tbsp ground Chia

2/3 Cup maple syrup

1/2 Cup applesauce

1/3 Cup filtered water

1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/4 Cup coconut oil

2 Cups blueberries, fresh or frozen

Parchment muffin liners