Green Smoothie Deconstructed

For those of you that may be interested, I've decided to share

 the recipe for my green smoothie.  

Here is the breakdown of today's smoothie

(it varies depending on what I have in stock.) 

I use both fresh and frozen ingredients, this also varies depending on what I have in the house.

Green grapes

Red grapes

Trader Joe's frozen spinach

Trader Joe's Berry Medley

Frozen pineapple

Whole Foods frozen kale

Bananas

Ready to blend in the powerful Blentec

The Blendtec keeps count of how many times you have used it.
My count: 128 in 6 months

Blendtec has preset speeds. It means to make my smoothie
I press the Whole Juice button and walk away.
It starts, changes speeds and stops on its own.
It takes 50 seconds.

Blending

Still blending

All done!

Yes, I do love my blender, so much that I have become an affiliate 

and now sell it through the link in my blog. 

Our Blendtec really has changed our life! 

 If you have any questions or want to buy one, please do it through the link on my blog. 

Happy Blending!

Drinking her green smoothie

Smoothie toast

After lunch, we made green smoothies in our awesome Blentec.  We enjoyed them as we danced to The Wiggles.

Our cups

Once she starts sipping, the straw doesn't leave her mouth until she is DONE

Toasting

What would she eat?

Little is a picky eater.
She has been very selective with what she eats ever since she started eating solids. She tends to scrutinize everything I put in front of her. I recently read that this can be a genetic preference, so if mommy and daddy were picky eaters, baby would most likely be picky too. Mommy and daddy are still picky eaters, so that may explain part of it. But it is also a developmental stage for most toddlers, so it is not the end of the world. 

Stressed about the limited menu and nutrients she would eat I found something that almost always seemed to work. These food pouches are always a hit and they are a mix of organic fruit and vegetables, all natural, with no additives. I researched the different brands and decided to purchase the HAPPYBABY line. 


The food pouches are convenient and affordable, but I truly had no control over the flavors and mix of vegetables and fruits. 


And then I found the perfect solutions: home made smoothies. With a regular blender, it was easy to make fruit smoothies, but whenever I added vegetables the smoothies were anything, but smooth. 


I decided to invest in a Blendtec and now with the help of my awesome blender I get to make Little healthy green smoothies and she loves them.  

These green smoothie has green grapes, red grapes, banana, spinach, kale, flax seeds and berries. 

From the first taste Little loved them and now she has 2-3 glasses a day. 

She is still picky about eating vegetables when I placed them in front of her at dinner time, but she drinks them with gusto.