Friday, January 25, 2013

Kale-Cucumber Apple Smoothie

Good Morning!  Welcome to Day 2 of the smoothie challenge!!

This is another smoothie that will give you a little "zing" this morning. The zing will come from the 1/2 lemon instead of the ginger used in yesterday's smoothie. One thing to note is that my blender is a 64 oz size which means that I typically make large batches of smoothie at a time. I'll make it in the morning and sip it throughout the day.  This recipe makes about 4 cups. If you have a smaller blender, you'll need to cut this recipe in half.


1 cup water
2 1/2 cups green grapes
1 orange, peeled and halved
1/2 lemon, peeled and seeded
1/2 cucumber, cut in large chunks
1/2 apple, seeded
1 cup kale
1 cup romaine lettuce
1 cup fresh parsley
1 cup frozen mango chunks (or pineaple in fine)
2 cups ice cubes
2 tbsps of flax seed

Put ingredients in blender in order listed and blend until smooth. Enjoy!

3 comments:

denise said...

Hi Liz,
Just found your blog while perusing blogs in CT, (I'm outside of Hartford.) Who knew there are over 37,000 bloggers in CT?

As a smoothie and Vitamix lover, and other clean foods, having gone grain free over a year ago, I'd like to follow you but would like to do it via email. Can you put a 'follow by email' widget on your blog? If I follow by rss feed, I'll never get to reading and would miss out on tasty food and smoothie ideas.

Liz Reilly said...

Hi Denise,

Thank you for following my blog. I have included a "follow by e-mail" gadget, so all set.

Stay warm out there!

Liz

denise said...

You're quick! signing up now.

Warm? what's that? ;)