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Mean Green Machine Smoothie

Mean Green Machine Smoothie

This smoothie is full of antioxidant rich foods like greens, berries, kiwi, and flax, making it a powerful and flavorful way to start the day. Kids love the unusual color.

Makes 4 servings

10 oz of frozen mixed berries (or fresh organic berries)
2 green kale leaves, washed and chopped
1 and 1/2 cups apple juice or filtered water
1 mango, peeled and cubed
1 kiwi peeled and cubed
1 tablespoon ground flaxseed

Place all ingredients in a blender and process until smooth and creamy. Serve immediately. Enjoy!

This recipe was provided by Tiffany Washko a mom trying to live a more natural family life, for health and for the planet. In addition to her website (click her name), you should also visit Nature Moms Blog.

Tom’s Fruity Medicine Chest Smoothie

We think this green smoothie is absolutely fabulous! This recipe comes from Tom from Whole Life Nutrition:

Tom makes a large batch of this smoothie nearly every morning. The fruit in it changes according to the seasons. In the summer he uses peaches and nectarines instead of pears and apples. This smoothie has been paramount in the lives of many people we have helped. It can literally change your health in a matter of days and hours. The fruit is a rich source of soluble fiber and a host of vitamins and antioxidants. The greens offer powerful phytochemicals. Cabbage is a potent food that affects many pathways in the body. Ginger is a powerful anti-inflammatory. The lemon offers vitamin C and bioflavonoids. And yes, it tastes great, as many of the people in our cooking classes will tell you. This smoothie makes enough to fill a large high speed blender so divide the recipe in half if you are using a regular blender.

Serves 2 to 4

• 2 apples, cored and cut into chunks
• 2 ripe pears, cored and cut into chunks
• 1 to 2 cups water
• 2 lemons, juiced
• 1 to 2-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and sliced
• 5 kale leaves, rinsed and torn*
• 5 romaine lettuce leaves, spinach leaves, or collard greens, rinsed*
• 1 cup coarsely chopped green cabbage, optional*

Place the apple chunks, pear chunks, water, and lemon juice into the blender and blend until smooth and creamy.

Then add the ginger, black kale, romaine lettuce, and green cabbage, and blend again until very smooth. Add more water for a thinner smoothie.

*If lettuce leaves are too much for your blender, here are a couple options: (1) place some fruit in first, then lettuce in between followed by more fruit before blending to keep the consistency or (2) consider chopping them up in a food processor first!

You can taste it now and if it is too “lettucy” for you then add another pear and blend again. Add more water for a thinner consistency.