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This time of year my house is pretty cold, so ice-cold smoothies are not too appealing. Some smoothies are great warm, and this apple smoothie is one of them. It strongly evokes apple pie, and it’s ready in minutes. The … Continue Reading →
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It’s peak peach season, so I figured it’s time for a new peach smoothie. According to Russ Parsons (author of my favorite book about produce, How to Pick a Peach), the warm winter led to a 2015 peach crop that … Continue Reading →
Persimmons have become one of my favorite smoothie fruits. Their sweet and mild flavor goes with many combinations. Unfortunately persimmon season is winding down, (at least for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere), so before they’re gone for the … Continue Reading →
Just in time for Thanksgiving… I’m with family for the holiday. My mom usually makes this cranberry sauce (or relish) with a food processor, but this year she couldn’t find the food processor because her Vitamix has displaced it in … Continue Reading →
I recently made a particularly good variant of the pumpkin pie smoothie that I described last year. The main additions are coconut milk and cardamom. I’m also posting this to remind everyone to take advantage of persimmon season. The sweetness … Continue Reading →
I came across some good looking purple sweet potatoes, so I couldn’t resist turning one of them into a purple smoothie. This is similar to the previous recipe I listed for a sweet potato smoothie, except this time I added … Continue Reading →
These muffins are a great snack. They freeze well, and I eat them as I would a granola/Clif/Lara bar, but they have a lot less sugar, are fresher, and have more whole food ingredients. They’re more work to make than … Continue Reading →
I’ve been meaning to make this since the beginning of fall, but I just got around to it this week. I adapted a recipe from another blog, and had the idea to use persimmons. I’ve found that persimmons have enough … Continue Reading →
I recently discovered that cinnamon can be a great smoothie ingredient, though a little googling shows I’m not the first to have this idea. It can really take the flavor up a notch, and it’s nice for variety. So far … Continue Reading →