Drink your greens.

As I said yesterday, when I know I have a stressful week coming (i.e. midterms and a mondo paper), I stuff myself with vegetables. Here's another (sneaky) way to do just that!

The combination of the pink raspberries and green chard creates

a lovely chocolate hue... that looks nothing like pond scum...

Chocolate Raspberry (and Greens) Smoothie
Don't limit yourself to what I did. The idea is to drink your greens so add whatever else you like after that initial ingredient! The chocolate raspberry mixture is delicious but don't be afraid to experiment with other fruits, no fruits, nut milks, nut butters...

Ingredients:
2 bunches greens of your choice (I used rainbow chard)
2 handfuls of frozen raspberries (or blueberries, strawberries, rasberries...)
a heaping spoonful or two of unsweetened cocoa powder
optional: natural sweetener of choice (honey, maple syrup, stevia...)
water (or juice or non-dairy milk of choice)

Directions:
Blend all ingredients in a blender or food processor.
Add enough water to achieve desired consistency.
Drink your greens and cheers to your health!

Pumpkins Pumpkins Everywhere!

I cooked 2 pie pumpkins this morning and it put me in the pumpkin mindset. I have designated this to be the week of pumpkin flavored everything! If anyone has any good recipes please share. The second goal of the next few days is to perfect a egg/dairy/soy-free pumpkin pie. I'm excited for the experimentation because it means lots of pie mwahaha.

So my obsession with pumpkin continues. I am going to be very very sad when they are out of season...

Pumpkin Pie Smoothie

My brother!

Ingredients:

1 c pumpkin puree

2 c nondairy milk

2 T maple syrup

a dash of cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves

Directions:

Blend!