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Thursday, May 14, 2009

Today's Green Smoothie is...

We did some juice for breakfast this morning. Carrot, beet, celery, apple. about 8 am















Then around ten it was more juice for the man. Nettle, apple, lemon.

This is me cutting up nettle stems with the gloves on so I don't get stung!














I cut the stems up because they are very fibrous, like celery, the strings will wrap around the thing in the juicer and la, la, la. Not good.


I had a smoothie made from
1 cup fresh tender nettle tops
1 cup fresh mint
2 tbs rolled oats
5 chopped dates
20 oz water
blend.
The oats make it really creamy.
















We are trying to make beer. This time with wheat and barley. So I have this giant bowl of cooked wheat and barley. I can't throw it away, it's perfectly good food!














That is about half of the stuff, the rest in in the dehydrator. I figured I could store it when it's dry and use it at my leisure. Preserving foods ROCKS!


I mixed some of the wheat and barley berries with the pulp from juicing this morning.
















I put them in the FP with an onion, salt, other things, and made patties, which I baked.

This is them raw.













I put some frozen corn and some chopped up red bell peppers in there. I can't wait to eat one.

2 comments:

  1. 1 cup fresh tender nettle tops
    1 cup fresh mint
    2 tbs rolled oats
    5 chopped dates
    20 oz water

    The oats make it really creamy.
    Okay, this sounds wild to me. I am so trying this recipe the next time I forage for nettles.

    You come up with the most creative combos, and I love how you don't waste anything!

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  2. It was good. Next time I will use less water and toss in a banana.

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