Oranges in Smoothies are Just Okay

Last night I walked to the store to pick up 10 lbs of oranges for my morning smoothie(s). I felt a little high on my walk; everything was loud and startling and people were speaking in all these different languages. It was wild. (I'd been accustomed to sitting all day in my room, which is essentially a sensory deprivation lab.)

Anyway, upon my return to the apartment building, noticed that some hilarious person had removed the circular lockpad from the front door. So.. I tried to stick my key in, because, why not, it might work. That didn't work. Luckily I remembered that I have a brain and so I used that instead. I walked to the rear of the building and let myself in before hilarious person was doubly hilarious.

Morning smoothie:

You know the drill.
1 banana
1 tbsp. hemp seed nuts.. or maybe it's hemp nut seeds
1 peeled orange
lots of spinach
water
half a peeled lemon

This morning's smoothie:

1 banana
1 gala apple
1/2 lemon
some pineapple
some lettuce
some water
...

I should have written down the ingredients as I went, but I was busy thinking of my to-do lists and snacking on too many cashews.

My second smoothie:

1 banana
other half of lemon
some pineapple chunks
1 cup water
1 tsp. dulse flakes for novelty
1 tbsp. hemp seed nuts for kicks
2 cups or so of swiss chard leaves and spinach shoved in to complete the ensemble.





Finally, a green smoothie that is green. This smoothie smells sweet and has an ocean twinge to it. I don't think twinge is the best word -- the salty taste is more like a twang that comes and goes in your mouth but the aftertaste is lemon. I like it.









And here's a fuzzy photo of the ad libbed beet pudding I made last night. The photo is mostly of my hand though. Check out those tasty metacarpals.

Almost done soaking some sunflower seeds for the recipe I'm following for tonight's dinner. I will try to stick to the recipe. Really.

First Breakfast Smoothie

Experimental Green Breakfast Smoothie:

1 banana
1 whole organic gala apple
1/4 cup blueberries
1/4 cup strawberries
half a peeled lemon
1 celery stalk
the rest of my kale (half a cup-ish)
2 big beet leaves



I included the celery -- I wanted to enjoy its benefit without having to taste it. Celery is another one of my not-favourites, yet I've read that celery is high in the good kind of sodium and contains pthalides, active compounds that help relax blood vessels and reduce stress response. I don't know.

Also threw in some beet leaves mainly because I'd used up all my kale, and also because the beets aren't easy to fit into my fridge in their present full-glory state.

So now I'm going to run into the kitchen to turn it oooooooon.

Okay definitely needed some liquid. Added maybe a cup of orange juice and a cup of water.

Now it looks like a smoothie.

It's still a bit thick, [insert self-deprecating comment here], so I like it like that. It'll remind me to chew. Now chewing... the smoothie has a pleasant, sweet scent of beets with a fruity green taste. I think next time I'll leave the blender on a bit longer, to really blend all the materials to tiny particles, but this is still a delicious result.

I'm getting those energized shivers.