With the holidays fast approaching, I’m doing what I can to eat as “clean” as humanly possible. See, I realize the caloric onslaught will be unavoidable (technically, I could avoid it, but that’s not any fun), so I’m doing what I can to minimize the damage. One of my stop-gap measures has been having a green smoothie for breakfast. It’s cheap, it’s pretty quick, and by God it feels healthy going down.
I normally prepare my smoothie shortly before I leave for work, after my boyfriend has already left. Last week though, I had to be in early so I was in the kitchen blending away when my boyfriend was leaving. He peered at the blender, a look of unmasked disgust across his face. I was happily shoving another handful of spinach into the frothy green concoction.
“You know,” he remarked, “this process usually takes place inside the body. It’s called mastication and digestion.”
“You know,” I calmly replied, “this process (gesturing to my blender) usually takes place when you’re already at work, so I don’t have to hear commentary from the peanut gallery.”
Zing! Hee-hee!
There are a million different green smoothie recipes out there. Mine is the down and dirty, cheap as sh!t version. I can’t always afford to buy organic produce, so I’ve pared this down to ingredients I can reliably find for a reasonable price.
Handful or two of spinach
If you have it, maybe a little kale although romaine is a little more palatable
Two apples, cored and chopped.
One banana, cut into pieces.
Extras: juice of half a lemon, a stalk of celery, a pear if I feel fancy.
I chuck these into my blender a bit at a time with a good amount of water, and blend the crap out of them until it’s like a green milkshake.
Then I drink it. Allllll of it. It tastes pretty good, in spite of my boyfriend’s snarky comments (he won’t even try it, so what does he know!). The trick is to really blend it well. If you have a Vitamixer: USE IT, fancy-pants!
Let’s raise a glass of green goodness to our health, happiness, and ability to zip our jeans
without pliers and prayer come January!
Xoxo,
SY
theskepticalyogi 