Green Power Smoothie

My mother wasn't too excited when I suggested making a swiss chard smoothie. However, after I combined the greatness of beautiful rainbow chard with copious amounts of sweet fruit the flavor was most delightful. Don't be alarmed by the bright green color of this business but certainly try one for yourself!

Into the blender goes:

1 bunch of rainbow chard, stems leaves only (remove the stems)

2 frozen bananas

1/2 - 1 cup Orange Juice or pineapple juice

1/2 - 1 cup peaches (we are still using up peaches from canning 2 years ago)

Heaping spoonful of flax

Handful of ice

I dare you to try it! Try a different fruit if you like.

Tell me how it goes for you. 

Greatness

The past week or so has been a whirlwind of greatness. I love it when life is busy because time flies by so fast, however, in these moments I tend to get slack on my healthy eating and exercise. Tonight I decided it was time for a nice green smoothie. This smoothie is chock full of greatness: fresh picked swiss chard, nice and ripe banana, plain nonfat yogurt, orange juice, ice, and a sprinkle of hazelnut meal. Delightful!

I got to bake some no-knead bread in the amazing outdoor wood-fired community oven last night. I've eaten my very large fair share of that crusty bread today. Mmmm good.