Thursday, April 29, 2010

greening my kitchen...and my tummy

I know you're thinking I should just give up the "food" blog and start one just for green smoothies, but what the hey, I'm all for integration...

I've found that for green smoothies, the best way to layer it all up is to put the mushiest, juiciest fruit at the bottom, add some juice (or water), and put the harder veggies or fruit, like carrots, near the middle. After I liquefy it all, I then add my leafy greens.

This one had honeydew melon, cilantro, celery, cucumber, carrots, apple, apple juice, blueberry-pomegranate-veggie juice, bananas, clementines, plain yogurt, frozen marion blackberries, raspberries, and blueberries, wheat germ, and spinach (spinach not shown because I hadn't blitzed it all yet).

And just to show you that I do put other substances besides green smoothies in my bod...

One of my favorite snacks of all times: ants on a log! My mom used to make these for us--just slather some all-natural peanut butter (no sugar or sweeteners) on celery sticks and then top with raisins. Mmmmm, mmmmm, good!

What was your favorite snackage as a kid?

One more question--my soon-to-be-two-year-old wants me to make him a "chocolate milk cake" for his birthday. Any ideas for me?

5 comments:

K and S said...

peanut butter and some processed cheese on apple slices.

Abigail (aka Mamatouille) said...

Mmmmm, I love apples with peanut butter and apples with sliced cheese! We used to eat that, too, as kids. I think I'll have to buy some apples and have some this week! Natsukashii!

K and S said...

hey Yahoo Japan mentioned that Kewpie mayo is the #1 thing ordered on Amazon USA :)

Lalla said...

wow this smoothie just looks amazing! It's the first time I see someone put spinach with fruits, I will try tomorrow morning for breakfast!! :D
Popeye should upgrade his spinach to this smoothie! heheheehe
greetings from Switzerland

Abigail (aka Mamatouille) said...

Lalla, please let me know how you like your green smoothie!