We have receintly learned that Purslane is edible. We have discarded countless pounds of this because we considered it a weed. Actually it tastes like lettuce! Because it is such a soft plant you don't need a high powered blender to blend it in.
Ingredients: 1 cup water 1 cup purslane 1 cup strawberries 1 banana
To Make: Add all the ingredients to the blender and blend until smooth. It tastes great.
We have been having lots of fun making smoothies. Here are a few more combinations we have come up with.
Blueberry/Plum/Kale 3 cups water or carrot juice 12 dates 1 cup kale, stems removed 4 cups chopped plums (6 whole) 1 banana 1 cup blueberries
Blend the water and dates first to ensure there are no chunks in the bottom. Blend all ingredients with date mixture until smooth. Refrigerate or serve. *This needed extra dates for sweetness because the plums were not sweet.
-- Tropical Yum
3 cups water or carrot juice
6 dates
1 cup kale, stems removed
1 cup spinach 2 cups fresh pineapple 1 banana
We have been having lots of fun making smoothies. Here are a few more combinations we have come up with.
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Refreshing with sprouts
3 cups carrot juice or water
6 dates
1 cup alfalfa sprouts
1 cup kale
1 cup boc choy
2 cups fresh pineapple
1 banana
Blend the water and dates first to ensure there are no chunks in the bottom.
Blend all ingredients with date mixture until smooth.
Refrigerate or serve.
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Refreshing with broccoli
3 cups carrot juice or water
6 dates
1 cup chopped broccoli
1 cup boc choy
1 cup mango
1 cup blueberries
1 banana
Blend the water and dates first to ensure there are no chunks in the bottom.
Blend all ingredients with date mixture until smooth.
Refrigerate or serve.
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Refreshing with collard greens
3 cups carrot juice or water
12 dates
1 cup chopped collard greens
1 cup boc choy
1 cup mango
1 cup blueberries
1 banana
Blend the water and dates first to ensure there are no chunks in the bottom.
Blend all ingredients with date mixture until smooth.
Refrigerate or serve.
*After a taste test this was more popular with more dates.
We were inspired last week by a documentary and website called Fat Sick and Almost Dead. A fellow named Joe Cross had poor health due to inactivity and poor diet choices and did a big lifestyle change to regain his health. We did not want to buy a juicer (another appliance to buy, store, clean and eventually dispose of) but we have a good blender so we have been making an effort to make and drink healthy smoothies. These have been great because we make up a few jars at once, put them in the refrigerator and they are cold and instantly ready. Fast food at its best!
Some of the combinations we have tried are:
Carrot Juice
2 cups shredded carrots
6 cups water
Blend them together for two minutes.
Strain out the pulp through a fine mesh strainer and keep the juice as a healthy base for smoothies.
You can save the pulp for soup in the freezer.
Blueberry Kale
3 cups water or carrot juice
6 pitted dates
2 cups kale (stems removed)
2 cups frozen blueberries
1 banana
Blend the water and dates first to ensure there are no chunks in the bottom.
Blend it all together until smooth.
Refrigerate or serve.
Strawberry Kale
3 cups water or carrot juice
6 pitted dates
2 cups kale (stems removed)
2 cups frozen strawberries
1 banana
Blend the water and dates first to ensure there are no chunks in the bottom.
Blend it all together until smooth.
Refrigerate or serve.
Mango Kale
3 cups water or carrot juice
6 pitted dates
2 cups kale (stems removed)
2 cups chopped mango
1 banana
Blend the water and dates first to ensure there are no chunks in the bottom.
Blend it all together until smooth.
Refrigerate or serve.
**This one is a bright green colour and will attract comments when you drink it but it tastes tropical due to the mango and banana.
These are combinations we did this weekend but you can vary the fruit for others and we have used greens such as spinach, collard greens, beet greens, or anything else you would like to try.
The dates add sweetness to the drinks and if you don't need it sweetened you can reduce or omit them. If you like it sweeter you can add more. Fat Sick and Almost Dead
Joe shot this documentary in 2007 and is still 100 pounds less than when he started.
Kale is a very healthy food. Adding it to a smoothie is an easy way to get it into the diet. Because we do not have a high powered blender we dehydrate it first to help it blend in. The avocado help make the smoothie creamy.
