30-day smoothie challenge - day 12
Day 12 - Young and Raw Smoothie of the Day
- 1 orange
- 1 cup strawberries
- 2 cups greens
- 1 handful cilantro
- 1 cup coconut water or regular water
the orange was a blood orange. the strawberries were okay, not as good as they will be in another month or two. for greens i used mostly kale - a lot of red and a little green, to use those up - and a little spinach to round out the two cups. i added the chia seeds and nothing else.
this one was not very exciting - maybe another orange would have livened it up, or a little ginger. or my usual fix, half a banana, lol. also, i have to say it was the least appetizing looking of any yet in this challenge. i know that's not the fault of the recipe and is probably because of the greens i used, but the nicest way to describe the color is if you have leftover guacamole and the lemon juice squeezed over the top does not stop it from oxidizing and turning that awful brownish green color. yeah, that's the nicest way to describe that color, lol. so yeah, i drank it, and it wasn't awful, but it wasn't that exciting or pleasant and i would not make it like this again - would need to do something to liven it up, and try different greens to see if it looks less repulsive.