Blenders are n’t just for frozen margaritas in the summer . They can twist fresh and icy garden abundance into a raw and vegan meal that comes in shake flesh . Before you dismiss a repast in a chalk as a purely Californian or New Age culinary fad , remember thatfreezing fresh berriesat their crest of ripeness save their nutrient time value . Plus , some of other shiver ingredients have confirmed health benefits that you may drink up just in clock time for dusty and influenza season . And , trueness be told , shakes taste great , too .
When we necessitate Alex Perlman what he calls his thick , maroon - colored shake , he respond : “ Dinner . ” Alex was taking a severance from spearheading the Brilliant Contact Community planning physical process , a fresh biotic community near Middletown , Calif. Like us , Alex add up to California to soak in the renewing waters of Harbin Hot Springs . ( Sometimes we farmers just ask a unspoilt soaking to mellow out away the unvoiced work of the time of year ’s harvest . ) Alex prefers to make his shakes with new yield whenever possible .
“ medicinal drug aside , a canonic need for health and healing is good nutrition , and good alimentation consists primarily of eating lots and lots of plant , ” Martha Beck writes inFinding Your path in a Wild New World(Free Press , 2011 ) . She shit her version of the shake , which includeslettuceand cultivated carrot , every day for luncheon . By using three yield ingredient to every vegetable ingredient , the sweetness and bright colors of the fruits win out .
For the disc , a growing body of research suggests that eating a more whole - nutrient , plant - base diet is one way to ameliorate your wellness . After watch the documentaryForks Over knife , written and aim by Lee Fulkerson , we naturally nod along with the enquiry findings that revealed many degenerative disease could be minimized , if not avoided , by staying clear of processed foods . The film also challenged us to as well be more aware of our consumption of fauna - found foods , like marrow and dairy farm products . As it turns out , the shingle meal is one wanton way to do so .
Below is our version of the shake , adapted from note taken during our meeting with Alex in Harbin ’s good-time residential district kitchen . Our pledge for the New Year : Drink up and be well .
Recipe : shake off Meal
Yield:3 cups
Ingredients1/4 cup freeze blueberries1/4 cup frigid cherry tree , pitted1/4 cup frozenstrawberries1/4 cup . frozenraspberries1/2 loving cup novel ( or 1/4 loving cup frozen)spinach2 bananas1 cup apple juice1/3 clovegarlic3 tsp . hemp seed1 tsp . ginger root , grated1 tsp . nutritionary yeast1 T.mint(1/2 T. dried)1 ounce wheatgrass juice ( optional )
PrepearationIn blender , soundly mix in all ingredients until smooth and creamy . Serve in magniloquent ice , perhaps garnish with mint leaf or blueberry .
Savoring the good life ,
< < More Farmstead Chef > >
