Green Smoothie

I honestly have no idea what to title this recipe. I've thought about it and now it's become too late for me to care so "Green Smoothie" it is, until I can think of something better.

Anyway, I needed to make some sort of green smoothie a few days ago and I had a ton of fruits and veggies to use up. Picking which ones to use was the hardest part (I have difficulty making decisions about things that don't actually matter).

I chose to go all out, which I never do when making green smoothies cause the first few times I didn't go by a recipe, they were awful. I wish I was being dramatic. I almost threw a few of them up. Luckily, this one turned out ten times better than I could have even hoped for.

First up, a golden delicious apple.

Next, grab an orange

And then grow a pear, or just buy one.

Next, one stalk of celery

How about a carrot?

Throw all of it in the blender (leave in the seeds and core of the apple and pear if you have a great blender. 75% of the nutrition of an apple is found in the seeds.)

Blend that sucker up. It should look like this:

Now take two cups of spinach (one cup is usually a good sized handful) and throw that in the blender.

Along with a cup of frozen green grapes

1/2 tbsp chia seeds

1/2 tbsp flax seed

1 cup of ice

And blend the added ingredients into the first mixture.

Now you're done. It makes a ton and has a great, well-rounded green smoothie flavor. It's not overly sweet, tart or vegetable-y. It's literally my favorite one now. I hope you like it!

Thanks for reading.

Starting Over

I've been thinking that someday I'd start revamping the site and give it a whole new purpose. Today is that day. Life has changed and I've started eating raw for more than just weight loss. My health had started going down and I was feeling it. I didn't know I was feeling it until after I started eating healthy again and realized how amazing I felt because of the change and how crappy I felt when I ate bad.

There are literally about a 50 things contributing to me making the switch, which I won't go into because you'd fall asleep, but I'm excited about it. In preparation for it, I got a Blendtec and am trying to get a dehydrator. I've been going through a trial and error phase with green smoothies and I've found some great recipes, but I've also found some pretty awful ones.

I'm going to leave you with one that I really loved, even though, I'd kind of love to play a prank on you but you'd probably never try a recipe I post here again. It's an Apple Pie Green Smoothie and I tweaked the original recipe a bit. I was happy with the outcome. It's delicious for being so healthy. Here's my version

Apple Pie Green Smoothie

2 c. Ice

1-2 c. raw baby spinach

2 medium apples

1 1/2 c. almond milk

1 1/2 tbsp combination of honey and agave

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp vanilla

1 tbsp chia seeds

1 tsp lemon juice

2 cabbage leaves

Mix everything in the blender until smooth.

I hope you like it. It's one of my favorites, dessert-wise. Thanks for reading.

Andrew