Bethany: From Guilt to Green

I stuck my hand in the bag of knock-off Raisin Bran, munched and stuck my hand in again. After about eight munches I remembered that I would be writing a post for this blog later this afternoon. That stopped me mid-crunch. So I reached for a cucumber.

Now I love my salad and cucumber slices, but really, there is only so much of that a girl can chew down. Enter the vita-mix. {vita-mix: super blender, powerful enough to turn a Christmas tree into mulch ... or just about.} I love my vita-mix so much I am thinking of naming him Victor and pretending he has an exotic accent. But I digress. I love making green drinks and this summer, prompted by the presence of some rather large cucumbers in my garden (seriously, one was 28 inches long), I discovered two great new green-drinks. I just made one for lunch and I feel great!

The recipe?

cucumber (as much as you want)

a little water

a little ice

the juice of one lime or one lemon with the yellow cut off.

sweetner (I use raw honey, but you can use stevia, agave, or sugar)

Optional additions:

Ginger - an inch of peeled, fresh ginger.

tip: if your ginger starts to go bad in the fridge, cut it into inch long pieces, peel it and freeze it.

Melon - cantaloupe or honeydew. As much as you want. We had a whole bowl left over from dinner and I threw the whole thing in. It was yummy.

Mint. I am dying to try mint in this, but I didn't grow mint this year so I haven't yet.

If you have leftover juice, freeze it for popsicles. They taste like something you would find at a spa.

More green recipes later.

Oh, and I did stay away from the chocolate chips all day yesterday! I somehow think that means I should have lost five pounds. Oh well. I am very proud anyway.