Is it obvious how much I love smoothies? I think I have one for breakfast at least 3 times a week. They can be so delicious and full of healthy ingredients all at the same time. Our farm share began this week, so on Tuesday I came home with strawberries, kale, radishes, turnips, spinach, lettuce, and arugula – it’s mostly “rabbit food” as they say, for the first couple of weeks. Now technically, I have never made a green smoothie – as in, the color of mine has never been green, but I have been putting a lot of green stuff in my smoothies this week!
It’s 9pm on a Friday night right now. Today we celebrated the last day of school by not doing any school, going to a local cafe for gluten free treats, and then visited a couple from church in the hospital who just had twins. I just got back from Kayla’s ballet dress rehearsal (3 hours long!), I’m working on a big gluten free cake project that’s due tomorrow (Can’t wait to share it here!), while listening to the “Tim McGraw” station on Pandora (had forgotten the joy I often find in country music!) Robert is in Vermont at a rehearsal & dinner for a wedding tomorrow, the kids just finished eating pizza and watching our weekly Friday night movie, and all just walked out the door to take care of Kory’s dog-sitting responsibilities in the neighborhood. Whew! It has been a full day…full week… But I still want to leave you with the ingredients to a great and “farm fresh” smoothie. Enjoy your weekend!
(measurements are approximate – and there’s lots of room for improvisation, obviously!)
1 cup strawberries
1 banana
1/2 cup plain yogurt
1/2 inch peeled ginger root
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup fresh kale
1/2 cup fresh spinach
2 Tbsp almond butter (I gotta have protein!)
Blend all in blender and enjoy. If you freeze the banana or strawberries ahead of time, it makes for a nice cold icy smoothie. The one I made today had nothing frozen in it, and it was not quite as nice as the cold ones that have frozen fruit included.
Mel, I think smoothies & country music are a great post combination! haha. I had a smoothie the other day consisting of: blueberries, vanilla yogurt, skim milk, pomegranate juice, almond butter, and honey. I've also made them with egg whites. Love yah, you inspiring blogger! ~Sarah
Thanks for the ideas, Melanie! I had forgotten about using ginger, and never thought about cinnamon. I've been using chard and parsley from my garden, though they're not too prolific yet, so I've been supplementing with dino kale from the store.