Thursday, November 12, 2009

Green Smoothies - A step by step guide





Sigh...it's come down to this. Here is a step by step description of how to make my perfect green smoothie...or at least the one I'm digging at the moment. It's a little ass-backwards so forgive me. The first picture is of the finished product whereas the last picture is what goes into all that goodness. Let's get started...class is in session!
Ingredients:
1. 3 freckled bananas [freckled = ripe]
2. 4 kale leaves
3. frozen blueberries
4. frozen mango chunks
5. raw cacao nibs
6. Laughing Giraffe Dessert r"aw-nola"

Picture 1 shows the ingredients.
Moving on to picture 2, we see 3 bananas in 3/4 cup of water. Easy peasy.
Picture 3 has blueberries and mango chunks added to the mixture.
Picture 4 shows the kale leaf being pulled from the stem. You need to do this because it will taste too bitter and like a blended salad [gross].
Picture 5 AKA 'the magic' is the end result of 20 seconds using the Vitamix. All done. Notice the blueberry color...looks nothing like a green elixir huh?
Taste is super sweet with some bitterness from the cacao. Promise you'll like this...it's so easy, even a caveman can do it. [thank you, Geico]

Ran 7 miles today. Oooooh man that was punishing. Hadn't run hard in 2 days and I'm feeling it. Gracious...nothing that some brown rice pasta and chocolate stout beer can't solve.

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