Thursday, May 26, 2011

Green Smoothies...

We've been experimenting with green smoothies this week. We had an enrichment night last week where a sister in the ward taught us about the benefits of leafy greens and how to make them into smoothies. We had amazing success with the one I made this morning so I thought I would share the recipe. Everything is approximate...I didn't measure anything.

Chocolate, Peanut Butter 'Milkshakes'

Once container of Vanilla yogurt

About 4 oz of milk

Large glass full of ice

A hole bunch of chocolate syrup (you could do this to taste depending on who's drinking it...for the kids, I needed a pretty good amount)

Blend everything up

A large handful of spinach

A few handfuls of Kale

About a 1/4 cup of Peanut Butter

Blend-taste and add more chocolate if needed

1/2 a banana

Blend one more time

It's fun to experiment with. Leafy greens are full of really good things for you. The at Enrichment night used Spinach, Kale, Swiss Chard and Collard Greens. So far, we're only doing the spinach and kale b/c that's what they had at wal-mart. We'll branch out and use the other ones eventually.

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