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Adventure Begins in the Kitchen

Is that Gak?

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Your face will cringe before your first sip.  You’ll mentally prepare yourself for the grossest green gulp of your life.  You’re nervous, it’s weird, you feel like a contestant on Fear Factor.  After you muster up the courage to drink?  Apples.  All you taste is apple.  And I describe this to everyone I “con” into drinking this concoction, but they don’t believe me until after their first sip.  It’s a guaranteed “I told you so”.
Green Smoothie:
1 Apple
2 Kale Stalks
1 Handful of Grapes
1/2 Cucumber
1/2 Cup Water
1/2 Cup Ice
I deviated from my usual formula and added avocado to the first batch.  Mistake!  You couldn’t taste the avocado, but it turned the texture into something that resembled Gak.

All Hail Kale

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With 206 %DV of Vitamin A, 134 %DV of Vitamin C, and 684 %DV of Vitamin K per serving – kale’s got it going on as far as veggies are concerned. If you’re a spinach lover like me, you might consider swapping out your current leafy goodness for this powerhouse green.

Rushing to toss kale in your next super salad may be a bit of a disappointment; however, adding steamed/boiled kale to pastas and raw kale to smoothies will give you the tasty, nutritional boost you’re looking for. Beware of its less than satisfactory fridge life, even though sources claim that it’s none the worse for freezing.

The recipe pictured above, “Pasta with Greens”, can be found at vegetariantimes.com. Follow my lead and toss the milk, leave the food processor in the cabinet, and replace spaghetti with quinoa elbows for an even healthier fare.