smoothie

Have to admit I’m slow to the smoothie parade.  We’ve always preferred to eat our fruit as fruit (or a dessert with fruit showing – yes!)  rather than drinking it.  But this entire long weekend we worked hard outdoors --- digging, painting, planting, changing everything around.   A cold, fruity nutritious drink sounded like a great idea.  I had a big box of strawberries in the refrigerator so I quickly looked at half a dozen recipes online, and mooshed together the two simplest ones.   I was tired and didn’t want to hunt for any flavorings so I left them out.  And came up with a simply strawberry smoothie.  It was perfect.  I’m not making any claims for this concoction – other than it was cold, fruity and hit the spot – but it totally revived our spirits and gave us renewed energy.   We ... [Read More]