Thursday, March 5, 2015
How My Morning Smoothie Became A Chemistry Experiment
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Summer Smoothies
Now that its warm, I generally start every morning with a raw smoothie. I rarely use a recipe and quite often they become a chemistry experiment. Yesterdays chemistry experiment was awful and todays was wonderful. But its always fun to see what happens. I encourage you to do the same.
This morning I started out with kale. Besides it being a superfood, its volume in my garden is only surpassed by zucchini. So we eat some kale at just about every meal.
Next I added a heaping tablespoon of chia seeds that I soaked in Tempts new Coconut Hempmilk. (A yummy new product .) This made it thick and full of omega-3.
A few stalks of celery made it in there so that I didnt feel too guilty about using so much fruit.
I sliced up a big pear because they have tons of fiber (6 grams per medium pear.)
And then there was that peach that needed to be eaten. A bit too ripe to bite into but still yummy enough for a smoothie.
Of course what would a smoothie be without frozen blueberries. Their colorful anthocyanins make the smoothie a more pleasant color. Id much rather sip a thick purple drink than one that looks like it was scooped out of a pond.
I added a few figs that I froze from my neighbors crop from last year because this years crop is already coming in and I need to finish them up. Oh yes, I had to use that ripe banana.
I finally stopped adding things because I ran out of room in the blender and there was only two of us here to drink it. I put in a few cups of cold water and blended until smooth and creamy.
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| I finally ran out of room! |
So you can see where Im going with this. Smoothies are fun to experiment with. As long as you start with fresh or frozen organic fruit and veggies, you cant really go wrong. And if you do, try something else tomorrow!
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