Now you can give your kids a dose of green goodness and they’ll never know it! While Green for Life is mostly geared to the vegetarian adult market, it has lots of excellent information in it. I highly recommend this paperback. With 4-1/2 stars (188 reviews on Amazon.com) it’s a safe bet. [TIP: Buy a used copy and save a few bucks. As of this posting, you can grab a used copy for about $7.00.]
We have a VitaMix machine at home and it whips up the best smoothies (and milkshakes too). Here’s a recipe for you to try. You will NOT taste the spinach, I promise!
Green Smoothie Recipe
Ingredients:
1/2 cup orange juice (any variety)
1/2 an apple (if you have a VitaMix, you can don’t have to peel or core the apple – just take the stem off)
1 large or 2 small oranges (peeled)
1 banana (peeled)
1/2 cup frozen strawberries
1/2 cup frozen blueberries
1/2 cup frozen mixed fruit (peaches, melon, berries, etc.)
1 cup spinach leaves
1 cup ice cubes
1/4 cup cold water
Directions:
Add all the ingredients to your VitaMix or blender* (in the order as listed above). Start the VitaMix on variable speed and quickly increase the speed. Then, change to high speed and let the machine do its magic for about a minute. You may need to use the plastic tamper to get all the ingredients fully-blended.
Pour yourself a glass of smoothie and enjoy. They are SO good! And full of nutrition.
*You’ll have to experiment if using a blender. You may not be able to get all the ingredients in the machine. If that’s the case, just scale down the ingredients. But don’t leave out the spinach!
Here’s more info on the Vita-Mix 1700 Turbo Blend 4500 Countertop Blender with 2+ HP Motor machine:
Click on the image to learn more about his workhorse appliance. They aren’t cheap; but they are wonderful.
