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Green Smoothie: Super Greens, Pear, Banana, Grape

Green Smoothie: Super Greens, Pear, Banana, Grape

Ingredients: makes 1 large smoothie 1 cup seedless green grapes 1 pear, chopped 1 banana (essential to tame the bite of the arugula: I left it out once and did NOT like the result) 1  1/2 – 2 cups super greens 1/2 – 1 teaspoon honey (optional) Add ingredients to blender […]

November 3, 2014 × 4 comments

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Green Smoothie: Spinach, Kale, Apple, and Orange

Green Smoothie: Spinach, Kale, Apple, and Orange

This is my go-to (i.e. I’ve been making it every morning lately) green smoothie recipe for when I’ve been slacking on keeping a stock of frozen smoothies in the freezer 🙂 Ingredients: makes apr. 20 oz 1/2 cup water 1 apple, chopped 1 orange 1 stalk of celery, chopped 1 cup […]

October 28, 2013 × 0 comments

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Green Smoothie: Spinach, Romaine, and Fruit

Green Smoothie: Spinach, Romaine, and Fruit

I’ve gotten into the habit of drinking a green smoothie first thing in the morning 5-6 days/week, and here’s the recipe for the one I typically have, a version of the popular glowing green smoothie. To save time and help keep me on track with green-smoothie-drinking, I make and freeze a couple weeks’ worth […]

July 2, 2013 × 1 comment

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Green Smoothie: Kale, Carrot, Mango…

Green Smoothie: Kale, Carrot, Mango…

I drink lots of homemade smoothies, usually about 2/day. Some of my reasons are health-based, i.e. painlessly increasing my whole fruit/veggie intake. Some are waste-conscious, i.e. using up produce that might otherwise go bad waiting for me to eat it all. Others are borderline trifling: Quick and easy: Just toss […]

April 11, 2013 × 2 comments

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Green Smoothie: Kale, Banana, and Grape

Green Smoothie: Kale, Banana, and Grape

This sweet smoothie – along with THIS ONE – is especially great for those who want to sneak in some greens increase their green veggie intake without involving the actual taste of green veggies, which is masked by very ripe fruit. Blend together the following: 1/4 cup water 1 cup […]

February 3, 2013 × 0 comments

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Supercharge Smoothies with Matcha (Green Tea Powder)

Supercharge Smoothies with Matcha (Green Tea Powder)

Quick Tip: Boost the antioxidant power of your smoothies with matcha (green tea powder)! Just add 1/2 – 1 teaspoon to smoothie ingredients, and blend. Article from Women’s Health Magazine – April 2014 *Special thanks to reader Shannon who shared the tip of adding green tea to smoothies in the […]

April 21, 2014 × 4 comments

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Quick Tip: Add Cilantro and Parsley to Smoothies!

Quick Tip: Add Cilantro and Parsley to Smoothies!

Quick Tip: Blend fresh cilantro and parsley – I usually add about 1/3 cup of each, stems and all – into green smoothies to increase the nutrient content and add heavy metal chelation properties. The above paragraph is a short excerpt from the cilantro/parsley section of The Beauty Detox Foods by Kimberly Snyder. […]

December 9, 2014 × 0 comments

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Quick Tip: Smoothie Prep

Quick Tip: Smoothie Prep

What’s not to love about smoothies? When made with quality ingredients and without tons of extra sugars, juices, and empty calories, they’re the perfect portable, quick, easy, painless, and above all yummy fruit and veggie delivery systems. Some mornings are crazy hectic though – I don’t always have time to […]

April 25, 2013 × 0 comments

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Books: The Paris Wife

Books: The Paris Wife

I was supposed to read The Four Agreements on my trip to NYC, but when we got to the airport, I could NOT find the copy I’d borrowed from a friend. I’m telling you, I looked all over the car and didn’t see a trace of that book*! Not being one […]

July 5, 2013 × 0 comments

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About Me

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ MY BLOG! I’m Erica, a biomedical scientist and public health educator/program evaluator by training, and the blogger behind Joy and Sunshine. Like many people, I wear a lot of hats on a daily basis and have gone through a bit […]

April 8, 2012 × 0 comments