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I’ve been on a smoothie kick in the past few weeks. I skip the water and yogurt part (although I do have some goat milk yogurt I could be using) and just use fruits and veggies.
I typically have…
1/2 pineapple
2 apples
1 banana
1 mango
2 cups spinach
in each smoothie.
At one point or another, I’ve put in…
cucumber
papaya
berries
cantaloupe
kiwi
oranges
melons
grapes
carrots
…yeah, just about anything goes.
Cool, Leah. Thanks!
Your comment about cucumbers makes me recall that I’ve even put zucchini and avocado in my drinks before. I just have to do it while the kids aren’t looking
Mmm, avocado. Yeah, anything pretty much goes. The only thing I haven’t considered is tomatoes because their acidity causes me stomach distress. Maybe I should just go for it with a bottle of DigestZen on hand.
I feel the same about tomatoes. I probably wouldn’t try it. There’s enough other great combinations and possibilities to keep us busy!
When do you like to start introducing this kind of thing to your babies? I am interested in your timeline for introducing solids and what you like to use for first foods. Thanks for sharing!
I knew someone would ask this, and I was trying to remember what I’ve done in the past. If you use cow milk, it’s wise to wait until baby is a year old. Goat milk is a little easier to digest and I’ve supplemented a few of my babies before the year mark, but this is a very personal decision. We usually start with a bit of rice cereal at 7 months or so, then some mashed banana or avocado. I add well-mashed or blended fruits and cooked vegetables. A baby food grinder is a good investment at this point, although with my last, I fed him whatever I was eating, pre-chewed. Ooops, did I really just let that slip? I guess the more kids you have…
I’ll try to keep better track of what I do with Ian and do a post on it in the future. Thanks for your interest, Alysia!
Hi Jenni! LOVE that you posted this recipe! I don’t usually comment, but I check in at your site often. We’ve been homeschooling part time the last few years and are going to homeschool full-time starting this year.
Thanks for all you post! And especially for getting me started on healthy eating and nutrition, as well as educating at home. Where we are now is a result of what we started back in 2003. Wow! can you believe it’s been that long???
Love and hugs to you and your family!
Tracy
Thank you so much for commenting here Tracy! I either forgot or didn’t realize you read my blog. How wonderful you are homeschooling! I’m so glad some good philosophies that rubbed off, (what, 8 years ago???) are making a positive difference in your life. Hearing friends and readers tell me this is what keeps me writing regularly.
So glad to hear from you. I’ll look you up next time we come visiting to SoCal.
Jenni XOXO
My Fav is:
2 cups water
1 banana
1 cup grapes, frozen or not
1 orange
2 handfuls of greens (kale, romaine or spinach)
My boys fav is:
2 cups water
2 bananas
1 cups strawberries
6 huge leaves of romaine
There are more that we have made from the Raw Families book called Green for Life.
Looking forward to trying some others too! Keep them coming!
Blessings,
Joanna
Thanks for posting, Joanna! It’s fun to see what others do, and motivates me to try new ways of doing things!
http://www.dailygreenbar.com/2011/05/mothers-hold-power.html
Hi great post and info. I just wrote one about mother’s nutritional power! I’m a huge greensmoothie girl fan too. Wish I was in the US to go to one of her classes. I’m about to start doing them here in Australia- I’m an ex disillusioned teacher!! I love making these for nieces and nephews- both my kids are fans too!
I just visited your blog and you have an amazing story! Thanks for commenting here and my best wishes for all your endeavors in health! Hope to hear from you again!
~Jenni
Hi Jenni thankyou. We do what we can as parents despite all the messages out there to eat this eat that buy this buy that!
[...] now that I have 7 kids. The biggest tradition I’ve established in my family is to make a big fruit smoothie with greens every afternoon. I feel it’s important to have plenty of raw foods in a normal, healthy diet, [...]
Sounds like it would be a lot like a V8.
My kids do like that, so I’m sure they would like this too.
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Nice & healthy and sounds delicious too. Thanks for linking to Craftastic Monday at Sew Can Do:)
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Another great way to hide the greens is to make it mint flavored, with LOTS of fresh mint leaves. That way the green color just looks right and helps it taste right.
I have a cheapo blender, and so the way I make sure the greens are fully obliterated is put them in FIRST, with the yogurt, buttermilk, coconut milk, whatever I am using. If it does not get smooth with yogurt you can add a little water. But, if I put the fruits and THEN the greens I have little chunkies. Yuck.
Thanks for linking up to Healthy 2day Wednesaday. Hope to see you back next Wednesday.
Thanks Debra, for those great tips!
That looks awesome!!! We need to do more smoothies around here.
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This post is fabulous! What a wonderful recipe. Thank you for sharing this post on Allergy-Free Wednesdays.
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This looks delicious!!! I’ll have to try it – need more kale in my diet for sure!!
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Great tip – I have made a drink with kale, almond milk, and fruit – I put too much kale in – it is a fantastic vegetable for energy and health! I’ll give your drink a try – I appreciate you sharing with Home and Garden Thursday,
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Oh no! The lid wasn’t tight, That stinks!!
I love to make fun fruit drinks too! My name is Cindy and I blog over at Vegetarianmamma.com I wanted to invite you to link up your recipe at our Gluten Free Fridays Recipe Link up party! It happens every Friday and we’d love to have you join us with some of your awesome recipes! You can find this week’s link up here: http://vegetarianmamma.com/gluten-free-friday-recipe-link-up-1/
Thanks, Cindy
Thanks for linking up at our Gluten Free Fridays recipe party! We had over 120 recipes!
Thanks for making it a huge success! I have tweeted and pinned your recipe to the Gluten Free Fridays recipe board on Pinterest! 
Hope that you’ll join us next week! Cindy
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What a great way to get your kids to eat their veggies! I love how flexible the recipe is; the flavour combinations are endless!
Thank you for another wonderful idea, Jenni! I would love to try this. I’m debating whether or not to get a Blendtec or Vitamix. They’re kind-of expensive (right?) but I think one would also help me with blending my homemade applesauce, since I don’t like as much when it’s chunky and my food processor doesn’t quite do it
Thank you for linking up at Thrifty Thursday, we hope to see you again this week!
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Hi Jenn! I have used both blenders and they are expensive but a worthy investment. I prefer the Blendtec because it pulls the food down by itself with out me having to use a tamper. I bought the big size pitcher and love it!