ohhh ohhh,another gs thread,i love it,we are slowly and stealthily taking over the world....heh heh

well,i had sorrel in mine yesterday,too divine..

this mornings.
mango(yes still some lingering,nearly kung fooeyied a little old lady out've the way yesterday to get to the mangos,as it was nearly closing time,but manners....i stood back and let her have first selection...."so how do you eat yours dear..."? too cute,felt bad then for my mango lustful thoughts,but only briefly
handful of red grapes
rocket
kale
big bunch of parsley and stalks miss giggles,hee hee everytime i put in the stalks i think of you..
some water
was lovely..

gotta say the mandarins are gorgeous, have been squeeeeeeeeezing the juice out and putting over my dinner salad,yum!

Miss Manda,

I have peach envy!  We actually have quite a number at work, sitting on a desk trying to ripen in the sun.  I just have a sneaking suspicion they are not going to ripen for some reason.  They really really look like peaches on their last legs, end of season run out sale! Still, I could be wrong, and I have one on my desk which I shall bring home for a gs.  And I'll try to pinch at least one other. 

What was the maca like in the gs?  I'm not a great fan of it I'm afraid, but have a container to finish.  Weird tasting stuff that just seems to overpower anything it is added to.

There's a girl at work on the same kind of diet - protein city.  Weight loss will come - any time you take out a major group of foods, you'll lose weight, but at what price?  And raw or not, I honestly can't understand swapping a fruit breakfast for two huge slabs of salmon with cream cheese smeared on it.  Eek.  And as an 'off the diet Easter treat' her lunch today included a whole packet of BBQ shapes.

Just quietly, the thing that worries me most about those high protein, eat any/all meat in sight diets is the (avert your eyes if you are eating now) resulting bowel business, or lack thereof.  I feel in pain just thinking about it.

Apples in the gs, to me, are not the best.  Nor is pineapple.  Today's blend had baby spinach, rocket, 2 frozen bananas, 1/2 pineapple and the juice of an orange.  It was really delicious, but chewy.  You don't get that lovely smoooooooth smoothie that you do with peaches and softer fruit.  Apples are a bit the same, but yesterday's was nice.  I'm just really fond of the velvety smoothness that peaches give the gs.

But, it is autumn, and one must adapt to the seasons.  I would LOVE to one with muscatels, because they are so exquisite at the moment.  But the last time I did one with red globe grapes, I was picking pips out of my mouth, or chewing the tough little suckers.    It would also mean pond scum colour!

I might stock up on oranges this weekend, and try just a banana and o.j. gs.  I used to have a gurgly tummy from mixing orange juice and bananas, but no more!  And it really is the loveliest combination, as Joss has mentioned several times.  Of course, you won't be able to do the orange thing because of allergies, but what about limes???  Yum.

miss g

Missy M,

I have 3 peaches sitting in my fridge.  They look like 'little old men' of the peach world.    The season is gone.  But, I am determined to use them tomorrow morning in my gs.  They still smell like peaches, so that makes me happy.

I put Maca in today.  You're right - 1 teaspoon in over a litre of gs, and it's barely able to be tasted.  I'll add each day now.

I too am a summer fruit gal, but in the ebb and flow, we must embrace the new season fruit.  Pears are delicious in green smoothies - really ripe and juicy ones.

Perhaps you could do a sweet, smooth green (baby spinach or butter lettuce) with bananas, lime and basil.  That sounds nice.  Today I had a salad dressing of orange juice and coriander which was exquisite.  Maybe lime and coriander for a little kick?

I adore rocket, so no issues in my gs, but I don't do just rocket, I balance with baby spinach, else it is too peppery and strong.  Maybe use beet greens OR rocket, not both.  They are both quite bitter greens, so it may be better to use beet greens + baby spinach or lettuce.  That might work better for you.  I'm using 4-5 chinese broccoli leaves at a time, no more, and always with a sweeter green, unless I am craving a real 'green' kick.

I think I should just go and move in with the Boutenko family.  I still have the most serious crush on green smoothies.  I could just talk about them all night.

But, in the words of Farmer Hoggett.. "That'll do pig.  That'll do."

miss g

Ohhhhh *sigh* raspberries.... I will go early to the market tomorrow and see if I can find some. I miss berries!!!!

6 am - I am there!!!
Sheryl

Today's green smoothie was the yummiest yet:

Baby bok choi
Basil
Frozen bananas
Frozen strawberries
The very last of the peaches... sob

MMMM!

I picked up a new heavy duty commercial blender on sale today. Not a vitamix I'm afraid (can't afford that for a long long while), but it has 1000w of power and 5 year warranty and demolished raw carrots into a smooth smooth soup within seconds tonight. I can't wait to try it on my GS tomorrow morning. No more waiting 5 minutes for my old food processor all the while hoping the motor doesn't blow up! No more green bits between my teeth!

It IS exciting. In fact I'm going to bed now so I can get up early to make my first green smoothie in the new blender!!!  I might try your simple idea to christen it, because despite the excitement of the new toy, my pears haven't softened enough yet.

Night!

Neet,

Seems like you and I, with the change of seasons, are both venturing into new waters.  Today I made a very interesting discovery.

Today's gs:

Blender full of baby spinach
2 large frozen bananas
Juice of one orange
1 exquisitely ripe Bosch pear
Handful of dill
Water

Now, here's the thing - I used dill on a bit of a whim, but as it turns out dill was just amazing.

I think it was the orange juice that grabbed dill by the hands, and they danced and danced....

Hard to describe the taste, but there were definite high notes of dill and orange.  I'm going to experiment more with dill and fruit.  It seems unlikely, but they are delicious dance partners.

Yum. I'm definitely going to repeat it.

miss g