Green Smoothie Magic - 132+ Delicious Green Smoothie Recipes That Trim And Slim by Gabrielle Raiz Page B
Authors: Gabrielle Raiz
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the fruit components alone).
If you are adding for nutritional value then arguably you would firstly consider adding one of dried peaches, dried apricots, dried figs and raisins.
After that you would consider adding agave syrup, dates, honey and then lastly stevia. Unfortunately commercially available stevia can be quite processed and the natural herb can take some getting used to. Choose wisely.
You can add dried fruit by just chopping them up. Or you can soak them first to soften them. It really depends on how good your blender is and if you like to feel little specks in your smoothie or always like a silky smooth drink. If you do soak your fruit, cover the fruit with water. You can keep soaked fruit in the fridge. Use the soak water.
Reminder 5: Adding In Superfoods
If you have a stock of superfoods (those listed in the previous pages) then feel free to add them in. This book is filled with recipes that when thoughtfully made with good wholesome ingredients will give you excellent nutritional balance and are packed with nature’s ordinary superfoods.
There are plenty of inexpensive everyday items on that superfoods list (such as almonds, coconut oil, spirulina so you don’t need to go crazy buying the latest touted hyper-marketed product (unless you want to).
Reminder 6: Scoring smoothies
You’ll find on a few dozen smoothies I have given them a score. I don’t do it for all of them. I just do it because there are some instances where it’s worth knowing what others have thought of something. Don’t get hung up on what others thought. However, I did learn one thing from this whole experience. It’s better to let any unsuspecting subject know what’s in their smoothie so they can anticipate it. You see, when you go to a restaurant, you order according to your tastes and you know what’s coming. Robert (my hubby) finds it easier to score them when he can – in a way – pretend he ordered them from his favorite café.
Reminder 7: Have Fun And Enjoy Your Smoothie Adventures
Putting these smoothies together is different to adding ingredients into a pot for cooking. You’ll find many that tempt you because they have your favorite ingredients. You’ll also find some recipe combinations that may not even seem to work well together when you read them.
How adventurous you are is up to you. So, take a lesson from my 9 year old. As I have said before, giving anything to my daughter like a bowl of chopped cabbage, fennel and pineapple would simply NEVER work. But those ingredients in a smoothie worked for her and she lapped up every last drop.
Now it’s your turn ...
How To Use The Recipe Index
In the following section you'll find ALL the recipes 1-132 in no particular order. I pondered this and discussed it endlessly - "should we 'categorize' the recipes etc?" - in the end we decided that the best method is to be constantly inspired and surprised by reading through and not to fall into choosing something you "think" you will like just because it falls into a "category".
However, there is a dilemma here: The Kindle (and all the Kindle reading apps) does have a search feature - so if you really want to find a recipe with a particular ingredient, it can easily be done. But this can be clumsy and hard to see your chosen ingredient in a list of recipes ... so ... we made a " Recipe Index " which cross-references lists of recipes by major ingredient - think of it as a sub-table of contents.
So as not to complicate the book for new readers AND to keep the information and main Table of Contents clear, these are located at the back of the book. You can get to them from the main Table of Contents ... or by clicking here: Recipe Index Cross-Referenced For Major Ingredient
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Green Smoothie Magic Recipes
1. Classic Pine-Mint Smoothie
This recipe is indeed a classic. Simple and reliably delicious and good for a newbie to green smoothies. Two cups is a lot of pineapple so it’s best to use a
If you are adding for nutritional value then arguably you would firstly consider adding one of dried peaches, dried apricots, dried figs and raisins.
After that you would consider adding agave syrup, dates, honey and then lastly stevia. Unfortunately commercially available stevia can be quite processed and the natural herb can take some getting used to. Choose wisely.
You can add dried fruit by just chopping them up. Or you can soak them first to soften them. It really depends on how good your blender is and if you like to feel little specks in your smoothie or always like a silky smooth drink. If you do soak your fruit, cover the fruit with water. You can keep soaked fruit in the fridge. Use the soak water.
Reminder 5: Adding In Superfoods
If you have a stock of superfoods (those listed in the previous pages) then feel free to add them in. This book is filled with recipes that when thoughtfully made with good wholesome ingredients will give you excellent nutritional balance and are packed with nature’s ordinary superfoods.
There are plenty of inexpensive everyday items on that superfoods list (such as almonds, coconut oil, spirulina so you don’t need to go crazy buying the latest touted hyper-marketed product (unless you want to).
Reminder 6: Scoring smoothies
You’ll find on a few dozen smoothies I have given them a score. I don’t do it for all of them. I just do it because there are some instances where it’s worth knowing what others have thought of something. Don’t get hung up on what others thought. However, I did learn one thing from this whole experience. It’s better to let any unsuspecting subject know what’s in their smoothie so they can anticipate it. You see, when you go to a restaurant, you order according to your tastes and you know what’s coming. Robert (my hubby) finds it easier to score them when he can – in a way – pretend he ordered them from his favorite café.
Reminder 7: Have Fun And Enjoy Your Smoothie Adventures
Putting these smoothies together is different to adding ingredients into a pot for cooking. You’ll find many that tempt you because they have your favorite ingredients. You’ll also find some recipe combinations that may not even seem to work well together when you read them.
How adventurous you are is up to you. So, take a lesson from my 9 year old. As I have said before, giving anything to my daughter like a bowl of chopped cabbage, fennel and pineapple would simply NEVER work. But those ingredients in a smoothie worked for her and she lapped up every last drop.
Now it’s your turn ...
How To Use The Recipe Index
In the following section you'll find ALL the recipes 1-132 in no particular order. I pondered this and discussed it endlessly - "should we 'categorize' the recipes etc?" - in the end we decided that the best method is to be constantly inspired and surprised by reading through and not to fall into choosing something you "think" you will like just because it falls into a "category".
However, there is a dilemma here: The Kindle (and all the Kindle reading apps) does have a search feature - so if you really want to find a recipe with a particular ingredient, it can easily be done. But this can be clumsy and hard to see your chosen ingredient in a list of recipes ... so ... we made a " Recipe Index " which cross-references lists of recipes by major ingredient - think of it as a sub-table of contents.
So as not to complicate the book for new readers AND to keep the information and main Table of Contents clear, these are located at the back of the book. You can get to them from the main Table of Contents ... or by clicking here: Recipe Index Cross-Referenced For Major Ingredient
~ · ~
Green Smoothie Magic Recipes
1. Classic Pine-Mint Smoothie
This recipe is indeed a classic. Simple and reliably delicious and good for a newbie to green smoothies. Two cups is a lot of pineapple so it’s best to use a
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