Super Calcium and Iron Smoothie
1 ripe banana
3 dried apricots
2 dried figs
1 stalk of celery or 1 kale leaf
Apricots are high in iron, and figs and green vegetables are high in calcium. As always, smoothies are a great breakfast meal, because they give you quick energy.
The night before making this, put the dried apricots and figs in a jar or cup with 1-1/2 cups of water. Store in your fridge. By soaking in water, they will become soft and easy to blend.
The next day, pour the water, apricot, and figs in your blender. Add the ripe banana and blend until homogenized. Chop up the celery stalk or kale leaf,.add it, and blend again until homogenized. Voila!
If you're new to "green smoothies", start with 1 stalk of celery. That won't affect the taste dramatically.
However, as you get used to the taste of greens in your smoothie, experiment with going "hard core" and eating kale instead. Kale is super high in calcium and other minerals.
1 ripe banana
3 dried apricots
2 dried figs
1 stalk of celery or 1 kale leaf
Apricots are high in iron, and figs and green vegetables are high in calcium. As always, smoothies are a great breakfast meal, because they give you quick energy.
The night before making this, put the dried apricots and figs in a jar or cup with 1-1/2 cups of water. Store in your fridge. By soaking in water, they will become soft and easy to blend.
The next day, pour the water, apricot, and figs in your blender. Add the ripe banana and blend until homogenized. Chop up the celery stalk or kale leaf,.add it, and blend again until homogenized. Voila!
If you're new to "green smoothies", start with 1 stalk of celery. That won't affect the taste dramatically.
However, as you get used to the taste of greens in your smoothie, experiment with going "hard core" and eating kale instead. Kale is super high in calcium and other minerals.
I definitely wanted to try this. An easy way to get lots of vitamins and minerals sounded like a great idea. I wanted to go the kale route because celery makes me cringe. There were a few road bumps with this recipe though. Road bump number one - I could not find dried figs at my grocery store. So I got dired mango instead. I figured it would be a good replacement. Road bump number two - I didn't have any ripe bananas, only yellow/green ones. But I am impatient and I really wanted to try this. Road bump number three - I did not put the dried apricots and dried mango in water like advised, but who has time to wait around for that? I wanted my smoothie and I wanted it now. Road bump number four - the kale would not blend!! Jerk. So I added some soy milk. Consider the kale blended.
The finished product looked green and ridiculously nutritious. I tried it...and it was WARM. Smoothies are supposed to be cold and refreshing, not WARM!! Ugh. So I put a few ice cubes in my cup and tried to suck it down. There were bits of kale (ew) and I could definitely tell the banana needed to be ripe for this to work. So next time - use half a leaf of kale, a ripe banana or two, and some ice cubes.
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