Blended Salad

[littlemarie]

I honestly don't eat near enough greens. Maybe once a week if I'm lucky. I like green smoothies but I end up using too much fruit and I get addicted to the sugar so I am looking for blended salad recipes with simple ingredients that I can find at like Krogers.Where I am I cant find Shoyu or braggs or special oils and I dont like vinager so some really simple recipes would be nice. Here is an example of a recipe I found:

1/2 cuc
1 celery
1 tom
2 hands spinach
1 clove garlic
1 ts sea salt
1 avacaodo

[steveoregon]

Well, most people couldn't tolerate the taste of a blended greens with no fruit. If you throw in dressing type ingrediants - that would be an interesting experiment.

I certainly want to monitor this thread to see how this stuff tastes.

Good luck in blazing this trail for the rest of us.

Steve

[cherries]

You're not addicted to the sugar in fruit, your body needs it, your brain runs on glucose and it needs those fruit sugars, so enjoy your fruit. :p

[Eva]

I make "savory green smoothies" pretty regularly that are sort of like what you're describing but with more tomatoes and some green, leafy veggies. If I have been sprouting something like alfalfa, I toss that in too.

I usually include just a couple soaked dates, which puts just a TOUCH of sweetness, and I chop up some veggies really small.

Then I eat it like a soup. The chopped up carrots (or whatever) make it so that I take my time, but the greens are blended so digestion is super easy. They make me feel GREAT.

:)

[Bobbie]

lots of spinach or spring greens
2 tomatoes
juice of 1/2 lemon
1/2 avocado
water

from Raw Family except they use more lemon juice and less greens.

[Bobbie]

lots of spinach or spring greens
2 tomatoes
juice of 1/2 lemon
1/2 avocado
water

from Raw Family except they use more lemon juice and less greens.
I also like energy soup without the fruit but others think its nasty.
I do prefer it with the apple plus banana. It reminds me of weetabix then.

water or rejuvelac
1/2 cup sprouted beans - mung or aduki
2 cups sprouted sunflower greens
1/2 avocado

[Bobbie]

I also like energy soup without the fruit but others think its nasty.
I do prefer it with the apple plus banana. It reminds me of weetabix then.

water or rejuvelac
1/2 cup sprouted beans - mung or aduki
2 cups sprouted sunflower greens
1/2 avocado
alissas broccoli soup is spectacular too. I add lots more broccoli.

[Apasaraw]

I honestly don't eat near enough greens. Maybe once a week if I'm lucky. I like green smoothies but I end up using too much fruit and I get addicted to the sugar so I am looking for blended salad recipes with simple ingredients that I can find at like Krogers.Where I am I cant find Shoyu or braggs or special oils and I dont like vinager so some really simple recipes would be nice. Here is an example of a recipe I found:

1/2 cuc
1 celery
1 tom
2 hands spinach
1 clove garlic
1 ts sea salt
1 avacaodo

I'd eat that over a chopped veg salad! Even though it IS a salad. Ya know? Looks tasty. I don't think I could drink it....
I ususally make a smoothie I know I'll like (fruity) and add a handful of greens.

[raw_danceruk]

Yum

these look really good!!

I usually add to mine

2 Lemons
Chili 1
Sweet Pointed Peppers 2-3

I love it a bit spicy

Could add some

Coconut milk + ginger ... heading into thai soup territory mind!!

[littlemarie]

You're not addicted to the sugar in fruit, your body needs it, your brain runs on glucose and it needs those fruit sugars, so enjoy your fruit. :p.

Beleive me, you can be addicted to fruit. I used to not think so but now I can eat 20 apples a day and have been experiencing not so wonderful side effects. Thank you for your insight though. Thanks everyone for the recipes, I should try some of these soon! : )

[RawLibrarian]

Raw_DancerUK,

I often add ginger and hot peppers to my smoothies. Thanks for suggesting the coconut milk--it would seem like a Thai soup!

My go-to smoothie recipe:

2 cups water
big handful spinach
several leaves of kale
several leaves of lettuce

Blend.

Add:

Chopped tomato
1/2 avocado
Fresh herbs (cilantro, basil, parsley ...)
1/2 cucumber
Garlic to taste
Ginger to taste
Salt to taste
Lemon or lime juice (I usually use the juice of the whole lemon or lime)

Blend again.

I take this for lunch every day and just love it. People have commented on the gorgeous green color.

I am one who does not like to mix (sweet) fruit and vegetables in smoothies

[Bobbie]

1 bag of watercress (which happens to be 75g)
1/2 avocado
1 tomato
1 teaspoon onion
1/2 clove garlic
knob fresh ginger (length of the garlic half)
shake of cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cumin

sometimes add a small spoonful of almonds

[Bobbie]

(onion, garlic, ginger, cayenne actually mellow the spicyness of watercress whereas blend things bring it out. I can't eat really hot things but this makes it ok)

[littlemarie]

I hear you RawLibrarian, im just a bit tired of sweets. That recipe sounds amazing!
:p ;) :D :)

[JEN]

baby spinach
lots of parsley
lots of cilantro
cucumber
carrot
tomatoes
piece of onion(optional)
garlic
lemon or lime juice
sea salt

Lots of flavor!!