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Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 6:35PM are brewing on the horizon. The last 10 days have been full of rain clouds and windy weather but that's not what I mean. I knew something was up a few days ago when Elise started melting down at the drop of the hat...very un-Elle-like. It started out as a cold and today her biggie brought home a stomach bug. Nothing major, no fevers, but we're laying low for the next 2 days.
It's always a challenge to feed the girls on nights like tonight. Nobody has an appetite but low blood sugar just adds to the fussies. Thankfully we have a silver bullet. I like to call it our superfood but it's really just a kale smoothie. You can find the original recipe here. I've included my take on the recipe below. We've had our daily smoothies since Kate was a wee toddler. Sometime between 3 and 4 pm we put on our favorite dance music, sip our smoothies and boogie the afternoon crazies away. Until a few weeks ago I'd been making strawberry-pinneapple or strawberry-banana. Then one day I was whining to a friend that Elise refuses to eat anything green. She sent me the link to this smoothie and claimed her girls loved it. I wondered how a sweet drink would taste with a heavy green like Kale. My friend has excellent taste (she used to be a pastry chef) so I gave her the benefit of the doubt. I didn't have any Kale on hand so I used baby spinach and it was delicious! The next day I stocked up on Kale and we've been sipping green smoothies ever since. I feel deviously triumphant when I watch my youngest suck down those veggies like it's vanilla milkshake...buwhaaa haaa haa! Give it a try and let me know what you think.
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That sounds really good!! I think we'll have to try this....
Ohhh..I'll have to try it too! And I love love love the stripy pjs...I want some, do they make adult sizes?
Just wanted to share, I made these today, and it was fantastic! The kids liked them too, Erica declared "Mm, mm delicious!".