Smoothie Tutorial

Shout-out to Miss Brittany Kirk for requesting a smoothie how-to. And even more so for jumping on my healthy life bandwagon. Just chalk that up to another reason we are best friends :)

I need to admit that for most of my cooking I don't actually measure. Note that I said cooking, not baking. Going through pastry school turns you into a lover of metric weights and baker's math, but that's not weird, right? And I also put my knowledge of cost control into effect when I work on budgeting our meals, but more on that later. Since  I don't actually measure anything (I'm trying to be better about that for you all's sake), let's make a smoothie, shall we?



    

1 handful of Kale ---- Approximately 3/4 cup of Liquid

 

   

Blend the Liquid and Kale together ----- Add 2 Bananas and 2-3 Cups of Frozen Berries





    

Blend everything until smooth ----- ENJOY!

 

The beauty of smoothies is that they are totally customizable to your tastes. Today I used Kale, but we often use spinach as well. Prior to Whole30 I made them using orange juice and yogurt, but substituted almond milk for the yogurt to be Whole30 compliant. Always start with your greens and liquid first to avoid larger chunks of greens at the end. We like the sweetness and creaminess of the bananas, and our frozen fruit medley is blackberries, raspberries and blueberries. Feel free to substitute or eliminate things that suite your tastes. Another one I really like is spinach with pineapple, mango, and strawberries with coconut milk/water for a nice tropical twist! You can also adjust the liquid to frozen fruit ratio to get the consistency right. If it is too thick and frozen, add more liquid. If it is too runny, add more frozen fruit!