Happy New Year Everyone!  I hope the new year has good to you so far and that any resolutions you made are still going strong.  The first smoothie post of 2015 is also a shout-out to one of my favorite shows on the television – Key & Peele.  Over the holidays, I started binge watching it on Amazon Prime and I can’t remember the last time I laughed so hard at a sketch comedy show.  If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it.  That is unless you are averse to hilarious television.  This was the first time I “peared” kale and pears together for a smoothie (see what I did there), and I was very happy with the results.  Pears don’t get the same kind of smoothie love as bananas, berries or apples, but they should…because they’re awesome.  Enjoy the smoothie, then blast your core with quick, intense workout from YouTube boss Sean Vigue.

1 Cup Kale

1 Sliced Pear

1 Pitted Date

1 Handful Raw Cashews

1/4 Cup Steel Cut Organic Oats

1 Scoop Soy-Free Vegetable Protein

1 Cup Almond/Coconut Blend Milk

FOOD KEY

– Kale: vitamins, A, B6 &C, potassium, copper, folic acid, calcium, iron, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin and zinc (MEGA-STACKED!!)

– Pears: fiber, potassium and copper

– Dates: fiber, magnesium, potassium, and antioxidants

– Cashews: copper, phosphorous, manganese, magnesium, zinc and protein

– Oats: fiber and protein

10 Minute Rock Hard Core Workout

*BONUS CARDIO*

For a bonus cardio workout, I invite you to literally laugh your ass off to my personal favorite sketch from Key & Peele: