Oh, I know what you’re thinking: Mmmm, kale for breakfast! No? Well you should be. It’s harder for me to get my daily raw greens in the winter, when it’s cold and wet outside and I naturally crave warm, spicy food. So a kale smoothie in the morning guarantees a serving before I even get my toes out the door. Here is my winter kale smoothie. I warn you that this is not a hide-your-veggies type of smoothie; it tastes like kale. Follow the optional substitution suggestions if you want a sweeter drink.
Serves 2/Prep Time 5 minutes/Cook Time 2 minutes
2 cups cleaned chopped kale
1 ripe banana
1 apple, roughly chopped
1 cup coconut water
* Optional Substitution: if you want a sweeter smoothie, sub 1 piece fruit (pear, apple, etc..) for 1 cup kale, or add 2 teaspoon agave. Personally, I like the kale flavor.
Step one
Put all ingredients in the blender and blend until incorporated. Some pulsing may be necessary. Kale can be pretty cantankerous.
Step two
Pour into a glass and enjoy. That’s all folks!
So how do you enjoy your kale? And check out more ways I eat kale on www.iEatGrass.com, the awesome pop-vegan culture site put out by Ayinde Howell, the brilliant vegan chef who made me the best pancakes, veg sausage and Mac-N-Yease this weekend. You da best, Ayinde! (I say that like the Italian chef from Lady and the Tramp, in case you were wondering.)
With cinammon
Did you notice that Veg Out spoon on my wall behind my glass, hmmm?
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Always searching for ways to incorporate greens in my smoothie, I will try this out
mmmm…Power to the Body!
This sounds promising! Very “Stand”-like!
Yeah whatever, I would say the stand is very “sexytofu” like.