Spinach Smoothie

I have a confession.  I have never had a smoothie with spinach till today.  I am not sure why I have never tried it, maybe I just didn't have any at the time I was making smoothies?  But today I was in the fridge pulling out fruit and yogurt ingredients for my smoothie and saw the spinach.  So I decided to give it a whirl!  I was surprised, you don't even taste the spinach in there!  It was so yummy too!

I make smoothies all the time, and you know me, I just throw in what I have around.  

Today's smoothie recipe

• half a mango
• handful of blue berries
• big handful of baby spinach
• half cup yogurt
• half a banana
• about 6 ice cubes

Throw all in a blender, and whirl till smooth!  Enjoy!

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Spinach Chopped Green Salad

 So I have been following Jamie Oliver too!  The first thing I did was go to the library and request all his cookbooks.  This is a chop salad I made out of one of them...can't remember which one...This recipe is a little bit modified to go with  what I had on hand! 

Ingredients

Salad
Cucumber
Avocado
Cilantro (fresh just leaves no stems)
Green onion
Alfalfa sprouts
Baby spinach

Dressing
Olive oil
Red wine vinegar
Dijon mustard
Fresh ground pepper

Chop all salad ingredients, add half to bowl, make a well in the middle of salad bowl and add olive oil, red wine vinegar, dijon mustard, and a little fresh ground pepper.  Toss salad, and add rest of ingredients.  Enjoy!


Cilantro is a good source of folic acid, and also helps detox heavy metals out of your system including mercury, lead and cadmium.
Spinach also a good source of folic acid, calcium, and whole list of nutrients!

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Posted in: Alfalfa sprouts,Avocado,Cilantro,Cucumber,Green onion,healthy lunch ideas,Homemade Salad dressing,salad,Spinach