The Green Machine Smoothie

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Recipe of the week

The Green Machine Smoothie (from Freytag)

This one packs a punch!

Spinach can power more than Popeye’s biceps! 

We all know that Popeye stayed strong eating a can of spinach, but he may not have realized he was also protecting himself against a host of health problems and diseases.  According to www.whfoods.org  (the world’s healthiest foods),   “Calorie for calorie, leafy green vegetables like spinach with its delicate texture and jade green color provide more nutrients than any other food.”  WOW – that’s impressive. Check it out:

The amount of calcium in spinach helps strengthens bones.

Vitamins A and C, fiber, folic acid, magnesium and other nutrients in spinach help control cancers such as colon, lung and breast cancers and protect against heart disease.

The flavonoids in spinach help protect against age related memory loss and the lutein helps to prevent cataracts and age related macular degeneration. 

 

No wonder it’s been listed as a “Super Food”.  So how can you get more into you and your family’s daily diet?  Try my GREEN MACHINE smoothie.  It’s tropical, sweet and packed with nutritional value!   (The key is not to let your kids see you make it – they will have no idea there is spinach in it.) 

 

TO make a 20 oz GREEN MACHINE smoothie :

 

1 overflowing cup of fresh spinach leaves

½ cup frozen pineapple

½  banana

1 six ounce container of 0% fat greek yogurt

3-5 ice cubes

6 oz liquid (I use diet lemonade or diet green tea)

 

Blend up and enjoy – it’s so tropical, nutritious, low calorie  and deceivingly delicious!VennittaSerendipity rewards those who are prepared