Today is DAY ONE of my juice fast detox, so upon arriving home I made myself my first ever Green Smoothie. Actually, that's not true, I made a practice one last week, and I'm sure the chickens enjoyed it very much because it was revolting!! My mistake was too much sour green stuff and not enough fruit to mask it. This morning, however, was a different story, so much so that even Mr K (my fiance), Master R (10) and Miss J (3) all enjoyed some. Master T (5) wouldn't touch it, which is no surprise as he's a super picky eater. Master R even said he'd be happy to drink these smoothies for breakfast and an after school snack, which is great because that's my intention. Master T's going to take some serious work to get him on board, but that's a challenge for later.
So, just what went in to my smoothie this morning you may ask?
1 punnet of blueberries, 1 pear, 1 banana, 1/2 a bunch of silverbeet,
1 tsp Kelp Powder, & 1 cup water
Blended all together in my fabulous new (Trade Me) blender:
And the final result:
(no, I didn't eat the flowers too, I just like things to look pretty)
The blueberry seeds made the texture a bit gritty but not unpleasant, and the flavour was really quite yummy! It satisfied me well, in fact I only drank 2/3 of it at the time (about 9.15) and then the rest about an hour later. It's now 11.30 and I feel a bit hungry. If I wasn't sticking to juice only I'd have a piece of fruit, but instead I'm going to have a big glass of water with lemon and give myself another half hour or so before I make smoothie #2. I'm not entirely sure how many/often I should be having my smoothies, so I'm going to do my best to let hunger be my guide.
I've gotta say, I feel really pleased with myself just about now!
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