kale cubes

Kale Cubes, making good use of your greens!

Kale Cubes, making good use of your greens!

This month’s Recipe Redux asked us for our favorite way to make use of the veggies found in the garden, CSA or local farmers’ market….my contribution is Kale Cubes!

By this time of year it may be difficult to keep up with eating the amount of greens your garden is pumping out.  Kale Cubes are the perfect solution!  Blend excess garden greens such as kale, spinach or collards, freeze and use for green smoothies on the fly!  This is also a great way to use up any store-bought greens before they go bad!

I blended these kale cubes with coconut water because I wanted them for smoothies.  But, you can also blend greens with plain water or broth to have on hand for soups, stews or pasta sauce!

Kale Cubes, making good use of your greens!

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Kale Cubes, the putting your greens to good use!
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Ingredients
  • 3 tightly packed cups of kale
  • ½ cup coconut water
Instructions
  1. Blend, pour into an ice cube tray and freeze!

The final product!

A Kale Cube Smoothie blended with raspberries, almond milk and bananas!

Kale Cubes, making good use of your greens!

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blueberry bliss smoothie

 Blueberry Bliss!

A perfect blend of sweet and tart, which will leave your taste buds begging for more!

Blueberry Bliss Smoothie ~ vegan ~ A sweet and tart blend of blueberries, bananas, nut butter, hemp seeds and greens!

The mix of tangy blueberries and a sugary banana compliment each other nicely, and of course I snuck in some greens!  Hemp seeds and nut butter provide protein power, excellent for a pre or post exercise snack or a light meal.

One smoothie is loaded with nutrients, fiber (insoluble and soluble), vitamins E, K, C, B, healthy fats, potassium, choline and phytonutrients to name a few…no big deal.

It’s a great recipe for introducing green smoothies to a green smoothie newbie, no one will ever know there is spinach in it :)

a perfect blend of sweet and tart, which will leave your taste buds begging for more!

blueberry bliss smoothie
 
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Recipe type: Drinks
Cuisine: Vegan
Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • 2 cups almond milk
  • 1 banana
  • 1 cup frozen blueberries
  • 1 tablespoon nut butter (peanut butter, almond butter, cashew butter, sun butter or tahini)
  • 1 tablespoon hemp seeds
  • handful baby spinach leaves
  • 1-2 dates, pitted (optional)
Instructions
  1. Place all ingredients in a high-speed blender and blend away!

a perfect blend of sweet and tart, which will leave your taste buds begging for more!

Blend ahead of time and have one now and one for later!

Tips for storing green smoothies:

-Use a glass jar with a lid such as a mason jar to store your smoothie.  Try not to use plastic!

-Fill the jar all the way up to the top leaving no room for air!  Exposure to air will make the fruit and vegetables oxidize rapidly causing discoloration and damage to nutrients.  You can even add a splash of fresh lemon juice to further slow oxidation.

-Store in the refrigerator for 1-3 days.  I admit, they don’t taste as good on the third day, but it’s better than nothing!