So, this morning I rose early to get back into the practice of yoga to start the day, and as I was holding Warrior III, instead of concentrating on my breathing or finding a focal point on my mat...I was thinking about what to put into my blender. I'm very zen like that. Thus the name for this smoothie, the Green Warrior, as it was devised whilst in Warrior III.
With the inclusion of celery in this smoothie it has much more of a "green" taste and there's more "substance." So if you're not a fan of much pulp in your smoothie, just leave the celery out. And if you're wanting to have less of a "green" flavor, then add more tangelo juice or even throw in a banana or a handful of strawberries. Or again, just omit the celery. I threw it in for giggles and I wanted it to actually taste more like veggies rather than a dessert. Because I'm very into health like that. Please ignore that wrapper from a completely eaten bar of chocolate. Our invisible, imaginary bulldog, clearly got into the pantry again. Darn pooch.
Green Warrior Smoothie
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Ingredients:
12 ice cubes, divided
3 gala apples, cored and cubed (no need to peel)
Juice of 2 tangelos
1 rib of celery, ends trimmed and chopped
8 kale leaves, removed from stalks
Juice of 1 lime
1 1/2 cups unsweetened vanilla almond milk (I use Almond Breeze)
Into your blender, add 6 ice cubes, apples and tangelo juice, and blend until the apples are fully incorporated. Toss in your celery and again blend until all chunks are gone. Add kale leaves and lime juice and blend down until only flecks of green remain. Then finish with almond milk and remaining 6 ice cubes. Blend until ice is fully crushed. Serve immediately.
Makes just shy of 3 pints (I serve mine in mason jars). I drank one and bottled up the other two, so I'll let you know if after a day in the fridge, they're still good tomorrow.
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