It started when another La Leche League mom, Karen, shared her smoothie recipe with me:<\/p>\n
“Two handfuls fresh spinach
\n1 medium orange
\n1 medium to large banana
\n2 tbsp. ground flax (this does affect the texture so you would probably want to add less)
\n1\/4 to 1\/2 cup hemp milk (or cow’s milk, rice milk, etc. I use vanilla.)
\nFive ice cubes.
\nBlend until smooth. If the ratios are right it basically tastes like banana, although it will be green!”<\/p>\n
I was astonished to learn that she was peeling the oranges and throwing them into her blender whole. I don’t buy spinach much anymore because I get so many other kinds of leafy greens in my CSA basket; so instead of spinach, I throw in a few leaves of chard or kale and I find this recipe still works well. I find this to be a good daily smoothie, and I know that Karen (and others of my friends) drink regularly drink smoothies like this for breakfast.<\/p>\n
To accommodate Bella, I make the fruit smoothie first, pour her a glassful and then add the ground flax seed meal and greens. Christian likes it that way just fine.<\/p>\n
I used to use another smoothie recipe, which was passed on to me by somebody who ran a mobile smoothie stand at long cross-country bike races. His recipe was a banana, canned pineapple, frozen strawberries, and pineapple-coconut juice. This makes a delicious smoothie, but one that tastes more like dessert (like Jamba Juice); and pineapple-coconut juice tends to be expensive, so we don’t make it often.<\/p>\n
Now that I’ve learned that my blender can handle solid leaves of chard and whole (peeled) oranges, I’m glad that I didn’t buy the Vita-mix I wanted so badly last winter<\/a>.<\/p>\n Besides which, after I’d posted about wanting the Vita-mix, a friend tracked down a juicer, cleaned it, and mailed it to me that same week! So if I want a carrot juice, I also have a juice extractor that can handle such things. (Thank you Kimetha!!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It started when another La Leche League mom, Karen, shared her smoothie recipe with me: “Two handfuls fresh spinach 1 medium orange 1 medium to large banana 2 tbsp. ground flax (this does affect the texture so you would probably … Continue reading