The Live Green Smoothie Diet

If you have some fave veggies in the grocery aisle, consider trying them out as a Mono-Smoothie. For example, Asparagus and Arugula, two strongly flavored green vegetables that I know aren’t the first items one would think of as a smoothie ingredient. But if you’re a fan of their charms, they blend up nicely with [...]

If you’re like me, you frequently pass by the Exotic Fruits section at the grocery store and survey with wonder at some of the cool stuff lining the bins… but then keep on walking, because what does one actually do with these things, other than slice them up and use them as garnish? It’s not [...]

We normally don’t think of using just avocado for a smoothie… but paired with raw honey, it’s a wonderful, mild, creamy drink! Great backdrop for vanilla or chocolate… make a quick, all-natural shake! And just a couple plain carrots for a smoothie…? Who knew? Better than any kind of vegetable juice you could buy at [...]

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 [...]

Mono-Smoothies simply rawk! I haven’t been so excited about something related to food since the advent of Live Green Smoothies. They are easy, cheap, fast… and did I say cheap? For anyone who is on a tight budget and still wants to eat maximally healthy, adding some Mono-Smoothies every day will definitely make a difference! [...]

These Mono-Smoothies are a revelation, and something I’ll be drilling into my kids over the next year, as they have determined that this is the year which they want to learn all about how to navigate the kitchen and feed themselves (and their prospective guests in the future) under the auspices of their own acquired [...]

With this one recipe you have a few options — with or without greens, super-lemony or just mild, and dessertly sweet or just sweetly average. Personally, I’m partial to With Greens, Super-Lemony, and Quite Sweet to off-set the lemon… but you pick your fave combo! Any way you do it up, tho, it’s a great [...]

You’ll be so surprised how this tastes… no one would ever suspect that there’s fresh, raw zucchini in it! Talk about a reason to over-plant your garden with squash this year! You can even make this rich, creamy smoothie utterly non-fat… or luscious-it-up with a bit of raw cacao butter, which really makes a fabulous [...]

Fresh, raw zucchini added to a smoothie is a revelation, and especially when added to a simple, plain vanilla smoothie, which thrives on having as much of a neutral (as well as a creamy) backdrop as possible. This is just lovely. And there is zero fat in it! Anyone who follows along with my recipes [...]

Zucchini contributes a respectable bit of protein to this Live Green Smoothie, accounting for its its creamy texture (high-protein foods like goji berries, hemp seeds, and broccoli are well-known for contributing creaminess to smoothies). In addition, if you peel your Zucchini, it adds no taste to your LGS (and for you weight-conscious folk, hardly any [...]