FEEL-GOOD FOOD: Love Potion Smoothie Recipe

A tried-and-true recipe for a REAP Mini Mart favorite

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I’ve always wanted to be a smoothie girlie. There’s something about having a smoothie every morning that just makes you feel like you have your shit together, even when you, um, to put it kindly, do not. Like the breakfast equivalent of color-coding your to-do list, or casually mentioning dividends in conversation.

The problem with my quest to become a smoothie queen was this: nailing smoothie ratios so that the end result is actually edible, as opposed to fruit and vegetable slop, is like doing a math equation. When you get it right, it’s perfect — but when you get it wrong (and, in the many attempts in my earlier years, I almost always got it wrong), it is absolutely wrong. I repeat: slop. Sludge. Sad, inedible smoothie disaster.

So, I gave up on my smoothie dreams — until we started research and development for REAP Mini Mart. This gave Zach and I a valid excuse to play around with smoothie ratios for hours on end, and finally get them juuuust right. And at age 30, I became a smoothie girlie. And sorry to tell you that, a few years later, I still don’t have my shit fully together (do we ever?), but, boy, does a morning smoothie make me feel like I’m on track.

My all-time favorite smoothie is our Berry Bliss from REAP Mini Mart, which gives adult AB + J vibes. This smoothie, called the Love Potion, is a close second, and the reason I’m sharing it now is because it’s a great smoothie for fall, with warming cinnamon and hearty oats weaved in.