Glowing Green Smoothie

I’m not a big podcast listener except for my absolute favorite Happy Hour with Jamie Ivey.  Recently she had RadioAmy on and I loved it.  She talked about her mom dying so of course I was all ears.  I mean, she was speaking my death language.

They also talked about other different things including Amy’s favorite smoothie…The Glowing Green Smoothie.  I have made many a smoothies for the Kelley kids, but I have never partaken myself…minus the one time I tasted a friends smoothie in an airport.  I’m kind of weird about fruit and dairy blended together…I don’t even like fruit ice-cream.  I was intrigued enough about The Glowing Green Smoothie to at least check it out and turns out there’s no milk, but water.  I can get behind some water and decided to give it a shot.

Since I had never had a smoothie before I decided to break the recipe down into an individual serving just in case I didn’t like it.

Here’s how mine went:

Big handful of spinach chopped

2 big romaine leaves chopped

1/2 cup water

BLEND

1/3 of a pear chopped

1/3 of an apple chopped

1 large celery stalk chopped

1/4 of a lemon wedge juice

BLEND

I pour mine over ice.  And that’s it.

I left out the banana because I don’t like bananas.

Once I decided I shockingly really liked this smoothie I started pre bagging my ingredients.  I go ahead and chop up all the ingredients and bag them so all I have to do is pull them out and dump them in my blender.  One pear, one apple and one lemon give me 3 smoothies.  And I just have a small ninja blender and it totally works.

I type before you a reformed non-smoothie drinker.  I’ve seen the light and have been having this everyday…obviously we have quite the straw collection.  It’s no homemade chocolate chip cookie, but I really love how it makes me feel.  Give it a shot…Josh Kelley says it tastes like salad 🙂

And we leave tomorrow morning bright and early for the airport.  We will not have internet access so I will be MIA until June 8th.  Would totally appreciate your prayers as we travel.  I will miss you guys and cannot wait to share about our trip!  And check back because you know there’s sure to be a big Timbali Crafts giveaway when I get home.  Holla!

Happy Friday.

11 Comments

  1. Praying here in Philly, PA, for you two world travelers and lovers of God’s people. When I read about alllll that you’ve done in the past two weeks (smoothie challenge included!), I am astounded by how freely and securely that you allow God to use you and your family. Just wow…. So I will be praying, for you and for your Swaziland peeps…(my daughter uses her Timbali wristlet for her Epi-pen, etc…so we think of them daily! ). Go in peace…and HAVE FUN!!!!!

  2. Lisa Russell says:

    We will miss you!! Can’t wait to hear about it! I add a bit of agave syrup (kids like it a bit sweeter) to the smoothie and some frozen strawberries. Yum!

  3. Do you freeze your pre-mixed fruit/ingredients, Laura? I’d add a few strawberries and try it frozen. yummo
    I will think about and pray everyday for you & Harper. And, for our family at home. Go Bless and be Blessed! Can’t wait to read about the entire experience, Love Ya!

    • I actually don’t freeze mine, but I only pre make 3 at a time so they get blended up relatively quickly…2 days. I would think you could totally freeze them though if you wanted to prep more. And thanks for the prayers 🙂

  4. Thank you for the recipe. Laura, I am so happy I met you….you are an amazing teacher, advocate, leader, parent and woman. I wish you and your family the safest travels and may you come back filled with more experiences that fill your hearts with even more love. xoxo tere

  5. Sending lots of big prayers your way. Have a wonderful trip! Can’t wait to hear about it 🙂

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