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Oranji Smoothie

Emily — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 13:34:56 +0000

I’m a fan! This has a really nice flavor to go along with the its lovely orange-peach hue. And the goji berries provide a plethora of health benefits! What’s not to love? (serves 2)

In the blender:

1 orange, peeled
1 white peach
1 banana, peeled
1 carrot, peeled
1 sprinkling of dried goji berries
ice and water

Papaya Strawberry Carrot Smoothie

Emily — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:34:09 +0000

Papaya adds a great smooth texture to a smoothie. Also adds great color. Mellow, lovely flavor.

In the blender:

2 big slices of papaya
6 strawberries
2 peeled carrots
1 radish

Kiwi-Cumber-Cchini Smoothie

Emily — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:25:33 +0000

Delightful! Not too sweet, not too tart. A pleasant green drink. (makes 2 healthy servings)

In the blender:

3 kiwis, peeled
1/2 a cucumber, peeled
1/2 a zucchini, peeled
1/2 a celery stalk

Banana Pineapple Orange Delight

Emily — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:44:49 +0000

In honor of a great first day of grad school orientation, I decided to make something a little more deserty. And put it in a fancy wine glass. Classin’ it up a bit, folks!

My husband says it tastes like magic. I tend to agree.

In the blender:

1 banana
2 handfuls of chopped pineapple
1 orange
a sliver of ginger
1/2 C vanilla soymilk
1/2 a yellow squash, peeled
ice and a little water

Top with cinnamon for a euphoric and creamy delicacy! (makes 2 healthy servings)

Banapricot Applecumber Smoothie

Emily — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:13:11 +0000

It’s just a really nice smoothie with a ridiculous name. Soothing flavors. Not too powerful. Just good. (makes 2 healthy servings)

In the blender:

1 banana
3/4 cucumber
2 apricots
1 Golden Delicious apple

Pink Smoothie

Emily — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 22:58:47 +0000

I’ve unintentionally color-coordinated my drinks today. This morning was pink juice. This evening is a pink smoothie. An incredibly tasty pink smoothie! Yum yum. (serves 2)

In the blender:

1/2 a cucumber, peeled
1/2 a yellow squash, peeled
1 kiwi, peeled
handful of Concord grapes
1 apricot
handful of chopped pineapple
1 radish
handful of ice and a little water

Here are the before and after blender photos. See the cute little radish on top? Precious.

Pink Drink

Emily — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:10:19 +0000

The hubs is a little hungover today, so I decided to wrastle up lots of nutrients to revive him.

This juice has a lovely pink/salmon hue. And it tastes sooo good. No joke.

Ingredients

2 sliced carrots
1 celery stalk
1 Golden Delicious apple
handful of concord grapes
sliver of ginger
2 handfuls chopped pineapple
handful of Russian red kale
water

Served over ice. This is definitely one of my favorites. Cheers!

Tangy Neon Green Drink

Emily — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 22:28:16 +0000

I’ve already had a pretty fantastic day. Slept in a bit, started my day off with a delicious Carrot-Orange-Pineapple Drink, went for a perfect weather bike ride, bought a bunch of books at Borders’ going out of business sale, read outside, and now I’m rounding out the afternoon with a refreshingly tangy neon green drink.

Ingredients:

3 celery stalks
3 Brussels sprouts
lemon juice
big wad of kale
water

Served over ice. Great afternoon refresher!

Carrot-Orange-Pineapple Drink

Emily — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:18:22 +0000

In the blender this morning:

2 peeled oranges
juice of 1 lemon
2 slivers of ginger
2 handfuls chopped pineapple
3 peeled carrots
half cup of water

Vibrantly orange and very tasty! (feeds 2)

I encourage you to try starting your day off with a healthy blended/juiced drink. Once you start, you won’t want to stop. I think it’s the perfect time of day to get all those nutrients, because your body has been fasting while you’ve been asleep and is thirsty for nourishment. Start off fresh and healthy! Then, if you are less healthy throughout the day, at least you’ve got that nutritious foundation to keep your body happy. And chances are, you won’t want as many unhealthy foods throughout the day, anyway. At least for me, these drinks put my very ornery sweet tooth at ease, and make highly processed foods seem much less appealing.

photo by Kaushal Karkhanis

Juicin’ it up

Emily — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:56:02 +0000

I really look forward to my green drink in the morning (and then another in the evening). I’m starting to crave it. This morning, I decided to forgo the smoothie route and do an all-out juicing. Since we didn’t end up buying that juicer, I did my own makeshift juicing process. This entails blending everything up, and then straining it all through a wire strainer.

It’s more tedious, but the results are well worth it.

In the blender today:

lemon juice from one lemon
handful of kale
a lil’ broccoli
2 carrots
sliver of ginger
one Brussels sprout
one Golden Delicious apple
one celery stalk
water

And wouldn’t you know it? It actually tasted really good! Looked strange, but tasted yummy. I could get used to this juicing thing. What a great way to start off the day!

photo by Food Thinkers