![]() ![]() □Įnter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. But I escaped this last cold season with only one minor head cold that lasted a few short days and I didn’t need to take any time off from work. That’s a pretty hardcore (but awfully tasty!) routine for some people to keep up, I get it. ![]() I also made sure I consumed plenty of citrus throughout the day as well as with other produce that contains vitamin C like baked sweet potato and white potato, raw bell pepper, broccoli, and spinach. This winter, while students and co-workers all around me were laid up at home with nasty colds and tenacious flu bugs, I kept my health up by drinking this smoothie five or six days a week. I work with school children and am often proximate to lots of coughs and sneezes during the cold weather months. But when I learned that they are contained in the rind of citrus fruit and in other fruits like grapes, I cut out the vitamin pills and went straight to the natural source. I used to look for bioflavonoids in my vitamin C pills. Process on high speed for 3-4 minutes or until the mixture is reasonably smooth. The skin’s tangy oil and the bitter pith have strong flavors that take some getting used to.) Cut each grapefruit quarter into 8-10 smaller pieces and add to the blender.Īdd the kale leaves and honey to the blender. (If this is your first time consuming whole grapefruit, leave the rind on just one quarter. ![]() Save the grapefruit rinds for the composting bin or discard. Leave the rind on one or two grapefruit quarters remove the rind from the remaining quarters. Measure 12 ounces cranberry juice into a blender. Grapefruit, 1, washed, cut into quarters, and seededĬranberry juice, 12 ounces (Use 100 percent juice with no added sugar) Add additional water, almond milk, or ice and blend until smoothie reaches your desired consistency. Blend on high (or 'smoothie' setting) until smooth. Kale, 1 cup (1 or 2 leaves, washed and torn or chopped) Add all of the fruits and vegetables and the 10 ounces of water. Cranberry juice, grapefruit chunks, and chopped kale ready for whirring ![]()
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