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Full of Energy, Part I
By Janet Jenson
The reason I am full of energy this morning is not because I went to sleep after 2 a.m. and then got up early to go play shuffleboard with my neighbors and then worked in the garden before breakfast. No, it is instead because I drank my spinach. All that exercise made me hungry, so I sauteed some onions and potatoes and an egg and ate it with my home-made whole grain bread, but I was still wanting something else. Let's see. I put a handful of frozen cranberries in the blender with a cup of chocolate soy milk and then asked myself, what else is healthy? Aha! Two handfuls of raw spinach went in next and then some regular milk and a scoop of chocolate whey powder, sweetened with stevia. Whenever I make a meal, no matter what time of day, I always scrutinize it to see if there is a way to make it more healthy. Usually that means sneaking in another green vegetable one way or another. A few years ago, when it was impossible to buy a shot of wheat grass juice at the local beverage shop, I grew my own and juice it myself. No matter what its devotees say, however, even when fresh, wheat grass juice is not always 100% delicious. So I sometimes spiked mine with pineapple juice and dark chocolate powder. Better, but not quite right. Then I tried adding milk and ice cubes and blending it into a shake. Bingo! Now whenever I need to satisfy between meal hunger, I add whatever leafy greens I have on hand to milk and whir away, adding whatever other goodies come to mind. Usually that is chocolate! I guess it would be a good idea to go back out to the garden and burn off some of this energy. I am growing beet greens and swiss chard and other good stuff for future smoothies, but it is time to plant some more purslane. Most people do not plant purslane. Instead they pull it out of their yards and throw it away. More on that soon.
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Contributor's Note
Some people are sensitive to the oxalic acid in spinach and other dark greens. Others are not. In either case, one should avoid consuming greens that have been exposed to pesticides. I start all of my seedlings indoors dirt-free and pest-free until they are healthy enough to triumph against their real-world adversaries.
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Italian Dandelion Greens Almost Ready to Go Out in the Garden
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Oh no! Spinach! I know, I know -- It's good for you. But spinach? Ewwwwwwww.... :)
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Actually, some people are sensitive to spinach and should not have it, but I am not one of them, and love the taste of spinach both raw and cooked. However, you cannot really taste the spinach in a smoothie if you put enough chocolate in! For some people, though, just knowing it is there might be a turn off, lol.
Very unique, I also enjoy experimenting with my meals and foods. I find dandelion to be one of the best greens to grow in Central Florida since everything else withers away with the heat of the summer. I should write an article about that... lol
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I look forward to reading your intel about dandelion.
Spinach is great raw, but I'm no fan of it cooked, well unless it just buried inside something else. I have no idea how your smoothie tasted but adding the chocolate certainly makes me interested.
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Yes, even though I am a health nut, sometimes I have to bury things under chocolate!
Interesting. Thanks.
Spinach is actually one of my favourite vegetables, not that I like many vegetables though!
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