{"id":19494,"date":"2013-08-15T18:13:14","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T23:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=19494"},"modified":"2013-08-16T10:21:42","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T15:21:42","slug":"paleo-kale-smoothie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=19494","title":{"rendered":"Kale Smoothie"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Hmmmm, a paleo kale smoothie. \u00a0Ok, I know the sound of this does not really make your mouth water, but believe me, it is delicious.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-19500\" alt=\"Green Smoothie\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Green-.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Green-.jpg 800w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Green--355x323.jpg 355w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>While we are still doing our square foot gardening this year, we also decided to get a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) box. \u00a0For those of you who don&#8217;t know how that works, we pay a fee to an organic farmer in the spring and receive a box of fresh produce weekly. \u00a0 The CSA goes till November, and we have really enjoyed all the fresh, organic vegetables. \u00a0It really does force us to try new things. \u00a0We have been getting a lot of kale. \u00a0 I knew people made smoothies with kale so I thought I would give it a chance.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-19495\" alt=\"Smoothie ingredients\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_5197.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_5197.jpg 800w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_5197-425x323.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>During the summer I love fruit smoothies, but now with the CSA, I have been playing around with the veggies. \u00a0 I have found a smoothie that is tasty and healthy.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-19496\" alt=\"Smoothie recipe\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_5202.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_5202.jpg 800w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_5202-430x287.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">This is just a base recipe, and you can add to it as you like.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Green Smoothie<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3>1 cup of coconut milk, almond milk or regular milk. \u00a0(I love coconut milk so that is my choice)<\/h3>\n<h3>2 cups of kale or swiss chard (I started with a cup to get used to have veggies in my fruit smoothies.)<\/h3>\n<h3>1-2 carrots<\/h3>\n<h3>1\/2 to 1 cup of blueberries<\/h3>\n<h3>5 \u00a0big strawberries<\/h3>\n<h3>1 frozen banana (break it into pieces before freezing)<\/h3>\n<h3>1 tablespoon of peanut butter for protein and an extra kick.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-19497\" alt=\"Smoothie recipe\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_5204.jpg\" width=\"430\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Add all ingredients and blend. You do not need a fancy blender. \u00a0We have a basic model, and it works fine. \u00a0If you want a thicker smoothie, you can add ice but the frozen banana helps with consistency, I think.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-19499\" alt=\"Green Smoothie\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_5209.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_5209.jpg 800w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_5209-355x323.jpg 355w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Sit back and enjoy. \u00a0Plus, think of all the fruits and veggies you have already gotten, and your day is off to a great start.<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Cheers!<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hmmmm, a paleo kale smoothie. \u00a0Ok, I know the sound of this does not really make your mouth water, but believe me, it is delicious. &nbsp; \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19494"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19494"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19511,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19494\/revisions\/19511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}