Green Smoothie Recipe of the week

Ingredients: (All organic ingredients, if not, definitely organic greens!)

 1 head of romaine lettuce

1 stalk parsley

2 cups mixed kale, chard and beet greens

1 cup spinach

2 cups unfiltered apple juice

big splash lemon juice

big splash apple cider vinegar

1 cup grapefruit juice

1 tbsp. Flaxseed Oil

A sprinkle of cayenne pepper

1 cup frozen raspberries

Just throw it all in the blender and blend away! Makes enough for 3 large glasses of smoothie. I made this tonight so I can have one before bed, one for breakfast and another as a mid-morning snack.

Why green smoothies?

All the greens in this smoothie are alkalizing your system (disease cannot thrive in an alkaline environment, eating foods to alkalize your body are the best possible thing you can do for yourself!)and neutralizing free radicals in your body. This means anti-aging from the inside out, yes please!

(Quite a handy little chart to keep on your fridge if you want to know more about alkaline foods.)

These greens can carry many times their own weight in toxins right out of the body.

Green food replenishes red blood cells in our system and carries new oxygen to our cells.

Clorophyll fights infection.

Cayenne pepper revs up your metabolism, and you can't taste it in the smoothie.

Flaxseed oil is for your omega-3's, hello beautiful and healthy skin! Not to mention that omega-3's fight cardiovascular diseases, reduce inflammatory diseases and have shown to help prevent breast cancer. Basically, get it in your diet!

These smoothies are so tasty and SO quick to make. Drinking one or more a day will do you more good than any other food source. Experiment with the ingredients! You don't have to use the same things every time, try all different greens and fruits to mix it up.

I first learned about green smoothies reading an article in Elle when I was 22. The incredibly gorgeous Karolina Kurkova drinks them as part of her daily health regimen. She's so addicted to them that she packs a mini blender in her carry-on case no matter where she is going!

So. Green smoothies. Drink em!