We love green smoothies and they are so easy to make.  Even if you’re not committed to a raw-food diet, green smoothies are a great addition to any
daily menu.  They are quick and portable, the fruit provides vitamins and carbohydrates, for energy, and the greens provide easily absorbed, much needed minerals.  I always use organic ingredients to make sure I’m getting as much nutrition as possible.

 

I usually make a big smoothie in the morning, eat or drink half for breakfast
and have the other half later on in the day.  The following is a basic recipe
to get you started, but really the possibilities are endless.

 

Yvonne’s Classic Green Smoothie

 

Ingredients:  3 – 4 bananas

                          2 sticks of celery

                          2 handfuls of spinach, spring mix or romaine leaves

                          1 cup blueberries or strawberries

                          water, optional

  1 or 2 kale, mustard or dandelion greens, optional.  I include these

  greens when I have them on hand for the added minerals. 

 

Directions:            Blend all ingredients together in a good quality blender.  You can use a regular blender but with this way of eating, a powerful blender will make your life much easier.  For more information on the blender I use, please contact me.  

 

I add very little water, if any, so it’s really more like a pudding than a smoothie.  I then pour it over a cut up banana and top it with a couple of cut-up strawberries, a few blueberries and two or three tablespoons of a ground up mixture of flaxseed, sesame seeds and pumpkin seeds. This makes a very filling and satisfying meal.

 

To make the seed mixture, I grind up approximately ¼ cup of each in a coffee grinder and keep it in a jar in the freezer.  The reason I only grind up enough for two or three days is that I don’t want to take any chances that it becomes rancid before it gets eaten. 

 

That’s it, take a deep breath, give thanks and enjoy!