02 Mar, 2010
2 Super-Refreshing Mono-Smoothie Recipes: Cucumber and Rhubarb!
Posted by: Angela Leeds In: *LGS Daily Recipe
Look at these two great Mono-Smoothies using one common garden fruit and another common vegetable. Funny thing about these two… we think of cucumber as a vegetable but in fact it’s a fruit, and we treat rhubarb as a fruit but actually it’s a vegetable! They both make brilliant Mono-Smoothies.
Cucumbers are wonderful hydrators and great for your skin and hair! Cucumber is highly alkaline, making it a natural diuretic, with a soothing anti-inflammatory on your joints and connective tissues. And all with negligible calories.
It’s just a delicious, extremely light and refreshing beverage, perfect for after workouts!
Rhubarb is usually only eaten in pies and other baked goods because of its tart, low-sugar flavor. But it works wonderfully in a Mono-Smoothie and reveals itself to be extremely mild in flavor!
According to this report, a number of phytonutrients in rhubarb may have some anti-cancer properties according to some existing studies, and may also increase circulation. It has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and even anti-allergy effects, and may even benefit those with high cholesterol!
My suggestion: take rhubarb out of the sole domain of pies and start using it regularly to whip some some refreshing Mono-Smoothies!
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