More Green Smoothie Experiments!

Today's smoothie was actually green! No blueberries to mask the color!

2 cups raw spinach
1 cup plain yogurt
1 cup frozen grapes
1 cup frozen orange juice
1 cup water

It was really sweet and very good. The kids loved it. Maybe the best yet!

More Green Smoothie Experiments

Today I started with this:

2 cups raw spinach and lettuce mix
1 cup peaches
1 cup frozen blueberries
1 cup orange juice

And it tasted very "green." So I added more blueberries and some grapes. Better but still tasted a bit weird. Or maybe smelled a bit weird - like lettuce. It was ok, but not great.

Not sure where to go from here. We don't like bananas in smoothies. Maybe I'll go back to including yogurt. And I think I will stick to spinach for the green part!

Green Smoothie Experiments - Take Three

So here is what I made this morning:

2 cups raw spinach
1 cup frozen peaches
1 cup frozen blueberries
1 cup unsweetened peach juice

It was not bad but I feel like I am missing something to make these smoothies really good. And on this one, I felt like there was the subtle taste of spinach. Perhaps I packed my measuring cup a bit too full. Or maybe the orange really helps with that...

Hmm! I'll have to think on what to try next time.

Green Smoothie Experiments - Take Two

I made a few changes and gave it another shot!

So here is what I made this morning:

2 cups raw spinach
1 orange, peeled
1 1/2 cups frozen blueberries
1 cup water

I increased the blueberries because with all the water it was a bit bland. It was actually still a bit bland and watery. Still needs some perfecting....

Experimenting with Green Smoothies

I have tried this a few times before but have not been vary happy with the results. I think I need to be a bit more methodical about it.

So here is what I made this morning:

2 cups raw spinach
1 orange, peeled
1 cup frozen blueberries
1 cup vanilla yogurt

It was not bad but the vanilla yogurt was not a good choice. It overpowered the rest and made it awfully sweet. I'm going to make some changes and try again, hopefully tomorrow

Eat from the Pantry Challenge - Follow Up

Just wanted to follow-up on my eating from the pantry challenge.

I am still sorting through and getting rid of boxes and boxes of stuff I don't need anymore. I am really not sure why I saved some of this for so long!

Also, on the grocery budget, looks like I will be under budget again this month. No point it doing the challenge if you go over the next month. I am still using up a lot of random things, expecially produce from the summer and I still have most the meat I bought in Jan. (Told you we don't eat much meat!)

What a good month this is turning out to be!