Recipe – Popeye Would Be Proud Smoothie

Prep Time

15 minutes

Cooking Time

N/A

Yields

4 generous servings

Ingredients

• 1 ½- 2 cups very cold, filtered water
• 6 cups spinach, chopped
• 5 cups romaine lettuce, chopped
• 2 stalks of celery
• 1 apple, cored and chopped
• 1 pear, cored and chopped
• 1 inch fresh ginger
• 1 inch fresh turmeric
• 1 banana (Or substitute a cooked sweet potato and a little raw honey)
• 1–2 Tbs. fresh lemon juice
• 1 tsp. of cinnamon
• 1 tsp. of nutmeg

Directions

1. Add water, spinach and chopped romaine to the blender.
2. Starting the blender on a low speed; mix until smooth.
3. Gradually move to higher speeds and add the celery, pear, apple ginger and turmeric.
4. Add the banana, lemon juice and spices last.

Notes

If you’d like to turn this into a juice instead of a smoothie

Juice all of the ingredients except the banana, add the cinnamon and nutmeg and stir.