Kale...

Zig planted an entire garden box of kale. He and I both love it. We have it for breakfast almost each morning with eggs. I put it in soups and enchiladas. I give it away to friends. But there is still SO much. I have a secret goal to eat it all, but that is a daunting task.

Enter the smoothie.



Usually I might throw in a few leaves of kale for good measure. The kids never notice, and the smoothie is always a berry color. But for some reason, I just decided not to disguise it one morning. I crammed the blender so full of kale, a few berries, and a little orange juice. Sela happened to walk by and gave me a questionable glance like, "I sure hope that's not my breakfast!" I knew it wouldn't taste good, but I was planning on downing it just for the boost. And I didn't really expect the kids to drink much, but even a little would be so good for them.

Sela had made yummy pancakes and I plopped the smoothies on the table and mentioned how I thought it would be fun to make green colored smoothies.

Nina was the first to taste it and almost choked. "These look like poo and they taste like poo! YUCK!"

Sela concurred.

I taught them how to suck it down with a straw without really tasting it and suggested a friendly competition to see who could drink the most in one swallow.....totally not expecting them to do it.


Getting their competitive juices turned out to be a very good thing :)They drank every last bit. I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT. I didn't drink half what they did, and it was not tasty. Little suckers!