Today’s PLANT POWER topic is FRUIT!
This is another word that people seem to fear.
I am often asked if I eat fruit;
& the answer is, OF COURSE!
Fruits are loaded with vitamins, minerals, clean carbs,
& most are a significant source of FIBER!
Every day after school I eat some type of fruit for a snack.
Speaking of school, just wanted to share a pic from instagram last night;
Most of you know that I’ve been subbing at my old high school for PE!
One of my students commented on my @mizunorunning shoes
& said I had major "swag" !
Also reppin’ the @BN_SHAPE tank and my students loved it
and wanted to know how they could find them!
I told them how great it feels to BE IN SHAPE & live a healthy balanced life!
On the way out of Zumba every day, the door reads
"do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."
This is something I try to remind myself of daily-
do not let things that we have no control over interfere with something you can control & can succeed in!
It's up to you to make this choice;
Love the motivational quotes around the school!
Fact is; I'm a sweaty mess every day but I love it and this is #proof!
Be the change you wish you see in the world!
Anywayyyy, back to FRUIT
[Olive Oil & Balsamic Infused Strawberries]
I prefer to eat my fruit by itself for better absorption into the body!
As heather once told me, fruit is digested quickly,
so if you eat it in combo with protein (slower digesting)
sometimes that can cause digestion issues.
So now I’ve been eating it alone to really let my body do the work!
If I eat fruit first thing in the morning;
I will usually eat my breakfast about an hour or so later!
Whether it’s a beautiful fruit salad waiting for me in the fridge
thanks to the boyfriend
yeah yeah, I’m spoiled…sometimes 
Or some of my favorites are
FRESH FIGS & APPLES!
I love taking advantage of these fresh fruits while I can!
And yes, sometimes I double up my apples for a #powersnack!
Another way I love fruit is in a POWERSMOOTHIE!
Here’s a good one for ya
Banana Orange Spice POWERSmoothie
1 cup frozen spinach
1 cup coconut milk
1/2 cup water
1 TB Flax Meal
1 TB Maca powder (optional)
1 TB Spirulina Powder (optional)
1/2 banana (fresh or frozen)
generous amount of CINNAMON
1/4 tsp Orange Extract
1 scoop of MILA (ground chia seeds)
Blend & Enjoy!
Adjust your liquid levels accordingly!
Topped with the rest of the banana, goji berries, &
protein powder mixed with coconut milk to make a sauce!
Speaking of MILA,
I was able to try it out and I liked it!
It really helped the smoothie get thick
MILA is a great source of antioxidants, fiber, phytonutrients and protein,
calcium, vitamins, minerals, omega-3s, omega-6s, and potassium!
Marney, who works for MILA, is offering
1 free 16 oz bag to a lucky winner!!
To enter:
Leave a comment telling me your favorite FRUIT!
Also tweet/post
”I am entering to win the @MilaMarney #plantPOWER GIVEAWAY
via @POWERCAKES & @THELOVEOFKALE http://powercakes.net #FitFluential”
Also, if you are interested in ordering MILA, here is Marney’s contact info;
www.marneyrohda.fueledbymila.net and www.marneyrohda.lifemax.net
Or e-mail milamarney@gmail.com
Good luck & winners will be announced at the end of the month!! 
Thank you #PLANTPOWER Supporters!
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Favorite fruit is probably bananas or apples!
My favorite fruit are cherries and honeydew melon!
yummm
My favorite fruit are cantaloupe and this fruit from Bali, Indonesia called Salak (or Snakeskin Fruit). Look it up! It is sooooo good!
I love fruit. My favorite is persimmons. They are so good and unfortunately only available for a short time of the year and they are my easy to find. When I do find them though I make sure to go to town lol
My favorite fruit would be apples. I love to have them as a snack with some sort of nut butter. I especially love honey crisp apples!!
I cant’ pick just one! Pinapple, apples, grapes, cherries…. I can keep going.
My favorite fruit is fresh juicy blueberries! So yummy and full of antioxidants too!
My favorite fruit is mango!! and grapefruit! and pineapple, strawberries, blueberries, apples…I can’t pick just one!!!
I feel like picking my favorite fruit is like choosing a favorite child! Haha, but I would have to go with blueberries…or bananas….or apples…oh my
My favorite fruit varies daily….this morning it was bananas, clementines, and blueberries. Tomorrow who knows
I love all fruit!
My favorite fruit are oranges!
This is a hard one! I guess my favorite fruits are apples (especially pink lady, when they’re in season) and blueberries. Oh, and avocados!!!
There’s nothing like the first fresh apple of fall, brings back childhood memories. I am so glad I joined a CSA this year. I got a ton of apples and the most amazing fresh, organic fruit and veggies. My absolute favorite was the STRAWBERRIES! Not the giant mutants you see in the grocery store but the marble-sized ones that pack just as much if not more flavor.
My favorite fruit is the banana which I use every morning in my smoothie!
sooo hard to pick ,,,this time of year ,I love pomegranates! but I also love plums grapes , is strawberrys a fruit?
Apples and bananas!!
oh gosh my favorite fruit has to be watermelon. yum!
Blueberries and Bananas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Favorite fruit? Impossible to single out just one! I love to pick and eat.. strawberries and blackberries and blueberries and raspberries right off the vine are the BEST!.
But I love apples and bananas and figs and oranges… hmmmm… how could I evern have a favorite?
I also love MILA.
And I tweeted.
https://twitter.com/WeCanBegin2Feed/status/261848141136007168
It’s so hard to pick! How can you not love multiple kinds of fruit. I love watermelon, berries, pears, and grapefruit! If I were to pick one piece of fruit to be my favorite it would be a peach!
