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adventure
Afew months ago, CBSMHREAOALOLKTEFHNAGSIEET
I put myself out Are you up for it?
there in one of
our editorial meetings. “I By Michele Robert Poche | Recipes by Christina Leidenheimer
want to try a few challenges
for one of my columns,” I said. HAVE A SMOOTHIE HOW DID IT GO?
“Challenges?” they said. “Yes, FOR BREAKFAST EVERY With these ingredients, I made
challenges. Like eating this MORNING FOR 7 DAYS.
or doing that for seven days. multiple batches of two distinctly
Or 10 days. Or whatever. It Sounds easy enough, right? different smoothies, and they
depends on the challenge. Except that these wouldn’t be were both delicious (recipes
Know what I mean?” just any smoothies. They wouldn’t below). More than once, my
come from a commercial juice daughter actually jumped out
Looking around the table, I bar or “smoothery,” nor would of bed in the morning when I
could see that they liked the they come from ready‑made kits mentioned her smoothie was
idea. I swallowed nervously, found in a frozen food section. ready. She even asked if we could
imagining articles titled “30 The challenge smoothies would take the challenge longer than
Days on Nothing But Beets!” contain 100 percent all‑natural just seven days. I can think of no
and “Sleep! Who Needs It?” ingredients with at least one better endorsement.
My worries melted away the super food per recipe. Oh, and
moment we established the I would be serving them to my Oh, and before I forget, while
first challenge: daughter, so they had to be good. I was at the grocery, I was
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. approached by a beet juice
salesman. I tried his product,
I left that meeting, picked up loved it and bought it on the spot.
my daughter from school and So “30 Days on Nothing But
drove straight to the grocery to Beets?” Not so scary anymore.
purchase the ingredients.
What’s next?
Photos by Richard Vallon GREEN GOODNESS
• 1½ cups almond milk
• 1½ bananas
• 2 handfuls raw spinach
• 2 cups mango, frozen
• 1 Tbsp. chia seeds
• 1 tsp. coconut oil
CANCER KICKER
• 1½ cups almond milk
• 1½ cups raspberries
• 1½ cups cherries, frozen
• 2 Tbsp. Goji berries
• 1 Tbsp. tart cherry juice concentrate
• ½ tsp. Stevia sweetener (optional)
To create either recipe, place
all ingredients in blender, add
desired quantity of ice, and blend
on high until smooth. Enjoy!
20 INSPIRE HEALTH March · April 2016
Afew months ago, CBSMHREAOALOLKTEFHNAGSIEET
I put myself out Are you up for it?
there in one of
our editorial meetings. “I By Michele Robert Poche | Recipes by Christina Leidenheimer
want to try a few challenges
for one of my columns,” I said. HAVE A SMOOTHIE HOW DID IT GO?
“Challenges?” they said. “Yes, FOR BREAKFAST EVERY With these ingredients, I made
challenges. Like eating this MORNING FOR 7 DAYS.
or doing that for seven days. multiple batches of two distinctly
Or 10 days. Or whatever. It Sounds easy enough, right? different smoothies, and they
depends on the challenge. Except that these wouldn’t be were both delicious (recipes
Know what I mean?” just any smoothies. They wouldn’t below). More than once, my
come from a commercial juice daughter actually jumped out
Looking around the table, I bar or “smoothery,” nor would of bed in the morning when I
could see that they liked the they come from ready‑made kits mentioned her smoothie was
idea. I swallowed nervously, found in a frozen food section. ready. She even asked if we could
imagining articles titled “30 The challenge smoothies would take the challenge longer than
Days on Nothing But Beets!” contain 100 percent all‑natural just seven days. I can think of no
and “Sleep! Who Needs It?” ingredients with at least one better endorsement.
My worries melted away the super food per recipe. Oh, and
moment we established the I would be serving them to my Oh, and before I forget, while
first challenge: daughter, so they had to be good. I was at the grocery, I was
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. approached by a beet juice
salesman. I tried his product,
I left that meeting, picked up loved it and bought it on the spot.
my daughter from school and So “30 Days on Nothing But
drove straight to the grocery to Beets?” Not so scary anymore.
purchase the ingredients.
What’s next?
Photos by Richard Vallon GREEN GOODNESS
• 1½ cups almond milk
• 1½ bananas
• 2 handfuls raw spinach
• 2 cups mango, frozen
• 1 Tbsp. chia seeds
• 1 tsp. coconut oil
CANCER KICKER
• 1½ cups almond milk
• 1½ cups raspberries
• 1½ cups cherries, frozen
• 2 Tbsp. Goji berries
• 1 Tbsp. tart cherry juice concentrate
• ½ tsp. Stevia sweetener (optional)
To create either recipe, place
all ingredients in blender, add
desired quantity of ice, and blend
on high until smooth. Enjoy!
20 INSPIRE HEALTH March · April 2016
