Bottom's Up

I'm still doing the Green Smoothie Challenge but ran out of bananas. So I read through their recipes and was a tad inventive this morning with the ingredients I did have on hand. I blended two cups of water, 2 apples w/skins, 1 cup blueberries and the 7 oz of Romaine lettuce. The color is grossing my kiddos out but it doesn't taste bad at all.

I have to say I am feeling pretty darn good. My usual morning aches and pains are gone and I'm not having my food cravings like I normally do when I cut gluten out. In fact we were at my nephew's birthday party last night and as delicious as his birthday cake was I only had two bites and passed it to Christopher. My SIL is an amazing cake designer, if you're ever in Pennsylvania and need a cake I'll hook you up.

Now today is our day of rest and clean up. Yesterday was so hectic with demolition work and then driving an hour and a half to our nephew's party. I've learned that you can attach my Dyson's hand held carpet attachment to the Shop Vac and make do with half assed carpet cleaning. This whole experience is really a test of my cleaning OCD's patience. I'm going with a quickly walk past the mess and don't look approach.

Green Smoothie Challenge

While blog hopping yesterday I came across the Green Smoothie Challenge on Suddenly Routine. The ingredients of romaine lettuce and bananas caught my attention. I couldn't decide if I was intrigued or grossed out. I checked out the site and decided to sign up. It's quite simple and I love that. The idea is to drink 4 glasses (which comes to 1 liter) a day of this smoothie for 14 days.
Banana Smoothie
Ingredients
1/2 Romaine lettuce (7oz)
3 bananas
2 cups water
Directions
Blend the bananas with water for 30 seconds. Add the Romaine lettuce and blend until smooth. You can add a few mint leaves for an unusual twist. Yields 1 liter.

Surprisingly tasty! I over blended it to guarantee there would be no lettuce pieces. It has a think consistence and a banana aroma. I had my first serving for breakfast and my second with lunch. I plan to have my third this afternoon and the forth with dinner. I'm sure my family will be grossed out. I'm excited to see my results after 14 days. Who else is brave enough to jump in?