Ok, I’m not really challenging anyone, but I needed a dramatic title for today’s post.
The other day I was puttering around on the internet as I often do and came across this question on Ask Metafilter which led me to do some reading about green smoothies. I know, GREEN smoothies?? WTF are those?? But apparently it’s the healthiest thing in the world to eat and will solve all your health problems, pay your mortgage and shovel your driveway at the same time. I might be exaggerating, but it sounded like it was something easy and cheap to try.
I went to the The Green Smoothie Challenge website and signed up for the 14 day challenge. I guess all I have to do is drink one of these green smoothies once a day. They send me an email every day with recipes and tips and stuff. We’ll see how it goes. I haven’t started it yet. To be honest, while I like romaine lettuce and love bananas, I’ve never thought about blending them together and I hate to use the world gross, but yeah, it sort of sounds pretty gross to me. I’m staying positive about it. The people who do it are really into it, so maybe they are onto something.
Anyone else want to join in? I think I might have The Clam on board…
6. January 2010 at 3:33 pm
Have you ever had “Superfood” by Odwalla? It is sooo yummy! Sure, it looks like snot, but it tastes delicious. Another one is by Greenwise. I’m not sure, but I think it’s called ‘Naked’ but I could be confusing it with something else. Anyway, Good luck with the challenge! =)
6. January 2010 at 3:57 pm
Good luck. I’m not so sure I could do it. I’d think about it too much, and I wouldn’t be able to get it down. Even it was the most delicious thing I ever put in my mouth I still don’t think I could do it.
6. January 2010 at 6:34 pm
Checked out the website and it sounds interesting. I think I might have to give it a try. Really how bad could it taste?
6. January 2010 at 9:41 pm
No thank you, I won’t be doing it. Best luck to all who do. It has to be good to eat that kind of good stuff. It will be interesting to hear how it goes.
7. January 2010 at 1:27 pm
Made the banana & romaine lettuce smoothie today and it’s not half bad.
8. January 2010 at 12:08 pm
Something about the words ‘banana’ and ‘romaine’ in the same sentence.. They just don’t *go*.. lol. But I’m glad that it tasted alright! Does the contest give you leeway with what you may add/ remove from the recipes? (I haven’t checked out the site yet, so I may be asking a redundant questions.)
11. January 2010 at 9:57 am
The Clam is on board. Had my first banana and romaine smoothie today. I really only tasted the banana. Not awful, but a lot to drink. Also, be careful – I didn’t realize it but had a lot of lettuce bits stuck in my teeth – so beware while drinking them!