Have you seen these!?
Green Smoothies.
Despite the split pea soup look of the things, they taste rather amazing!
I don't usually follow a recipe when making green smoothies. That's one of the beauties of this concoction! For this batch I added such things as mango, peaches, agave, and honey...
So what makes it green?!
Now follow me on this for a minute and don't get scared... The secret ingredient is
Raw baby spinach!
What an awesome way to get kids to eat gobs of healthy spinach and get a good dose of fruit too!
So heres what I did:
Ingredients:
2 bananas
2 slices of mango flesh
1 can of peaches (yeah, i used the can for this one.. :(
a squeeze or two of honey (or dollop)
and a couple handfuls of raw baby spinach leaves
Add all your wonderful healthy goodies into the blender and push the magic button.
Voila!
Here is a link to the blender that I like to use for my smoothie making needs
Super simple and super easy!
Smotthies are great for:
breakfast,
lunch,
picnics,
after school snack,
eating for beauty/health,
even dessert
I've been seeing different variations on this household favorite.
I found a list of 12 variations here at GreenDivaMom
and a few more here at Raw Family
And a great page with video for tips and tricks as well as more recipes.. here
And they would even be a monstrously wonderful drink for a child's birthday party or Halloween gathering! Can't you just see all the gummie worms trying to escape the creepy green witches brew?! Well, its a thought.
Have a wonderful March! A wonderfully Green March!
Tomorrow: The Green Potato Garden.. That's actually purple.. :/
