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Another Green Smoothie

July 9th, 2013

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Today is again the day I pick up more vegetables from the CSA so I’m motivated to use up the greens I have left in my refrigerator. It’s a hot, hot day already and it’s just 11:00 a.m. and so who wants to cook? Plus, I have a new Vitamix Blender. The obvious  plan is to make a green smoothie. This recipe turned out to be very tasty, I think, and surely very good for you.  My friend Pat always asks, “Is it good for you?” I think she’s taken a pledge never to eat anything that’s not good for her and by and large she succeeds. So this green smoothie is, indeed, “good for you.” The picture above is from my cottage’s deck where I have two boxes full of herbs and about half dozen individual pots filled with herbs: two types of basil, sage, tarragon, cilantro, more thyme, rosemary, oregano, and mint. Plus a huge tomato plant and lots of flowers. I don’t consider myself a gardner, but I do love being able to walk out and cut fresh herbs for seasoning and use a flower pot for a center piece. The next post is going to be about using herbs for seasoning foods other than smoothies where we might worry about left over particles that might prove problematic for people with swallowing disorders. But in the recipe below, the herbs (garlic scapes and basil) were completely blended. That’s the plus of a powerful blender.

Pea, Celery & Swiss Chard Smoothie

3 leaves of Swiss Chard

2 stalks of celery

½ cup frozen green peas

1 sliver of garlic or 1 strand of garlic scapes

½ cup of Greek yogurt

2 leaves of fresh basil (if available)

Put all ingredients into a blender. Blend at low speed until vegetables are nearly processed, then blend at high speed until completely smooth.

 

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