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Having a Drink

November 14th, 2009 mike Leave a comment Go to comments

Have a Drink from Mike C on Vimeo.

In an attempt to eat a bit better, I’ve been making green smoothies a few times a week. They taste surprisingly good (even the girls like ‘em!) and have been really effective in increasing our intake of fruits and veggies. Another added benefit:  they’re a great way to use up stuff that’s been sitting in the fridge for a while, so you really cut down on food waste.

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Anyway, you can toss about anything into a smoothie (once in a while I even toss beans into mine!) I have a couple of staples I always use, like *spinach and bananas. For sweeteners I usually alternate between frozen fruits like strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, mangoes, pineapples, etc. For green stuff, I’ll add things like kale or chard (which look like they’re from Star Trek) , celery, cabbage, etc.

I’m still at the stage where I’m experimenting with every smoothie I make (btw, in the video I’m using one stalk of chard, not kale). However, I think I’ll eventually stick with a few favorite recipes (once I find out what they are.)

*I’m now averaging over a pound of spinach a week. I think that’s Popeye territory.

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  1. November 14th, 2009 at 13:38 | #1

    nice video! I was surprised how good they tasted…not like i expected.

  2. November 16th, 2009 at 05:47 | #2

    p.s. I don’t think that’s kale…it’s chard.

  3. mike
    November 16th, 2009 at 10:01 | #3

    Okey-Doke. Post revised. Thanks.

  4. January 10th, 2010 at 09:18 | #4

    lucy still likes these…green or red or purple…she’s just not a big fan of the seeds (‘i spit them out!’). maybe we need a super-duper grinding blender!

  1. January 23rd, 2010 at 00:41 | #1
  2. April 26th, 2010 at 23:19 | #2