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Have you ever considered using fruit that’s rather uncommon in the realm of smoothies?
My find last summer was fresh mulberries and this spring it was pear. Yep — pear!
A slight bit of back story is warranted here — a neighbor of mine has a huge pear tree that he basically ignores. Last summer, I watched many lovely, large pears rot all over the ground and eventually I couldn’t take it anymore. I knocked on his door, introduced myself and asked if he would mind if I picked pears.
“Go right ahead if you want them! I certainly don’t,” he told me. And so, I went picking for days and ended up with so many pears that I had no clue what to do with them.
Since I am highly committed to not wasting any fruit that I buy or pick, I decided to try freezing the pears in slices and saving them for a ‘rainy day’ rather than let them rot.
I ended up with 3 bags of frozen pears and then forgot about them in my freezer until March when I realized I needed to clean it out from older food.
Enter smoothies… detox smoothies, that is!
And so I want to share with you this really tasty, wonderful detox smoothie recipe…
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| Spiced Pear Detox Smoothie |
| Have you ever considered using fruit that’s rather uncommon in the realm of smoothies? |
Spiced Pear Detox Smoothie
| Have you ever considered using fruit that’s rather uncommon in the realm of smoothies? |
Ingredients
- 1 Pear Sliced (already frozen is ideal, but not necessary)
- 1 Cup Liquid (Either almond milk or water is ideal)
- 1 Packet Vega Vanilla Chai Protein Powder
- 4-5 Dashes cinnamon
- 1-3 Dashes Cayenne powder
- 1/4 Tsp Non alcoholic vanilla extract
- 2-3 Dashes Powdered ginger
- 1 tbsp Coconut oil
- 2 Heaping Tsp Ground flax seeds
- 2-3 Ice cubes (use if pear isn't frozen or cold)
- 1 Packet Amazing grass greens (Optional)
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Instructions
- The initial step begins with the pear. You can use a fresh pear or you can also slice pears in advance and freeze them. In the event you use frozen pear slices, omit the ice. Only use the ice to chill a smoothie that has no frozen ingredients.
- Add liquid along with pears and ice and blend. Now add the rest of the ingredients, but note that it’s best to add the ground flax last so that it doesn’t start to thicken. (Ground flax seed will start to absorb liquid if it’s let to sit for a period of time which is why you always want to add it last unless you want to thick what you’re making.)
- Blend all ingredients on high and then taste. If you want to adjust the spices, feel free at this point.
