It’s hot out and you want a light but filling and nutritious meal? This is a great summer cooler-offer. I’m a big fan of nutritious ice creams, and this is a good one. Like a very lemony sorbet with some fresh fennel greens… and made creamy with baby zucchini, which you would never, ever know about unless someone told you. Even then… you’ll be inclined to disbelieve it.

I’m a lemon freak, so I juiced two organic lemons for this recipe, but if you aare a normal person you’ll just do the one. Still… just so you know there’s an option for freaks like me.

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Refreshing, easy, quick, alkalizing, great for your skin… what are you waiting for?

This recipe is a snap. Make one blenderful with 1/2 of a cantaloupe, a second with the other 1/2, maybe adding some fresh berries for variation, and you’ll have your first two blenderfuls done for the day! They go down *sooooooo* easily, too.

Keep these in mind for when you see a sale on cantaloupe… especially the over-ripe ones. Perrrrfect!

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The way tomatoes taste in heaven…

This is a sweet, tropical answer to the Bloody Mary, and I’ll bet you’ve never had anything like it!

The intent of this recipe was to make a Tomato-Rose Sorbet sweetened with Mango, made creamy with Zucchini, and made aromatic with Rose Water. But it was so delicious, I couldn’t wait for it to freeze and drank it as a smoothie aperitif. The result… a delicious, wonderfully flavorful beverage that makes a truly 100% raw cocktail… and also a great creamy sorbet when frozen!

I’ve been asked by a few people to showcase more fresh tomato recipes, so I have that trend going on right now. And one thing to remember: tomatos go great with mango! Remember that the next time you want to prepare a colorful sandwich or salad platter for company. Or for yourself. They complement each other so very well, with the earthy pungency of the tomato slightly mellowed by the tropical sweetness of the mango.

Add rose water and this really does get ethereal.

What… you don’t have any rose water yet! Get with the program, darlin’… you simply must have that in your cupboard a.s.a.p!

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What a lovely texture… and you can whip this up in minutes! Easy ingredients, all fresh, all wholesome… and there’s no way you’ll find this combination in any store!

Fresh mango paired with fresh blueberries, quality vanilla (in this case, some richly fragrant vanilla from Mexico) and natural sweetener whips up lickety-split in your blender (easier if you have a high-speed Blendtec like mine, of course). And then you can eat it straight-away more as a *slushie*, or you can freeze it rather briefly, maybe an hour, and scoop it out as classic sorbet.

Often, raw sorbets get “icy” and hard crystals, but this one remains smooth and velvety in texture (thanks to the pectin in both the mango and the blueberry). It’s just wonderful.

Make it tonight, and have the leftover remainers with breakfast in the morning, or as an after-work refresher tomorrow afternoon!

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Got a mint plant out back that tends to rage out of control and want to know what to do with it? Start making Live Green Smoothies with it! Paired with some raw cacao powder, avocado, banana and a few other ingredients, you’ll have a deliciously creamy LGS, or even frozen “milk” shake if you add a bit of extra ice.

Sweet, creamy, mildy minty… which you can enhance with a bit of peppermint extract or a few drops of peppermint oil. A very nice summer treat!

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Beets aren’t just for slicing and borscht. The work wonderfully in many raw smoothies, and pair brilliantly with both berries and fresh greens to make some winning Live Green Smoothie combinations!

Rich in minerals, antioxidants, and the valuable phytonutrients that deep pigmentation gives clue to, this is a beautiful smoothie to give you energy and make you feel deeply nourished.

I’ve left the greens out of these photos, becase we all know what happens when we mix reds and greens (brown!), but don’t leave the greens out when you make this! This is the kind of energy drink you simply can’t buy at any store… it’s like drinking a rich transfusion that instantly revitalizes your blood.

Vampires never had it so good.

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Carrots are not just for salads and juicing! Especially if you have a high-powered blender, in which case blending them makes them completely smooth, like a whole-food juice.

Carrots, obviously jam-packed with beta carotene, blend brilliantly with fresh berries! And especially strawberries. The result: a deliciously flavored, highly refreshing, wildly nutritious raw smoothie that is quite low in sugar… great for dieters, diabetics, and anyone else watching their glycemic levels.

I left the fresh greens out on this recipe only until I’d taken the photos because I wanted to show how pretty the underlying ingredients are together. But then I dumped everything back into the blender with some baby spinach for my version.

Drank the whole thing up and felt amazing the rest of the night.

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What a beautiful drink. Just looking at this smoothie in your glass, you know it has to be good for you… especially your blood.

Whip this one up on Valentine’s Day… or give to your kids and tell them to pretend they’re vampires.

Made from fresh beets and mangoes, with a bit of fresh OJ, you can also add some fresh baby spinach without modifying the flavor. I left it out for the purpose of photographing, but measurements are included in the recipe, and turning the fuschia into a darker brown by adding the greens is worth doing… this Live Green Smoothie is health-in-a-glass. And delicious!

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This smoothie is knockout gorgeous! I poured it into a tall clear container to keep in the fridge (it didn’t last long…) and drank the rest of it in a tall glass, and just couldn’t believe how radiantly orange it was every time I looked at it. I almost hated to drink it!

Almost…

Chock-full of beta carotene, antioxidants, and Vitamin C, and refreshingly sweet, this is a great Live Green Smoothie for a hot day! I left the greens out for the photo, to show how beautiful the ingredients are, but add the greens when you can! The color for this one will turn into a light shade of pea-soup, but even that color can start to look appealing when you fall in love with how Live Green Smoothie make you feel!

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This smoothie is great for anyone, but especially for someone new to the Live Green Smoothie world… it is soo fresh-tasting, with hardly any flavor whatsoever except for a slight after-taste of fresh orange juice.

Slightly creamy and very smooth, especially when blended in a high-powered blender, anyone just starting out and dipping their toes tentatively into the Live Green Smoothie pond is sure to give both thumbs up with this one.

The ingredients are simple… you can find them in any grocery store… so you can keep this recipe on hand as a staple, which you can modify with the addition of different fruits depending on what you have on hand.

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Recipe for: Super Fresh-Tasting, Super-Mild Live Green Smoothie For Beginners

• 1 navel orange, peeled
• juice from 1 orange (no pits)
• 1 to 1-1/2 cups fresh baby spinach
• flesh from 1/2 avocado
• 1 tablespoon raw honey (optional… only if you want it sweeter)
• spring water to 32 oz.
• 1 cup ice

Blend til smooth and drink on up!

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