Monday, February 18, 2013

Juicing Up

I recently got a cold and I needed to load up on vitamins.  I made frequent visits to juice bars like Naturewell and Kreation Juice but felt the dent in my wallet each time I shoved out $7 a visit.  My favorite is the Coconut Kale Smoothie at Naturewell which made such an impression on me that I had to try replicate it at home.

The ingredients are simple: ITALIAN kale (the curly kind is more bitter), coconut flesh, coconut water, agave nectar, bananas, cinnamon and ice.  I eyeballed the proportions but it was basically two generous handfuls of kale, 1 cup of coconut water, half a banana, 1/4 cup of coconut flesh, 1/2 tbsp of agave, 3 dashes of cinnamon and a handful of ice.

The hardest part was figuring out how to open the coconut, but after googling it and some elbow grease, I did it!  If you can find coconut flesh prepackaged or get a coconut that labeled "easy crack" I highly recommend it.

The fruits of my labor is exhibited on my Instagram (follow me @lesismore84).  Yay juice!

http://instagram.com/p/V5RgRduFSH/