Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Brain Food

We have been working on growing our brains at school this year. We have fed them with rest, knowledge, exercise and now with food. We've tried 2 different recipes so far for brain smoothies. Here they are if you want to try them at home:

Lean and Green

2 slices of melon (we used the green one)
handful of fresh mint
1/2 bag of spinach
1/2 a mango
4 oz apple juice
2 tbsp plain yogurt
icecubes

Put the spinach and apple juice in a blender, blend until it is reduced. Add everything else and blend together.

Note: freeze the melon ahead of time and eliminate the ice if you wish, the recipe also called for 1/4 of a cucumber but I haven't added it as I'm not a big fan of the cucumber.

Pre-Game Boost
4-5 frozen strawberries
handful of raspberries
1 banana
4 oz orange juice
2 tbsp yogurt

Put it all in a blender until smooth.

Note: Someone recommended adding a bit of honey if this is a little on the sour side. We will try this version to see if we like it better.

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