Green Smoothies for Spring Cleaning
What I love about smoothies is the fact that you can toss almost any combination of fruit and greens in a blender and it’s bound to be tasty. Well, except for the one time I decided to get crazy and add half a head of romaine lettuce in there. My kids were not thrilled. But, speaking of my kids, they love this one….green and all. They prefer a little more of the coconut oil and honey. I prefer a little less. And as a bonus, this smoothie is naturally gluten and dairy free. Cheers!
1 cup orange juice
1 ripe banana
1/2 Granny Smith green apple, sliced
a generous handful of baby spinach leaves
1/2 – 1 tbsp coconut oil
1/2 – 1 tbsp honey (I use Hanna’s Honey Lavender Blossom)
1 1/2 cups diced frozen mango
1 cup ice
Put the orange juice, banana, apple, spinach, coconut oil, honey and frozen mango in your blender. Blend until smooth.
Add ice.
Once again, blend until smooth.
Pour in a glass. Slap in a straw. Enjoy.
YIELD: 4 small glasses or 2 big ones
My Restriction: Fries only once a week.
My Reality: “Saturday counts as LAST week. Today is Friday, and that is THIS week.”
Restriction: I won’t BUY candy.
Reality: I will eat all of the candy sitting in front of me, bought by others.
Restriction: Ice Cream only in the Summer.
Reality: “Many people consider February to be Summer.”
Finally: Add a scoop of Whey (isolate, not concentrate) to your smoothie recipe for full protein experience. Or a whole egg if you’re not you.
xo
Joey, smoothie SKillorzz
Oh, JME, the games we play.
Carrie, I know this sounds bat-*-crazy, but sometimes I just imaaaaagine in great detail how something tastes. I take the same time as it would to eat it (so, 3.5 seconds for 4 oz. of dark chocolate!) and just remember and feel what that experience is like. That usually takes care of the craving.
And of course sometimes I just go ahead and eat whatever it is I’m craving, because that’s okay, too.
Love the visualization idea. Seriously. Thank you for sharing, my friend!
Wow, just looked at the purple smoothie recipe on 1859. I’m trying that tomorrow!
Let me know what you think. My kids drank it for years before they realized it had spinach in it. And now that they know, they still happily drink it.
I love the green smoothie recipe Carrie. I think I’ll see if Dad likes it. 🙂
Carrie…you’re spot on to post on smoothies…they’re the ‘it’ drink for those in the know and so healthy…I broke down and bought a ‘Nutri-Bullet’ to blend mine and I just love it. And glad your son is on the mend! ;)))