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Offline JuliaBalbilla

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Apple, Banana and Watercress Smoothie - with photo
« on: January 20, 2012, 12:14:26 pm »
Name of Recipe:  Apple, Banana and Watercress Smoothie

Serves:  2

Ingredients:
1 large apple, quartered, stem discarded
2 ripe bananas, peeled
5 to 50 g fresh watercress (see Tips/Hints below)
1 fresh lime - juice of the whole lime plus ¼ of the squeezed lime including skin and pith
150 g kefir or natural live organic yoghurt (kefir has more probiotics)
30 g hemp seeds or linseeds or chia seeds or 1 raw organic free-range egg or 30 to 50 g nuts of choice
20 to 30 g agave syrup or Sweet Freedom or 15 g honey or 15 g palm sugar (optional)
½ sheet dried nori or 1 tablespoon dried seaweed pieces - an excellent source of minerals (optional)
150 g ice cubes
⅛ teaspoon sea salt or pink Himalayan salt - an excellent source of minerals
500 g water, divided 300 g and 200 g

Preparation:  
Add or weigh in all ingredients except the last 200 g water.
Blend 2½ minutes/Speed 10.
Add remaining 200 g water and mix 10 seconds/Speed 4. Add more water if you prefer.

Tips/Hints:  Substitute any of the following for the watercress:

    rocket
    flat-leaf parsley
    spinach
    swiss chard
    lettuce
    kale
    green outer cabbage leaves
    wild greens, e.g. dandelion leaves or fresh nettle tops
    a mixture of any of the above

Drink immediately for best nutritional benefits, or keep in the fridge for up to 24 hours in a clean glass bottle/jar with a lid or stopper.

[I find that it is particularly good with a stick of celery and a couple of cabbage leaves.  If using Sweet Freedom, I find that 15g is enough.]

Origin:  My Thermomix (UK) newsletter for January 2012
Rosemary from Bournemouth formerly Gloucestershire

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Re: Apple, Banana and Watercress Smoothie - with photo
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2012, 12:22:01 pm »
This sounds really interesting, I might give it a go, everyday I find something I want to try on this forum, Thanks.

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Re: Apple, Banana and Watercress Smoothie - with photo
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2012, 07:40:57 am »
Thanks. JB.  When I saw nice bunches of watercress in the supermarket, I knew there'd be something interesting the TMX could make with it for me.  Nice recipe!
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