Here is a typical mix of greens, flowers and weeds that I have been putting into my green smoothies. I'm just going to post a quick update now, but I hope to post more about some or all of the weeds/herbs that are going into my smoothie: all from our little yard/garden!
The yellow flower is calendula, so beautiful! We've not had much luck with them in the past, but this year Ella planted them, and we have a huge patch of big, lovely, multi-flowered calendulas!
I also see in there:
Shephard's purse
Plantain
Chard
Quickweed
Mint
Lamb's Quarters
Other things that have been going in:
Red Clover (blossom and leaves)
Lady's thumb (Polygonum persicaria...related to He Shou Wu/Fo Ti - Polygonum multiflori - more about that later!)
Borage Leaves and Flowers
Comfrey Leaves
Mulberry - berry and leaves
Bachelor buttons (edible flowers)
Chickweed
Sometimes instead of water I add nettle or raspberry leave infusion (strong tea, steeped overnight)
And lately I've been added a spoon of powdered dong gui, he shou wu (fo ti), spirulina, and now I've given in and bought a pound of Vitamineral Green so that has been going in as well. (It was so fun to get that package in the mail from Matt Monarch's Raw Food World! It had all these yummy little sample packets of stuff - fun!)
All that with fruit to make it yummy.
The green smoothie challenge is going really well! Is anyone else doing it? Let me know how it's going.
2 comments:
It's too pretty to blend! I think I'd just have to eat it as a salad. :)
That's so cool you can blend stuff up right from your yard. So fresh and healthy.
XO
Pixy Lisa
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