Green Goop

Green Goop

Just in time for St. Patty's Day, here's a fabulous "green" healthy drink :) A good mix of sweet and tart, chock full of nutrients! Don't just a book by its cover- looks a bit crazy, but give it a try and you'll find it's quite scrumptious!

Makes: a little over 2 cups of juice

.: ingredients :.

• 3 carrots
• 1 large apple (or 2 small apples)
• 2 cups of fresh kale
• small piece of fresh ginger (about 1" square)
• 1 c. cranberry juice

.: directions :.

1) Add cranberry juice, kale, and carrots to the blender and mix into a pulp.

2) Cut up ginger and apple into small slices. Add to blender and blend into a pulp.

3) It'll be a very thick drink, but not quite so thick you'd need a spoon ;)

*Note: you could also do this recipe using a juicer- you just won't get quite all the nutritional value since you're losing a lot of the fibrous bits.

**Note:: you could pretty much use most any fruits & veggies in this recipe! After much testing, I recommend keeping the carrots/apples as a base and changing out the other ingredients :)

Just some of the nutritional value....

Vitamin A - 260+% DV (Daily Value)

Vitamin C - 170% DV

Vitamin K - 510% DV

Magnesium - 80% DV

Zinc - 50+%

Vitamin E

Fiber

Honey Gingersnaps

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 T ground ginger
2 t baking soda
1/8 t salt
1/8 t ground cloves
1/2 cup shortening
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar, divided
1/4 cup honey
1 egg
1 t vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Grease cookie sheets.  Combine flour, ginger, baking soda, salt, and cloves in medium bowl.

Beat shortening and butter in large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until smooth.  Gradually beat in 1 cup sugar until blended; increase speed to high and beat until light and fluffy.  Beat in honey, egg, and vanilla until fluffy.  Gradually stir in flour mixture until blended.

Shape mixture into 1 inch balls.  Place remaining 1/2 cup sugar in shallow bowl; roll balls in sugar to coat.  Place 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheets.

Bake 10 minutes or until golden brown.  Let cookies stand on cookie sheets 5 minutes; transfer to wire racks to cool completely.  Store in airtight container up to 1 week.

Makes 3.5 dozen cookies