I thought that today I would share my all-time favorite green smoothie. There are a lot of websites that have many different recipes for green (and all other color) smoothies. I'm not going to create a huge long list of recipes of any kind. I will occasionally share a recipe that I've come up with or maybe I will review recipes that I've found on the healthy food websites that I frequent.
When I first found out that I had insulin resistance I was not lucky enough to have yet discovered green smoothies. It was only about a year ago that I got my Vita-Mix and it was then that I got turned on to green smoothies. If you don't like vegetables this is a great way to eat them.
I have a lot of mint growing in my front yard and I needed some way to take advantage of this prolific plant. Since I do green smoothies at least five days a week, I thought I would try adding some of my mint for a little variety. It turned out to a big success and is now my current favorite.
Place in a high speed blender:
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 apple
- 1/2 pear
- 1 stalk celery
- 2 stalks baby bokchoy
- several large handfuls of spinach
- a handful of mint
- Blend
- Add ice and blend some more
You can use a regular blender but you will need to cut everything into small pieces and it many be necessary to use a smaller quantity of the ingredients.
Enjoy!
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ReplyDeleteI am new to this and found your blog very interesting. Question on underground vegetables. Why should these be avoided. What is HCP? You may have explained earlier. Maybe an acronym list might be helpful to some of us. Thanks for all the tips. The green smoothie sounds yummy.
Thanks for you comments and questions. I will answer your question about root vegetables in my next post.
ReplyDeleteYes, I did explain HCP in an earlier post. It stands for health care provider. An acronym list is a good idea. Thanks.