Sunday, February 19, 2012

Smoothie of the Day

These are the ingredients I put in my smoothie today.  For 3 servings, I used 3cups of spinach, 1/4 of that bag of carrots, 1/3 cup of plain Greek yogurt, 2 Tbsp ground flax seed, 1 kiwi, 2 bananas,1 avocado, 1/2 and orange and about 5 frozen peach slices. All was organic except the yogurt.

 I peeled and pitted what I needed to and put it all in my food processor (which I use as a blender because it's awesome).
 Started up the blending and realized I needed a bit more liquid...
 So I added about 1/2 cup of Northland cranberry raspberry juice and a bunch of ice cubes. This is a common juice in my house because we've cut out apple and grape (due to arsenic levels) and this one is my husband's favorite.

We always only buy 100% juice, no sugar added.

 The flavor of this smoothie wasn't one of my best but far better than my worst, haha.

If I were to change anything in this one, I would have used organic vanilla yogurt and maybe waited until my bananas were a bit more ripe. I would also have like it a bit colder, so next time i'll use more ice.

Other than that, It was very nutritious and my husband and I both drank a whole glass. And my toddler, as always, was asking for more.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Krystal,
    I'm looking for your "smoovie(?)" blog w/the delicious smoovie that you made for us last saturday. I don't see it. I may be a blind rat. Long day.

    Anyway... I thought you said the ingredients are: kale, spinach, blueberries and hemp seeds on top.

    I bought this food processor today http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/zbrandskiosk/kitchen/foodnetwork_new/electrics/PRD~522680/Food+Network+3Cup+Mini+Food+Processor+and+Chopper.jsp

    and I should have read the instructions. First of all, when I figured out how to open Whole Foods kale (couldn't find that power mix), it snapped open and half of it landed on the floor. haha. YAY! O! Yogurt is in it too, correct? I added that. I know I didn't use this machine properly, however... I got it to work. BUT, my smoovie came out tasting like a lettuce drink that tasted nothing like yours. Any tips? =D xoStacie

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