Post Workout Fall Smoothie

I have stressed before how tasty eating to the season can be...it is when the fruits and vegetables are at their finest and no farms and manufactures trying to push the produce out.  Seasonal produce is the time to take advance of a fruit or vegetables finest fresh most natural state...

Today lets talk about those other greens.  Sure we are all used to spinach, lettuce, romaine, spring mix...but it isn't spring or any other season.  It is fall.  

In fall we get the dark greens.  Yes, I am fully going to say right now that the darker the more nutrient dense, so lets make a smoothie that is even MORE nutrient dense than those spring counterparts :-)

This smoothie is a great one to have after a workout.

Jonagold Crisp Seed Smoothie

(serves 1)

1 medium Jonagold apple 

(this is a hybrid of a blush crimson Jonathan and a crisp Golden Delicious, the perfect crisp and sweet combo-you are welcome to pick any apple but I recommend one that is crisp and sweet)

1 bunch of kale OR green chard (stems removed)

(this is our nutrient dense green)

1 stalk celery

10 mint leaves

2 TBS flaxseeds

2 TBS chia seeds

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp nutmeg

(some added fall flavor)

1/4 tsp ginger

1 TBS raw honey

(or agave or maple syrup)

1 cup unsweetened almond milk

(or other milk of choice)

Add all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth!

This smoothie is great post workout fuel.  It will restore your glycogen levels lost during the workout without the body storing it as fat!  Another great time to have this smoothie is upon awakening!

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Bought My Stock!

I wanted to do a follow up post to the CSA boxes I featured on here a couple weeks ago.  I have since purchased my own CSA box from Farm Fresh to you!  I decided on the all veggies options since I am always trying to get the vegetables onto my plate and into my stomach.  Fruit is never a problem...natures candy right?!  And who doesn't like candy :-)

This is what I found waiting at my front door Tuesday morning!  I absolutely love that I was able to put the box inside before leaving the house for the day.  They deliver EARLY or really LATE depending on how you look at the time...It is very settling knowing that I don't have to worry about the produce rotting from being outside all day.  As soon as I saw it I put it in my frig and left the house for the day.

Here is the list of goodies in this weeks box.

(I think after the 2 there is suppose to be the word avocado because I had two avocados randomly in my box that I do not see on the list!  Score for me.)

Last Night I roasted the spaghetti squash to make just that...grain free, low carb spaghetti noodles.  In the oven I put in a sweet pumpkin to roast to...might as well make most use out of the oven.  I followed my post on roasting pumpkin.

 

I am more than pleased with my box and look forward to my next box in a couple weeks.  Since I am the only one using my box I decided on the delivery every other week.