Time Out For Smoothies



Strawberry-Basil Smoothie



We are huge fans of documentaries about food (also competitive tv shows about food!) and after watching a few documentaries that strongly advocate the raw food/juicing diet, we decided to give it a try. We've been experimenting a little. Some of our experiments turned out gross, but some have been quite good. I've found the website, Incredible Smoothies, to be very helpful for finding recipes and information. Here are two of my favorite recipes so far:

Grape Beet Smoothie
1 medium carrot, peeled and chopped
1 small beet, peeled and chopped
1 cup red grapes
1 clementine, peeled and deseeded
1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger root
4 cups spinach

Strawberry-Basil Green Smoothie2 cups whole strawberries
2 frozen bananas, peeled and sliced
Juice from 1/2 lime
5 fresh basil leaves
4 cups fresh baby spinach
8 ounces of almond milk