St. Patrick's Day Shamrock Smoothie for WOTV 4 Women

St. Patrick’s Day Shamrock Smoothie
for WOTV 4 Women

For a healthier St. Patrick’s Day, take a detour from the drive-through into the produce department to whip up your own healthy Shamrock Smoothie.

A few weeks ago, I overheard someone saying that they were taking their kids you-know-where for an annual Shamrock shake. I thought “NOOOOOOO!”. Let’s not feed our kids mono- and diglycerides (just sneaky names for trans fats), a few different doses of high fructose corn syrup, yellow 5 and blue 1 among other unhealthy ingredients and what the heck is “whipping propellant” anyway? None of these ingredients could be found growing in the garden. We can do better than that for our kids!

I went directly into my kitchen and started whipping up plants in my blender, in all different combinations, until I came up with a flavor and texture suitable to bear the name: Shamrock Smoothie. If this recipe redirects just one person from the drive-through and into the produce department, I will consider my mission successly accomplished.

It’s your LUCKY DAY,

because all you have to do to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow

(ok, it’s really just the recipe).

Shamrock Smoothie

(v/gf))

1 C Almond milk

1 Banana, frozen

1 Orange

1 T Coconut oil

1 C Dark, leafy greens

1/2 C Mint, fresh

2 T Oatmeal

2 T Coconut flakes

1/2 t Peppermint extract

1/8 C Sprouts

Optional:

2 T Ghirardelli Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

Preparation:

Blend all of the ingredients except the chocolate chips in a blender until smooth and creamy, then add the chocolate chips in at the end and blend for 1-2 seconds, for added “crunch”.

All of the above ingredients are available at D&W Fresh Market.

Hope to see y’all at the Irish Jig 5K on Saturday morning!