Also, I was talking about my Green Smoothie adventure to a friend of mine. She is allergic to bananas, so it is my mission this morning to make a green smoothie sans banana to bring to church with me for her to try. I LOVE experimentation!!!
This is what I came up with for her...
4 spears asparagus
1/3 of a cucumber
1/2 a zucchini
3 pitted prunes
handful kale
1/4 cup blueberries
4 large strawberries
1 tbsp sunbutter
water to the fill line
I hope that she likes it.
For my own green smoothies, I blended
1 fist kale $ .65
5 large strawberries $ .50
1/4 cups blueberries $ .50
1/2 cucumber $ .10
6 asparagus $ .30
1 banana $ .20
water to fill line FREE
TOTAL = $ 2.25 x 3 = $ 6.75 for my green smoothies for the day. :-)
I do not want green smoothing to become yet another tricky food situation. Food is my addiction, you do not get to be obese without having some food "issues", and I have been pleasantly surprised by the lack of thought that I give to food daily. I make my smoothies first thing in the morning, fill my mason jars, and nurse them all day long. When I finish a glass of green smoothie, I fill it with water, so that I drink as much water as I do juice. I plan meals for the family, and I cook for them, but it is with less pressure. Not sure exactly why that is, but I am sure that I will make some mental connections that will make it make more sense at some point.
I have talked to friends before about food issues, and have said "If I were addicted to drugs, or alcohol, it would be possible to simply not partake. You cannot *not* eat." I think that this is as close as you can go to quitting food "cold turkey".
I have to admit... I am liking the convenience, the taste, and the ease of green smoothing. It is a little disconcerting, this thing that is happening on the other end of the digestive tract, but it was not anything that I had not already read about, and was prepared for, as much as can be prepared for.
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