Name of Recipe: Apple, Banana and Watercress Smoothie
Serves: 2
Ingredients:
1 large apple, quartered, stem discarded
2 ripe bananas, peeled
5 to 50 g fresh watercress (see Tips/Hints below)
1 fresh lime - juice of the whole lime plus ¼ of the squeezed lime including skin and pith
150 g kefir or natural live organic yoghurt (kefir has more probiotics)
30 g hemp seeds or linseeds or chia seeds or 1 raw organic free-range egg or 30 to 50 g nuts of choice
20 to 30 g agave syrup or
Sweet Freedom or 15 g honey or 15 g palm sugar (optional)
½ sheet dried nori or 1 tablespoon dried seaweed pieces - an excellent source of minerals (optional)
150 g ice cubes
⅛ teaspoon sea salt or pink Himalayan salt - an excellent source of minerals
500 g water, divided 300 g and 200 g
Preparation:
Add or weigh in all ingredients except the last 200 g water.
Blend
2½ minutes/Speed 10.
Add remaining 200 g water and mix
10 seconds/Speed 4. Add more water if you prefer.
Tips/Hints: Substitute any of the following for the watercress:
rocket
flat-leaf parsley
spinach
swiss chard
lettuce
kale
green outer cabbage leaves
wild greens, e.g. dandelion leaves or fresh nettle tops
a mixture of any of the above
Drink immediately for best nutritional benefits, or keep in the fridge for up to 24 hours in a clean glass bottle/jar with a lid or stopper.
[I find that it is particularly good with a stick of celery and a couple of cabbage leaves. If using
Sweet Freedom, I find that 15g is enough.]
Origin:
My Thermomix (UK) newsletter for January 2012
