Recipe Friday !

Happy Friday! It’s a bittersweet Friday for me, as most of you know my husband and I travel full time, and we have been in the beautiful and sunny Palm Springs, CA for the past 6 weeks, and loving every minute! Tomorrrow we start to make our way north to the Pacific Northwest for the summer! I’m excited to be heading to Seattle and Portland, we’ve never been! And I keep hearing, now that I’m vegan, I am going to really LOVE both of those places, which honestly is part of the reason why we picked them as cities to visit!

Palm Springs has been such a life changing place for us. I love the city and the people and being outside! I learned to hike here (turns out it’s JUST like walking) and I learned to make things like green smoothies, thanks to a very wonderfully stocked kitchen at the AMAZING vacation condo we are staying in. Seriously, if you are ever wanting to visit Palm Springs, I’ve got a great place to recomend to you

So in honor of my green smoothie love, I thought I’d post some links to some great green smoothie ideas. If you have some green smoothie ideas you’d like to share, please share away in the comments!

Before you start, this guide to blending is FANTASTIC. Even if you’ve been drinking smoothies forever, you might want to check it out: 20 smoothie tips!

We like it raw list of tweeted smoothies

70 green smoothie recipes

More ideas:

Mango-parsley
2 large mangos
1 bunch parsley
Water

Peach-spinach
6 peaches
2 handfuls of spinach leaves
Water

Mango-spinach
2 mangos
1 handful spinach
Water

Strawberry-banana-romaine
1-cup strawberries
2 bananas
1/2 bunch romaine
Water

Apple-kale-lemon
4 apples
1/2 lemon juice
4-5 leaves of kale
Water

Kiwi-banana-celery
4 very ripe kiwis
1 ripe banana
3 stalks of celery
Water

Pear-kale-mint
4 ripe pears
4-5 leaves of kale
1/2 bunch of mint
Water

Finger banana-spinach
10 finger-bananas
2 handfuls of spinach leaves
Water

Bosc pear-raspberry-kale
3 bosc pears
1 handful of raspberries
4-5 leaves of kale
Water

Simple Banana Kale:

1 Frozen Banana

4-5 leaves of kale
Water

Strawberry-Banana

2 cups raw spinach leaves (whole)
4-6 strawberries (tops off)
Half a banana
A little bit of water

And if you have kids, or if you are a kid at heart Try freezing into popsickle molds and you have yourself a much healthier summer treat!

The most important thing with smoothie making is expiermenting. You have to play around with stuff, and be willing to try new things! There are also some powders you can find at most healthy stores that are green food powders. I often add them to my smoothies in the morning for added protein and nutrients.

So what’s your favorite green smoothie to make?