Green Smoothie – Sweet and Easy

Update 9/12/2011: We don’t drink concentrated fruit juices any more because of the concentrated sugar without fiber. I’d suggest using whole apples and oranges in this recipe! We’re out of fruit, so I used apple juice concentrate and orange juice to make our green smoothie this morning. It was a little sweeter than usual, which [...]

Raw Nut Milk – Almond or Hazelnut

Previously, I would use my soy milk maker to make raw nut milk, but I am now using the easiest tool of all to make the nut milk — my Vita-Mix. Straining is virtually unnecessary in the Vita-Mix because it grinds the nuts to such a fine consistency. There is one other way to make [...]

Green Smoothie: Banana-Pear-Pineapple-Spinach

Awhile back, I shared that Jeff and I are regularly consuming green smoothies. We drink one with breakfast and then another before dinner. I also mentioned that I don’t serve the smoothies to the children, but I was hoping they would eventually start asking to share our green smoothies. Here’s the update. For several weeks [...]