I Just Drank My Salad!
I was making dinner and started munching away on some local (organic) field greens. I literally shove the stuff in my mouth until I can’t fit any more in and chew it like a cow. My goal is to keep chomping until whatever I am cooking is cooked. Hey, it beat snacking on potato chips.
Today, after a couple mouthfuls, it finally dawned on me….I have a blender…why not use it? I’ve actually never blended my greens before. It seemed incredibly strange filling the thing up with Arugula, Spinach and Red Lettuce….but I tried it out.
In the end, I blended a massive tub (the size of one of the big pre-packaged tubs you see at Whole Foods) of green into about 24 ounces of semi-solid mush. It didn’t taste like anything, and was more of a drink than a solid. It went down really smooth.
This was so much easier than chomping down on the salad…and I consumed about 4 times as much as I normally would have! Bonus!
Add to that my 32 ounces of fresh carrot juice this morning (go Jamba!), 2 apples, 2 bananas and a large bowl of bean sprouts…and I’m running clean today!…as long as you don’t count the two soy dogs I just inhaled.
This sure is a great idea for a vegetarian like me who hatessssssssssss salads!!
I will try this
CaliGypsyGurl
November 8, 2007 at 2:05 pm
I have an osterizer ($30 stainless steel)…nothing too fancy, it does the job.
ravisraman
October 22, 2007 at 7:18 pm
Nice, This is a great idea, Ravi. What kind of a blender do you use now?
Amit
October 21, 2007 at 10:06 pm
I gotta invest in one of those. I’m spending way too much money at the juice bar.
ravisraman
October 19, 2007 at 3:24 am
You might consider a high end blender like the BlendTec or the Vitamix (used at Jamba). They are far and away better than the traditional consumer blenders. High priced though ($300).
Craig
October 18, 2007 at 11:45 pm
Good idea! I prefer to eat my fruits seperately from anything else (they seem to digest better for me that way)….but maybe blended up it won’t cause any problems. Will have to try it!
ravisraman
October 18, 2007 at 9:57 pm
You can also add fruit to it too. That’s what I do on a daily basis, greens with fruit and water.
There’s a great book called “Greens for Life” that you may like which is all about these Green Smoothies.
KS
October 18, 2007 at 2:50 pm
good lad! throw in some avocado too – super smooth…
hope everything is good bud!
ross
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October 18, 2007 at 7:10 am
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October 16, 2007 at 8:46 am
I wish I was running clean… however I did have my green smoothie
And survived a 90 minute soccer game PHEW!!
Charity
October 16, 2007 at 6:44 am