Choose hope

I’m excited to share this recipe with you because this has been my favourite smoothie for many years. When swallowing was challenging in the winter of 2020-21, I was not even able to swallow this smoothie. I did some tests, then some exercises given by Emilie (pictured below), a lovely Speech-Language Pathologist. (Those who are interested can read more here: https://throughthevalley.ca/2021/01/20/health-and-advocacy-update/.) Swallowing improved and has been good ever since. For some time I’ve been able to eat just about everything. I still really enjoy this smoothie and want to share the recipe with you. Thankful!

We can go through times when it’s hard and we can start imagining that things will only get worse, but that’s not necessarily true. We can ask for help. Things can turn around. We can choose hope and hold onto hope!

Jill’s Hope Mango Smoothie Recipe

• Approximately 1/4-1/3 cup of mango
• 3-4 celery stalks, chopped
• 1 Tablespoon peanut butter
• 1 scoop plain protein powder (unsweetened, unflavoured)
• Milk to fill it to the max level

Blend it all together and enjoy!

Keep holding onto hope!

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