Kale and Pear Smoothie

In this smoothie you can swap out the pear for an apple, and as always, most any green leaf will work in place of the kale.  I often switch between spinach and kale.

Ingredients

1 cup of green grapes
1 orange, peeled
1/2 Bartlett pear
1 banana, peeled
1 cup of kale
1/2 cup of water
2 cups of ice

Directions

Blend and serve

You Can't Have Bananas without Strawberries

This morning, due to lack of proper freezer management, I was out of both raspberries and blueberries.  I now needed a new breakfast plan.  Normally, I would switch to oatmeal, the bad kind, with all the sugar and flavors, like strawberries and cream.  It might be tasty, but it sure isn't good for the body.  This morning was different.  I had already added the bananas, orange juice, yogurt, avocado and strawberries to the blender, I really hated to toss all that expensive goodness.  So the Banana and Strawberry Smoothie was born.

Banana and Strawberry Smoothie

2 Bananas
2 Cups Strawberries
1 Tablespoon avocado (opt)
1 Cup Keifer, Yogurt, Almond or Soy Milk
1 Cup of Orange Juice or 1 Orange and 1/2 cup of water

Blend

This combination of flavors was both tasty and very pretty.  A nice girly pink.

Before Dinner Drink

Before dinner drink?  You bet.  Each night before dinner this teetotaller tilts one back.  The kids too.

I find this recipe quick and easy to prepare while I am working on the remaining meal prep and cooking.  It needs just a few ingredients, which I buy in bulk at Costco.

Oh, and this is not instead of a tossed salad, often, it is in addition to a tossed salad.

Cheers!

Seasonal Green Smoothie

1/2 Cup Water

1 Banana, peeled

1 Orange, peeled*

1 Pear or Apple, quartered

2 Cups of Spinach or other leafy greens

1 Cup Ice

*Before peeling orange, use a paring knife to remove some of the zest and add

Directions

Add ingredients to blender in order listed

Blend till smooth

Mmmmmm Breakfast Smoothie

Mmmmmmmm Breakfast Smoothie

Supper yummy way to start the day, and look how much fruit you are eating in just one meal.  Why eat a boring apple at lunch when you can have all this whole fruit?

Makes 2

2 Banana's
1 Cup of Blueberries
1 Cup of Raspberries
1 Cup of Strawberries
1 Cup of Orange Juice or 1 Orange and 1/2 Cup of Water
1 Cup of Keifer, Yogurt, Almond, Soy, Rice or Cows Milk

(I use soy yogurt that I make.  It is full-proof when using a yogurt maker.)

(http://www.amazon.com/Euro-Cuisine-Automatic-Yogurt-White/dp/B001KZM4Y4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1354835461&sr=8-1&keywords=yogurt+maker)

I use frozen Blueberries, Raspberries and Strawberries.  I am able to buy the Blueberries and Strawberries in bulk at Costco.

In a pinch, I use frozen bananas.  With frozen, I either scale back to using one banana or add more liquid.  Frozen bananas are a bear to blend, even in the Vitimix.

Let me know if you give this smoothie a whirl.