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I just finished reading (or to be honest, skimming) “Eat the Yolks” by Liz Wolfe. It is a book about discovering paleo. Yes, a book about discovering paleo. I can hear you going “What?!! Aren’t you supposed to be a life-long vegetarian and isn’t paleo all about eating meat?”
True and true. I picked up “Eat the Yolks” from the library because the title intrigued me. Egg-white omelettes and such is all the rage these days and it drives me crazy. Why would you pour something out of a carton when breaking an egg is probably easier? And why would you discard the yolk, the most nutritious part of the egg? And I did enjoy the book as Liz Wolfe has a wonderful sense of humor and she makes some valid points.
Speaking of paleo and meat, a little about the raison d’etre of Veggie Sutra. I have no problem with people eating meat per se. I was raised a vegetarian in India but I had friends who ate chicken, and mutton. At their homes, cooking non-vegetarian food was a special deal reserved for Sundays and holidays and festive occasions.
Today, the (evil) meat and poultry industry in combination with fast food corporations have made meat ubiquitous in diets the world over. This over-abundance comes at the price of making animals suffer terrible things and disconnecting people from it. Liz Wolfe, in her book, counters this by asking people to buy their meat directly from ethical farms. This is of course not possible for most people. So here’s my sincere hope that this blog will inspire you to go mostly vegetarian.
Back to the smoothie; as I mentioned in an earlier post, our morning breakfast follows a certain pattern – any combination of smoothie, boiled eggs with a drop of tamari, crackers with hummus and/or sliced avocado, fresh fruit. In the summer, our smoothies have berries and bananas in them, however as soon as we start seeing kale in the market, V gets the green itch. So here goes the recipe for the super-simple kale smoothie I made today.
Recipe for a Super Simple Kale Smoothie
[Printable Recipe]
Makes 2 glasses
Ingredients:
- 4 stems of kale, preferably Lacinato (also known as dinosaur kale)
- 1 large banana
- 2 cups of almond milk
- 2 Tbsp of chia seeds (optional)
- Wash the kale and remove the ribs (stem) by cutting around it. Discard the stem and chop up the kale into small pieces
- Peel the banana and slice
- Throw all the ingredients in to a blender and blend till smooth
Notes:
- Chia seeds are optional, but I threw it in because we had it. You can also use flax seeds, again optionally, if you have it. If you use chia or flax seeds, then drink the smoothie immediately because the seeds will make the smoothie thicken if you let it sit.
- Lacinato (dinosaur) kale is not as bitter as other kale varieties and as long as you like the raw green taste of spinach, you will like this smoothie
- Add more almond milk if the smoothie is too thick for you
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