We went a bit different this morning, steering away from some of the fruit sugar.
I know the apples and carrots are still in there but the drink was not near as sweet as we have been doing. I think I will pick some dandelion this evening when I get home, a good suggestion from my friend Jeff.
These flowers have been growing in our yard since I was a kid. I never mow the area they grow in until they are done blooming. I have no idea what the name of this plant is. If you know please post a comment. When I was a kid there was a pine tree here and they grew around the base of it.
Wonderful reds!
Another nice shot.
Is it just me or do you also feel like we need to build an ark? We are getting an insane amount of rain this week. Last night was nuts, and my basement is flooded to prove it. The dogs were completely crazy from the thunder and lightning, the mastiff in the bed scared to death was a thrill. So now it is off to fix the rainspouts and stop the flooding.
The morning drink was the most pleasant thing so far today. Kale, spinach, carrots, little watermelon, little pineapple, apples, and of course the blended banana and strawberries. Another great drink to start the day!
I think after I get this water problem under control it will be off to get some more greens. I need red lettuce and some different stuff. One can not live on kale alone.
I will let you with a cool link this morning, if you have not seen this stick balancing video you need to! WOW! Click Here
This morning I made us a fresh juice/smoothie. Here is what went into our drink…
The carrots, apples, kale and spinach were juiced. The banana and strawberries were blended with 1 cup of water. Then the juice was also blended in. Not the greatest color but yummy!
As you can see by this photo it is spring despite all the rain. We also added a new header to celebrate spring!
Also added “Our Garden” tab at the top of the blog to show you what we are growing.
And lastly John Kohler posted a new video. Have a look here.
So tonight as a special surprise for Rick, I took two carrots, one apple and about 7 leaves of Kale as our Drink of the Evening. I juiced the carrot and apple and “attempted” to blend the Kale. The experience was much like what I think a horse must feel like….chewy greens that covered our teeth and a certain incapacity of our cheap blender to actually “blend” the Kale. The color though was a glorious emerald green and we gulped down the chunky mess and called it a day! Vitamix where are you!?
Currently we do not have the best juicing/blending equipment. The juicer is a Waring Pro and the blender is a WalMart special, Osterizer. Some day we will have us a Vitamix or a K-Tec Champ. Vitamix, nothing like a blender with a 2+ HP motor! Blades spin at 240mph!
Check out Discount Juicers for Vitamix and other blenders and juicers. Owner John Kohler is a wealth of information on juicers/blenders and also organic/urban gardening. Have a look at his youtube channel “Growing your Greens” listed in our “Suggested Links”.