Hi Powercakes! This is my first ever comment to you though I’ve been following your blog FOREVER. You have inspired me to try Chia seeds, spirulina….all kinds of stuff and now, I religiously do the apple cider vinegar/lemon juice cleansing drink. I don’t tweet and just have an extremely old basic phone so to upload a picture would mean dragging out the camera. Talk about laborious. lol. Anyway, I’m one of those people who fears fruit. I say that, but I do eat apples and an occasional banana. Apples for sure being my favorite. I like them cooked or raw. They’re just so easy to grab and to chow down like a big dog. I would love to be chosen for the bag of Mila. Like I said, I have not entered any of your drawings because at almost 50 years old, I’m just entirely tooooo out of the loop with the fancy tech you young kids are using. haha.
Okey doke. Thank you for taking the time to do everything you do! Have a good day!
Hi Linda!! Thank you so much for this comment!! You totally just made my day!! <3 You are NOT out of the loop, thank you for your response! I hope you stop fearing the fruit because it’s so good for you!!
Love this smoothie recipe! My favorite fruit is definitely apples! I eat them all that time!
Fav fruit?!?! Def. bananas…love bananas! pineapples are a close second though!
seriously addicted to apples and banana’s. i know they are staples, but i love them. i love the honeycrisp that are in season right now! but really i am a fruit-a-holic. i guess if im gonna get my sugar might as well be from natural sources right?
I love strawberries!
My favorite fruit??? Hard decision, but i am going to go with raspberries!
Love all fruits and on a goal of staying local. So this week, we have apples, kiwi berries and grapes. And some pears and Asian pears.
It’s hard to pick my absolute favorite fruit, I really do love most fruits., but I would say my two favorites are mangos and pomegrantes
I love fruit! My favorite is an apple, especially during the fall.
My favorite fruit has to be pineapple. But I love pretty much all fruit — bananas, mangoes, apples, strawberries, blueberries… I really just love all of it. And I just made some of your mixed berry chia jam — it’s in the fridge now! Can’t wait to have some later.
I would love to try Mila! Narrowing my favorite fruit down is super hard…..I’m a fruit junkie. I have to put bananas at the top of the list because they are so versatile and there are so many ways to use them. I love baking with very ripe bananas to naturally sweeten the recipe.
Love, love, LOVE papaya!
Just ate figs this morning! Also had a banana in my green smoothie! Had a bite of my sons pears after their lunches! Couldn’t refuse! Oh, and aren’t tomatoes and avocado technically fruits??? I had some of both of those today too! I had a hard time turning up the package of figs at my health food store today (for tomorrow), but they are getting quite costly! I should try fruit on its own. I struggle with digestion problems from time to time. However, I also try to keep my blood sugar levels stable by pairing foods. But maybe, overall, separating the fruit out would be more beneficial for my body! Ill have to give it a try!
My current favorite fruit is avocado!!! So delicious &nutritious!!
I’m a bit obsessed with fruit
Faves are honeycrisp apples, grapefruit, holiday grapes, fresh figs & pears! I also love berries & honeydew… So many amazing options!
Cherries and figs! MMMM so good I could eat them all day.
Pears
My favorite fruit..that is a hard question..but I’m going to go with bananas..I’m even crazier for the mini bananas..also referred to as bananitos.
I enjoy juicy oranges full of vitamin C!
i will love bananas till the end of time, so convenient to bring on campus and quietly eat. or blueberries, can’t pick!
also tweeted!
https://twitter.com/rayceratops/status/261924797292883968
Way too hard to choose ONE fruit-but an apple is consumed every single day!
Omg! I love that quote. I need to write it out myself and post it on my mirror. Thanks for sharing it!!
You are always a source of amazing recipes AND inspiration! Fav fruit – OMG – so many – but love the blueberries & berries in general & apples & bananas and….
This is a hard one but probably apples or peaches would have to be my favorites;)
I love mangoes!
I love almost all fruits, but I do have an apple a day and usually a banana in my smoothie…so I would say those are my faves!
mangoes!
I LOVE fruit , but my favorite are apples, blueberries, strawberries, and bananas. I have an apple everyday and eat blueberries on top of my protein pancakes. I always use strawberries in my post workout shakes. Yum!
I tweeted
My favorite fruit is figs! I had never had fresh figs until recently after seeing all of your and PurelyTwins posts and now im obsessed!
I love allll fruit. I actually hate choosing favorites. BUT if I had to choose, I think I would say bananas. So simple and brushed over, but I could eat bananas all day every day. They go well with EVERYTHING! (I even love them in eggs!)
Love red raspberries fresh and sweet! Love to go raspberry picking too!
Tweeted! https://twitter.com/Serene_streams/status/262000507957161984
Thanks so much!
my most favourite fruit are berrie..luv fresh blueberries, raspberries and strawberries. And nothing beats a fresh peach.
FIGS!!!!!! I love figs!!!! They are so naturally sweet and to boot they have great health benefits
My favorite fruit is strawberries, although bananas are a close second!
One of my favorite fruits is pears. I’ve loved them since I was a little child.
Nothing beats pineapple when it’s served fresh and in season. But I do love fuji and honeycrisp apples in the fall.
My favorite fruit is raspberries!
Tweeted too!
My favorite fruit is watermelon!!!
I tweeted your giveaway @TheBroadbents
This time of year: Apples!!
My favorite Fruit is apples, blueberries and frozen grapes. Frozen grapes are my favorite go to treat!
i just clicked on the MILA link to read up on it – wow i did not realize mila was so different from chia! i have a lot of favorites fruits but i’ll go with apples! always crave them.
I will go with banana
Love love love mangos and papayas
I like them ALL!!! Bananas, apples, mangos, and strawberries are the ones I use most regularly
I love almost all of them but mangos are my obsession.
Bananas and oranges