Fruit and Vegetable Green Smoothie

When your immune system isn't what it should be, it seems you're constantly fighting off some virus. That's how I woke this morning, feeling icky once again. . . I had a bowl of the turkey-wildrice-vegetable soup I made this weekend, but my body was still yelling for something more. Something fresh. 

Alrighty-Then. . .time to fire up the blender.

I used everything, as shown, except for cutting them up.

1 big carrot

1 stalk celery

1T ground cinnamon

mini English cucumbers

a piece of candied ginger

strawberries - with green tops

the top half of a dark green Romaine

3/4-1c Chobani whole milk plain Greek yogurt

a big splash of fruit juice

This is why I'll never own another juicer. . .everything in the first photo ended up pulverized, into my glass.

With a juicer, you throw away at least 3/4 to get a minuscule amount of the clear extract of the fruits and vegetables. 

There's so much good fiber that never makes it into your body, compost or muffins since most people just pitch it.

Be smart when using the great foods God gave us! . .Lin

A Sweet and Spicy Fruit Salad

• ½ lg. ripe mango
• ⅔c organic craisins
• ½ sm. ripe cantaloupe 
• 2c frozen strawberries, sweet & sour cherries, blueberries
• 1-2T jalapeño pepper jelly
• ⅓ lemon - juiced
• 1t± Orange Ginger spice blend

Cut the fruit the way you like it.  Gently mix the jelly and lemon juice in a medium glass bowl with the frozen cut fruit.  Microwave for 30 seconds, add the rest of the fruit, toss, let stand on the counter a half hour tossing several times, then serve.  This will 3 big or 6 smaller servings.  Today, with cottage cheese and Norweigan crisp bread, it's breakfast for me 😊

The mango seed is shown in the first picture, soaking in the little glass of water.  They're hard to get out of the fruit, but much easier when it's ripe.  It's incased in a hard fibers shell.  I split that open, and now, once it's soaked a while, I'll peel off the rest of that papery covering and plant it in hopes of getting a gorgeous plant.  They don't bear fruit, or maybe they will if you can keep them alive several years.  My daughter had a gorgeous mango plant many years ago.

I call it. . .Garbage Gardening 😁 Lin

Smoky Salmon and Sweet Potatoes

1 piece of salmon

1 sweet potato

2 cloves garlic - sliced

1 sm. onion - chopped

1-2T butter

1-2T Balsamic vinegar

1T sugar

fresh ground salt and pepper

This is for one person.  Add ingredients for each person you're cooking for.  Slice the sweet potato into a small bowl.  Add all the ingredients that follow.  Mix together and bake in a covered casserole dish for 20 minutes at 350°.  Meanwhile, fry the salmon in a little butter, seasoning each side before turning.

Serve with a small salad, sliced cucumbers or avocado.  Fresh fruit with a little sugar and a splash of fruity Balsamic vinegar, that's been allowed to set for about an hour, makes a great dessert. . .Lin