Give Your Health a Boost with Refreshing Green Smoothies!
Mmmmm, these green smoothies are a lush-tasting way to sneak more veggies into your diet — and the time is now, since it’s spring and salad greens are in season!
There are so many variations to this concept — please be creative and dream up your own! — but here’s how I make mine:
Green Smoothie
kefir (or yogurt thinned with water)
banana pieces (pretty much essential for adding some sweetness)
apple pieces, or any other fruit
spinach leaves (raw or cooked*) and/or lettuce leaves and/or cucumber slices (or two green smoothie frozen concentrate cubes!)
several fresh mint leaves or parsley sprigs
vanilla extract
ground flax seed
First, add kefir and your greens and mint leaves to the blender and blend thoroughly. Add everything else, blend thoroughly, and enjoy!
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*Raw spinach and cruciferous veggies (cabbage, broccoli, kale, cauliflower, rutabaga, brussels sprouts, etc.) are goitrogens and known to contain substances that may suppress thyroid function. (Goitrogens also might protect against cancer, so maybe stick to the old “everything in moderation” — though making sure your diet is adequate in iodine is probably a good idea anyway.) If you do have thyroid issues, you might consider cooking goitrogenic foods rather than eating them raw. Fermentation apparently doesn’t neutralize goitrogens.
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Love this! Just wanted to mention the stellar book “Green for Life” by Victoria Boutenko. She goes into some of the science of why we should be eating greens, uses a group experiment to show what happens when we do, and includes a bunch of fab recipes.. just like yours
“Green for Life” is available from most libraries and health food stores. Cheers!
Sasha — I just put in a Hold request for this book at the library! Can’t wait to read it — thanks for this recommendation!!
Hope all’s well in your world.
Love,
Lindsey
Wonderful stuff.x