Healthy Green Smoothie
Happy almost weekend! I’ve come down with a summer cold, so I’m stepping up my eating habits to nourish myself back to health. Nothing helps kick an icky illness better than eating right and resting. The body needs real food to recover! Sunday night, when I felt this one coming on, Georgia and I grabbed the last lettuce from the garden and some fruit from our weekend grocery haul, and got down to business. This smoothie is refreshing, re-hydrating, energizing and nutritious. Sip happily!
Green Smoothie
Makes enough for two servings
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup water
- 2 slices watermelon
- 1 frozen banana
- 1 apple, cored and quartered
- juice of 1 lemon
- 1 head of romaine, rough chopped
- optional: 1 celery stalk, chopped (I love adding celery to smoothies :))
Using a fresh banana is fine, too. You may want to add a couple ice cubes to keep it cold if you do that. Subbing a lime for the lemon is also OK; you can also swap the romaine for any kind of lettuce, and any type of apple will do. This is a flexible smoothie that tastes sweet, not super green. My only advice would be to keep water as the base or it will get too heavy and won’t have the same smooth drinkability.
DIRECTIONS
Adding the water, lemon juice and watermelon first, then the other ingredients, blend on high until smooth. Enjoy cold! Keeps well for up to a week in the fridge, or double and freeze extras to have throughout the week.
🎉 Happy Independence Day everyone! 🎉