smoothie challenge day 3, etc.
Day 3: Cilantro Detox
Day 3: Cilantro Detox Smoothie
½ cup fresh or frozen pineapple (no cans)
2 celery ribs
1 cup green leaf lettuce
⅓ bunch fresh cilantro (also known as coriander leaf)
1-inch piece of ginger root (or size to your liking)
1-2 cups of coconut water or water (start with less)
Health Benefits
Cilantro is a heavy metal chelator, meaning it will help to pull heavy metals out of your body. The pineapple will aid digestion and help you to eliminate any toxins that may be stirred up by the other detoxifying ingredients in the smoothie.
Cilantro is a heavy metal chelator, meaning it will help to pull heavy metals out of your body. The pineapple will aid digestion and help you to eliminate any toxins that may be stirred up by the other detoxifying ingredients in the smoothie.
this was a delicious smoothie. i love the pineapple ones because they tend to be such a pretty shade of green. when i took the lid off of this one, it smelled fantastic. well, i love cilantro, and i love ginger, and i love pineapple. this smoothie tasted very green, in a good way. light and not overly sweet - just enough pineapple to make it pleasant. as i've mentioned before, the celery does make for a thicker texture. i wonder whether with a vitamix it would get more pulverized. but i don't find it unpleasant. i really liked this smoothie and i suspect i will make it again.
oh, btw, they messed up and forgot to put green leaf lettuce on the shopping list for this week, so i substituted romaine for that, as i always have romaine on hand, it being my favorite type of lettuce. :D
other than that, i finished the last few pages of editing project #1 and then did the longer of the two stories i had in my inbox for project #2. the next story i will do in small bursts after work this week - i figure two evenings should do it. by then i suspect there will be another in my inbox. i'm a bit concerned about getting everything done - there's just over a week now before luvsev arrives, and i've done nothing with the apartment to speak of. *sigh* plus, i'm working this saturday so that i can take a day off when she's here w/o forfeiting the pay. sometimes it sucks not getting any vacation time. oh well. all i can do is what i can do.
tonight i decided to make kale pasta salad with olives, sundried tomatoes, and feta cheese. when i googled pasta salad with kale, this is the recipe that came up first: exactly what i wanted, lol. it's pretty tasty. (i did not use the dressing from this recipe as i already have homemade italian dressing in the fridge.) and i had chocolate chia seed pudding for dessert. i feel very domestic, lol.