Green Smoothie

I've made smoothies before and even bought an expensive food processor as a way to drink my fruits and vegetables. This processor was sophisticated in that it could juice a whole apple and even separate the pulp and seeds out, however I returned the processor when I realized that I wanted the pulp and seeds and also that a really good blender could do the same thing! So I exchanged the food processor for a high quality blender.

I recently spoke to a friend (Thanks, Adam!) who makes his smoothies and adds really good stuff to it, not just a variety of fruit, which is what I used to do and so I got a renewed feeling of inspiration to do the same. Also, I needed an energy boost as well as something that would give even more of a nutritional benefit than just a mix of fruits. I wanted the ULTIMATE superfood smoothie that tasted decent and so after talking to this friend and reading up on the site he suggested, I came up a smoothie using the ingredient ideas I found.

Keep the following ingredients on hand and please note that the these ingredients can be put in any combination that you like, although there are certain ingredients* I would always add to it.

Smoothie Ingredients (found at Whole Foods, Trader Joes, and any healthfood stores):

-Spinach/Kale*
-Flaxseed*
-Spirulina* (powder form)
-Bananas/Blueberries/Strawberries/Raspberries
-Carrots
-Wheatgrass
-Dandelion Greens

Instructions:

Put the following into a blender:


1. Handful of spinach and/or kale

2. 1/3 cup of water

3. Two tablespoons of flaxseed

4. One tablespoon of spirulina

5. Five or 6 large strawberries

6. Handful of blueberries

7. One banana

Blend together and...

Voila!

This tastes MUCH better than it looks, I promise! The berries and banana dominates the taste of the smoothie. This amazing drink takes only about 5 minutes to put together and make!!

I only started drinking this on Monday so I will let you all know how I feel and look (i.e. energy levels have increased, skin starts looking translucent, hair become more goddess-like, etc) after about a week of drinking this :)