Its definitely green! This is made with:3/4 cup raw almond milk
1 sliced banana
1 large handful chopped kale
4 -5 frozen mixed berries
1 tsp ground flax meal
I gotta say, this was really tasty. I couldn't taste the kale at all - it just tasted like a banana smoothie. This is a great way to get more greens into my diet. And kale is totally a superfood. Its packed with beta-carotene, Vitamins A, C, K, and B6, as well as Iron, Manganese, Calcium, and Potassium. It even has some protein! You can't get much better than that.I have this great little thermos with a straw that I transport my smoothies in.
So when everyone else is drinking their coffee on the T, I'm sipping on some green juice.This monster held me over until 11AM, when I had my 1/2 cup oats with fresh strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries.
My lunch today was black eyed pea salad, with some spinach added. You will be seeing a lot of black eyed peas - I have about a months worth of them cooked from this weekend.
I also added another green superfood to this salad - dulse flakes. 
These are a sea vegetable that are full of Iron, Potassium, Iodine, Vitamin B6, Riboflavin, and Fiber. They didn't really taste like anything in my salad - just added a bit of a salty flavor.I had half a dried pineapple slice for dessert.
In other green news - I read this great article in Bon Appetit a few months ago with tips on how to eat green - obviously an important issue to me. Some of my favorites on this list include:1. Eat More Chocolate (of course!)
9. Cook More Often
22. Join a CSA (our CSA starts in June and I can't wait)
Check it out and see if you can incorporate more of these green eating habits into your life!
50 Ways to Eat Green
That smoothie seems interesting (in a good way). I've started putting a lot of flax seed into my diet for the past couple months.
ReplyDeleteI'm intrigued by the Dulse Flakes.