Handful of cucumber
Handful of celery
Fistful of parsley
1 x Granny Smith Apple
Itty bitty bit of ginger
Juice of 1/2 Lemon
5 leaves Cos Lettuce
Some water
VERDICT: Chunk-a-rama! Tastes like ginger with ginger overtones, ginger and lemon undertones and a hint of ginger and celery.
Okay, so I jumped a little ahead of myself rather than ease myself into more and more greenery into my smoothies, today I went ahead and made Dr Oz's green drink from Oprah (substituting cos lettuce instead of spinach) with fairly random quantities of ingredients. I mean, how am I supposed to know how big a 'medium' cucumber is? Could be a cultural thing cos when I went to Colombia, the so-called large avocados in Australia were in fact extremely undersized midgets compared to their South American cousins.
Back to the smoothie: It is EXTREMELY chunky, not 'juicy' at all, more like - and although I don't like to use this word to describe something that is going into my mouth - SLUDGY. (Bet ya'll are dying to try this now!) Theoretically if I had a better blender it would be smooth and liquidy but as it is, I don't and it isn't and I think straining it would remove 99% of the healthiness of the 'drink' so I will be finishing this off with a spoon.
Also, see how that small amount of ginger on the plate under the lemon? Apparently that is too much ginger (for me anyways).
All in all, it doesn't taste all that bad (but I probably wouldn't drink it if I wasn't the one who made it ... who KNOWS what anyone could have put in there???) but I will be tweaking the recipe something severe when I make the next smoothie. Unfortunately, the quantity of ingredients yielded 2 cups of this and I can't convince Juan to finish the second cup ...
Also, in preparedness, I chopped up a large container of cucumber and celery. Bring on the smoothie experiments!!! Motivation PLUS +++ :D
3 comments:
YUUUUMMMMMMYYYY!!!!!! I have been "juicing" and making smoothies for years....oddly enough, I mostly do this in the winter. I think my body craves the immune boost during the dark months of colds and flu..
For juicing, I love the combo of organic beets, a macintosh apple, and a small piece of ginger (as you have learned, it is quite potent). It also makes my house smell incredible.
The last few days, I have made smoothies with this combo: 1 pear, 1 tangerine, 1/2 banana and a handful of baby spinach. Delish! Not overly sweet, and you definitely get a nice pear flavor.
I need to follow this blog. Maybe tomorrow I will photograph my smoothie and post it!!
Cheers to good health!
cheers to you too! i also love the smell when i'm juicing and if i use lemons my hands smell pretty fresh for the rest of the day. and i've definitely learned my ginger lesson ...
it's spring where i am and i tend not to eat much when it's hot (i just don't get hungry) so i'm preparing myself for a smoothie filled summer.
have u tried pomegranates? i'm in australia and they aren't all that common but i've seen a lot of american food blogs mentioning all sorts of use for pomegranates in cooking but no so much for juicing and i'm intrigued.
Yes, poms are wonderful and trendy now because of the anti-oxidants. I just cut them open and eat the seeds (fruit), and keep the rest of them in a plastic container in my fridge to toss in salads with spinach, walnuts and blackberries, or in fruit salads.
Anyway, I am going to post this morning's smoothie on my blog, so be sure to stop by for a 'sip'. I also made blueberry pancakes from scratch, but they were gone before I could photograph them! : )
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