These seem to be all the thing lately. I've been making them occasionally as we have the fruit to add in (they are tastiest with about 2/3 fruit to 1/3 greens). With my abundant patch of chickweed going on at the moment (and my reading up on the benefits of chickweed) I thought I'd use this as my "green".
So this is how we all drank a glass this evening...
1/2 pineapple
1 banana
Very large handful of chickweed
About a cup of water
Blend till smooth!
OK, so not so good on the food miles with using the banana and pineapple...but I sure saved on food miles and my own energy in producing the chickweed! In one part of my garden it grows in a perfect square where the chickens tractor had previously been.
Some of the benefits of chickweed (as well as being highly nutritious) are for chest congestion, asthma, bronchitis, whooping cough, chest colds, flu, weak lungs etc - Danielle has a very chesty cough at the moment so thought we'd give it a go. It's also good for urinary and bladder infections as well as digestive problems. It's good all-round weed that can be added to meals daily.
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Loving the chickweed uses ... I haven't quite got the green smoothie love but we do a lot of green juice here. I love kale juiced but in smoothies - bleechh.
It sounds wonderful!
I'm going to check into chickweed... it's not something that grows here on its own. WOndering if there is a desert version.
LOL Gypsy!
Chile, yes, this is my answer to the lack of salads in our meals due to the kids not being up for them. You know, I doubt many other people think about the food miles of bananas though.
Steph, yeah I was reading that it doesn't grow in the desert.
hello gorgeous
i haven't tried growing chickweed, but the name sounds katie-proof. once something has its feet in the soil it tends to have to survive on its own. i do the spirulina powder trick in our smoothies. the kids won't go anywhere near them, but i love it!!
mwah X
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