Well, it’s been a little while since I’ve had the opportunity to share on the blog here. The road has taken many-a-turns, but I’ve barely been able to sit down and relax for a couple weeks now. If it’s not one thing, it’s another.
Fortunately, I’ve been able to shrug off the stress. Could it be that the green smoothies are helping? Maybe it’s the fresh garden greens. But in any case, as long as I’m still feeling good, it doesn’t matter what’s the source of the goodness really is. Sometimes I like to think that it’s the time spent weeding and watering the garden. Other times, it’s just breathing the fresh air on the back deck while listening to the birds singing in the trees.
Sometimes, you can’t help but wonder if it’s the anandamide in the cacao that I’ve added to this smoothie!
So here we go.
- Almost 2 cups Honeydew melon juice
- About 2 cups pitted cherries
- One banana
- Four little dates
- A spoon full cacao
- About ¼ teaspoon vanilla powder
- Bunch of garden fresh Swiss chard
Add everything into the blender starting with the wettest stuff first.
Keep the speed fairly low until you get the mixture to start turning. After that, flip it on hit and count to about 60.
The end result is amazingly creamy with a full cherry BANG! It’s like a cherry tootsie pop. The Honey drew draws out the favor of the fresh cherries to really make them stand out.
This recipe is a total keeper for me. It’s too bad that I don’t have a larger store of cherries, for I’d be making this one way more often. Yet, then again, if I simply made this one over and over again, I’d miss out on all the other great fruit that comes out midsummer!
Planted some more lettuce, spinach and beets with the intention of making those my late fall smoothie greens. Hope they come up in this heat.
Enjoy.
