SHREK JUICE

[faffa_70]

ok, my family have been after me for some time to share this with you. I have this every morning before breakfast now. I think this was the turning point when I was so sick a while back  The recipe came from my GL.

Shrek Juice

Ingredients

1 orange peeled
¹/₂ lemon peeled
1 handful of parsley (I use a mix of flat and curly)
1 handful of kale leaves
6-8 ice cubes
water to your desired consistency

Method

Place all ingredients except water into TMX bowl and blitz on speed 9 for 1 minute.

Add water and continue to blend on speed 9 for 1 minute or more (the longer you blend the smoother it will be)


Recipe Author: Elaine Finn - Group Leader WA (maybe someone else has passed it on before I don't know  )

[I Love Bimby!]

Thanks Faffa sounds like a great vitamin boost & kick start for the body.

[CreamPuff63]

where do you buy kale from?

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

Kale is virtually impossible to buy in Northern Tassie. We have to grow it from seed. 

[faffa_70]

Don't worry we struggle to buy it here in WA too, I have only found it at one place down here, now have two lots growing in my garden  Grow some, as you don't have to wait for the leaves to get huge, you can use them when they are still young and small.

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

That's good to know. I'll have to dig out my Peter Cundall guide and see if it will grow in Tassie in winter. My Dietitian friend recommended replacing most of the dairy in our diet with kale (and a few other leafy greens, but mostly kale). The calcium in kale is apparently very easily absorbed by the body -  unlike cows milk which isn't easily digested with only one stomach .

[faffa_70]

Peter Cundall eats Kale one way or another EVERY day - and attributes it to his good health 

[Snoozie]

Can I add extra parsley instead of, or just leave out the kale til I can get some?  Woollies only sells it in the salad mix... haven't had a chance to look elsewhere yet.  Once moved and settled I think it may be somewhat easy to just grow it?

Really need some extra health  in this house right now!!!!!

[faffa_70]

Snoozie you could replace it with baby spinach - I often have to make up the kale amount with it if the grubs have been hard at work 

[Snoozie]

hehe I am moving to central Qld and read that kale likes frost hehe  Might not have much luck growing it hehe

I only have frozen spinach lol

[CreamPuff63]

I would have this every day if i could. I picked up a couple of plants from the nursery, but it struggles to grow as I am constantly picking leaves off it. good to know it can be replaced with a bit of spinach as we have heaps of that! some days I think I use a bit too much parsley in as it dominates the taste 

[Snoozie]

lol is there a limit to how much you can drink or just because you run out of kale/other ingredients?? hehe

[CreamPuff63]

I actually enjoy the taste of it as there is the orange/lemon blend in there, so it doesn't taste like 'grass clippings'.

unlike cows milk which isn't easily digested with only one stomach .

i think i'm beginning to feel i have four stomachs  (oops, i shouldn't laugh about it  )

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

We are really missing our green smoothies each morning.  We finally found out our son has a mild allergy to most green veg (goes rather spotty ) so we are back to purple smoothies for the moment. 

[Nay-nay]

Wow - My kids say they are too but I have never seen the spots??  Have you got to the bottom of it Chelsea?? Could it be from pesticide residue or do you only use organic??

Now, I found this thread as I typed 'kale' in the search - someone gave me a box of kale out of their garden and I've been thinking, 'what the hec do you do with kale and who would ever grow it!'  I thought it was just a cheap garnish they use in the deli - well how wrong was I??  Lots of kale lovers here - I'll give it a whizz.