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Kid Friendly Green Smoothie

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This is one of my toddler’s favorite Green Smoothies! Perfect for those days when it seems like your kids hate your cooking and won’t eat anything but snacks and air (it seems!). We like this one too, the peanut butter addition is good! I like to add a scoop of protein powder to this for my breakfast – I like Vega Whole Food Optimizer or Ultimate Meal powder. I make this in my Vitamix, best blender for Green Smoothies! I get most of my smoothie ingredients from my CSA box, delivered weekly from Abundant Harvest Organics and Squeeze Play Organics!

Kid Friendly Green Smoothie

  • 2 ripe bananas – can use frozen
  • 1/2 organic apple, core removed – granny smith is good, gala and fuji too (I get THE BEST apples from my CSA!!)
  • 1 pear, seeds removed (CSA Delivery favorite!)
  • 2 dates, pits removed (Halawy are my favorite!)
  • 1 heaping teaspoon of peanut butter
  • 1 small cucumber
  • 1 or 2 handfuls of fresh spinach (extra here, again from my CSA!)
  • 1 large leaf of dinosaur kale (without thick stem)
  • 1/2 cup of almond milk, hemp milk, coconut milk or soy milk
  • 1/2 cup of orange juice (or just add an extra orange)
  • Optional but really good – mint leaves, ginger, celery
  • Blend & Enjoy!

Learning how to use a straw cup

I let her lick the peanut butter spoon... as you can see!!

The BEST Sangria using CHEAP wine

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Easy Sangria

I’ve given this recipe to many people and they love it every time! It’s not your typical high-maintenence sangria recipe either, you can use good ol’ $2 Chuck and no one will know the difference. I like to use the Cab or the Syrah but really, you could use anything you have open.

  • 1/4 tsp Stevia
  • 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
  • 1/2 cup orange juice
  • 1/4 cup orange-flavored liqueur – triple sec (cheap will do)
  • 1 (750 ml) bottle red wine
  • 1/2 – 1 whole lemon, sliced
  • 1/2 – 1 whole orange, sliced
  • 1/2 – 1 whole apple cored and sliced
  1. In a plastic container (with lid) combine sugar, lemon & orange juices, liqueur and wine; stir.
  2. Refrigerate for several hours.
  3. Pour into pitcher add lemon, apple and orange slices – you can add these before if you want them to soak up a bit of the booze
  4. Serve over ice.