Sept 8- Hidden Veggie Smoothie

1 small fresh cucumber

1/2 head romaine lettuce

1 fresh peach

1/2 fresh avocado

1/3 cup dried pineapple, soaked overnight

1 cup plain organic yogurt

1/2 can coconut milk

1 tbsp agave

1/2 cup pumpkin seeds

1 cup ice

Grind up all ingredients in your blender, making sure that there are no chunks of lettuce or pumpkin seeds to get stuck in your straw :)

5 to 10 Quotient:

-3 fruits

- 2 veg

Sept 6 2011 Peach Blueberry Avocado

Ingredients:

1 ripe peach

1 cup fresh blueberries

1/2 ripe avocado

juice of 1 lime

1 cup ice

1 cup almond milk

Method:

Blend all ingredients together, pour and serve.

Blueberries tend to really thicken a smoothie, so allow it to 'melt' for a few minutes at room temp if you prefer a thinner consistency.

Aug 31- Apple Almond + Iron booster

Ingredients-

3 tbsp ground pumpkin seeds

3 tbsp greek yogurt

1.5 cups almond milk

1 cup applesauce

10 mL liquid iron & Vit B

Method-

Grind pumpkin seeds in coffee grinder or food processor before adding.

Mix all ingredients together in blender, minus the liquid vitamins. Add them once your smoothie is poured out, and stir in with straw or spoon to make sure all goes into your body, and is not left behind on the jug or mixing container.

Aug 30- Carrot Ginger + Energy Booster

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups Bolthouse Farms Carrot juice (or your own of course!)

1 tsp freshly ground ginger (more or less to personal taste- this was quite 'gingery')

2 tbsp golden sultana raisins, soaked overnight

1 cups watermelon

4 tbsp coconut yogurt

10mL Liquid Iron & Vit B

Method:

Blend all ingredients together except the liquid vitamin- this should be stirred in after your smoothie is poured into the glass to make sure none of it stays in the mixing container.

5 to 10 Quotient:

1 veg

2 fruit

Aug 29- Three Berry Cream

Ingredients:

1 cup frozen raspberries

1 cup frozen strawberries

1/2 ripe avocado

2 tbsp dried blueberries, soaked overnight

2 tbsp greek yogurt

1 cup almond milk

juice of 1 lime

1 tbsp agave syrup

Method:

Blend all ingredients, pour and serve.

5 to 10 Quotient:

3 fruit servings