Mostly Green, Blue Smoothie

Yesterday was another busy day. I converted two bags of apples into 35 pints of applesauce. The apples were so sweet that for 7 pints I only needed 1 cup of sugar.  Lots of work, but so worth the good food set up for winter!

Today's smoothie is a green smoothie.  A good way to get veggies into a diet.  Drinking smoothies has really made me look at food differently. Don't judge the taste of something solely on the look including the color. Today's smoothie is a funky greenish color, but it tastes delicious!

Mostly Green, Blue Smoothie

1 large handful of spinach

1 banana

1 ripe plum, pitted and skin off

1 cup blueberries

1 T wheat germ

1 T ground flax seed

1 T raw hemp seed

2 T raw quick oats

enough almond milk to make 4 cups

Blend and enjoy.

I have found for a mid line blender, I get the best blend of the greens if I blend the banana, with the greens, and a splash of milk.  If I add the spinach last I have ended up with chunks of spinach that I didn't like chewing. I should note that a high end blender purees everything and does yield a smoother textured smoothie. I don't mind my mid line blender or the texture I get.

Stone Fruit Smoothie

Stone fruit are in season! I love a good peach.  So I blended a couple together for this delicious smoothie. I have also come across a new addition to the smoothie. Hemp seed.  Hemp seed is nutty (think sunflower seed) in taste and a health benefit in many ways. Check it out here. There is also another smoothie recipe there.

Stone Fruit Smoothie

1 black plum (pitted, the skin came of easy on this one)

1 Prunacot (hybrid plum / apricot yum. Also pitted, left the skin on)

1/2 a large peach (pitted skin off)

1 banana

1Tground flax

1 T wheat germ

2 T raw quick oats

1 T raw hemp seed

Blend with enough almond milk to make 4 cups. This doesn't have a thick consistency to the smoothie, but still yummy!