Green Smoothie Revolution!!

I guess I'm on a health kick for the new year... I signed up for a 6 month unlimited yoga pass at my yoga studio 17 days ago and I've been going 4 to 5 times out of the 6 times I can go in a week. I've gotten a routine down where I do vinyasa 3 alternating days a week with a stretch class 2 days a week and a hatha class on Sunday. If I was going all 6 days a week, this is how my schedule would work out. So naturally as I get back into an exercise routine, I'm starting to really look at my diet again.

Ever since I came across the Whole Life Nutrition Kitchen blog, I've been more open to whole food related blog and Facebook posts. For example, someone posted a green pineapple smoothie recipe on my friend's wall and it caught my eye and I found a cilantro green smoothie recipe on Meghan Telpner's blog through her Making Love in the Kitchen Facebook page. I still want to try the Winter Green Smoothie recipe from Whole Life Nutrition Kitchen but haven't gotten around to making it yet...


Recently I've been reading books by Victoria Boutenko that I picked up at TPL. I recently finished
Green Smoothie Revolution and now I'm reading Green for Life. Next I'll look at 12 Steps to Raw Foods just out of interest and Raw Family Signature Dishes, cuz I'm always on the look out for easy recipes. Her writing style is not particularly good, but she mixes in scientific research with her observations, experiences, and the experience of others to make a very convincing argument for getting more greens into your diet. I wasn't crazy about the recipes in Green Smoothie Revolution (some of them had way too many ingredients). I'm hoping the ones in other books will be more interesting.


I'm really interested in how feasible it would be to live on a raw food diet. I'm all for not having to cook my food. I bet once you're on it and try to eat cooked food again you feel like crap. I used to eat a lot of greens and raw veggies when I was younger but no one in my family was really into eating that way. Boutenko reiterates the importance of having family support in being able to stick to their raw food diet. I've been concerned about blending non-organic produce, which is what we usually buy because it's more affordable. We buy some organic foods, such as sugars, flowers, nuts and seeds and other products. My sister recently told me to buy some organic produce to try the smoothies. If they like it, it might be easier to make the transition to more organic foods. I'm really looking forward to the spring and being able to grow greens to make smoothies myself.

I really want to buy a Vitamix blender, which these authors I mention boast to be the best blender for making green smoothies. I have an older blender that I've never used so I should probably try that first. I also want a food dehydrator cuz I figure it's probably more affordable to dehydrate your own fruits.

Why does being healthy have to be so expensive!