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“Green Drink”

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When people reach for their morning coffee or diet bubbly, the Zinkes reach for Green Drink! It’s a staple in the Zinke household. We drink it every morning. If I could, I would hook myself up and take it intravenously. From the looks of it, most folks wouldn’t touch this stuff. Don’t be fooled, this green goo is oozing with nutrients and a surprising flavor of pure delight. I’d call it magically delicious! I believe I heard Rick recently comment, “Our kids are going to be drinking this every morning!” (No doubt about it: our kids will each get their own shot of green drink before running out to the bus stop!)

So, here is what goes into our green drink:

1 orange, peeled
1 small apple
1 small raw carrot, chopped into smaller pieces
2 cups (two big hand fulls) raw spinach
1 cup frozen strawberries
2 Tbsp raw wheat germ*
1 Tbsp whole flax seed*
1 tsp vanilla
A couple handfuls of ice
Add to your vita-mix or blender, in this order: 1/2 cup of cold water, orange, spinach, apple, carrot, and strawberries. Puree. Add remaining ingredients and blend well. Share with your neighbor. Serves 2 generously.  The more frozen fruit you use, the less cold water you will need.   Continue reading →

Fruit Sorbet

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You’d think with all this snow and chilly weather, we’d be sippin’ our cups of joe, right? WRONG! Rick and I are officially addicted to this stuff: HOMEMADE FRUIT SORBET. We can’t get enough. We’ve had it 3 of the last 4 nights. Fresh, healthy, quick and easy. I like to make food that you can’t screw up. Fruit sorbet is one of those foods-hard to go wrong.

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Makes over 4 cups

Add to the blender in this order:

1 orange, peeled

2 tablespoons honey, maple syrup or sugar

4 cups ice

Slowly puree the orange and then increase the speed to blend in ice. You will probably have to stop the blender and push down the ice with a long wooden spoon but it’s worth the little effort! If you find that it’s not mixing, add a little bit of liquid like water or orange juice, to help the ice move in the blender. If a pocket of air forms, just remove the blender give it a good bang on the counter top. It should have the consistency of a thick sorbet, that won’t pour. It should be so thick, you’ll have to spoon it out. RICH!

Other flavors:

1 orange + 1 lemon, peeled and de-seeded (Our favorite!)

strawberries and lime juice (holy smokes..I am speechless…this is our new favorite!)

peaches

pineapple

mango

Really, any fruit you want! Wait…banana may not work. Ick, that sounds gross!