Friday, June 18, 2010

Green Smoothies for Great Summer Dining

I am at work now and drinking the final sips of the first litre of a great smmothie I made this morning.

Started with Mint from th back decl planters( nice added taste)

1/4 Cup Mint ( pepper,spear,chocolate mint)
1/4 lb Dandelion greens
1/4 lb Kale
1 lemon
1 Orange
1 Cucumber
2+ cups clean water
2 Tbs Organic Flax seed oil
2 Tbs Chia seeds

Blended until smooth and poured in 2 - 1 litre bottles to drink at work

Very filling, delicious and perfect for ht sweaty days. Also drinking 50oz of clean water.

2 comments:

Keeley said...

Holy cow, you are THE MAN! How does this taste? I'm looking at the dandelion greens and kale and thinking "way bitter" Is this correct?

This is how I make green smoothies:
1c oj
3 large froz strawberries
1/2 banana
stuff the rest of blender w/spinach.

It's pretty sweet, which is essential or I won't drink it. =P

BigFoot Marty said...

I experiment with a variety of dark leafy greens.

I always make a mini smoothie with a new green to taste it by ITSELF.

Most varieties of kale taste great. Spinach is the same as is dandelion.

Mustard greens are sharp and strong and are great if I am making a more savory smoothie.

Collards are rather bland tasting and are a good base. Lettuce- especially Romaine is very sweet.