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Smoothie Etiquette

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Just when I thought I couldn’t get any crazier about what I eat and how I eat it, I started reading about this:

Fruits can generally be grouped into 4 categories. Sweet, sub-acid, acid, and melons. Sweet fruits should only be mixed with sweet or sub-acid fruits, sub-acid fruits should only be mixed with sub-acid or acid fruits, or acid with acid (this is starting to sound pretty trippy, I know :) ). Melons are in their own category and should be eaten alone. Usually, this is not an issue. I usually don’t mix fruits at all. I usually will eat, for example, an apple in the morning, followed 30 minutes later by some strawberries. Usually. However, I have been wont to enjoy the occasional smoothie, maybe for breakfast or a snack or a late night dessert. Unbeknownst to me, though, I have been committing gastrointestinal sins!! What I learned sure explains a lot of things. This smoothie I really enjoy from a favorite cafe of mine, is a melon-berry-mint concoction. It is oh-so-sweet and yummy but I always felt a little funny after eating it. Now I know why. The specific combinations of fruits are very important to prevent the “melon belly” I was feeling after these delicious beverages. So I made a little guide to stick on the fridge to help make smoothies delicious and digestable…. There are some variances in this list based on which website  you check. This is what I have been able to figure out based on my research. This website was very helpful, along with a few others.

Sweet

Bananas, dried fruits (figs, prunes, raisins, dates, apricots, etc), litchi, persimmon, durian, longan, sugar apple, grapes

↓        ↓        ↓

Sub-Acid (Low Acid)

Mango, apricot, nectarine, peach, pear, guava, cherry, fresh figs, blueberries, raspberry, huckleberry, mulberry (most berries) avocado, pomegranate, plum, grapes, papaya, strawberry, blackberry

↑         ↑         ↑

Acid

Orange, tangerine, lemon, lime, tangelo (all citrus fruits), kiwi, cranberry, grapefruit, pineapple, tomato, passion fruit

Melons

Honeydew, watermelon, cantaloupe, galia etc.

Here are some smoothie combinations that I really enjoy. You can really put whatever you want. Sometimes, I will add some chlorophyll, or e3 live, or a tbsp flax oil or coconut oil.

1. Strawberries + Lemon juice + ice + agave

2. Blackberries + Blueberries + spirulina + agave +ice

3. Bananas + Hemp protein + ice

4. Bananas + Coconut water + coconut meat and flakes + ice + agave

5. This one used to be my favorite but apparently it is a major no-no: Bananas + orange juice + ice. Soooooo gooood……

Duh! Winning! Charlie Sheen Banana Bread

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From my big, beautiful warlock brain… Only try this if you have tiger blood…

4 mashed bananas

1/3 cup agave nectar

1 3/4 cup rice flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp himalayan crystal salt

3 tablespoons coconut oil

 

Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour a baking dish or bread pan. Mash bananas in a large bowl. Add agave. Mash a little bit more (you can also use a blender or food processor if you dont like yours chunky. I like it chunky).

Mix together flour, salt and baking soda. Add to the banana mixture, stir together. Add coconut oil. Pour into pan, bake about 30 minutes, or until your bread looks like its winning. Duh!

 

Rad Banana Bread (Gluten-free!)

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I’m rad. You’re rad. Lets eat banana bread.

1 3/4 cups brown rice flour
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cornstarch
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
2 tbsp nut pulp (or additional flour or almond meal)
3 small mashed bananas (2 large)
1/2 cup coconut oil
1/4 cup nut milk
2/3 cup raw coconut palm sugar

Preheat oven to 350. Grease loaf pan or baking dish.
Mix dry ingredients in smaller bowl.
In large bowl, combine sugar and oil, then add bananas and milk. Mix.
Add flour mixture to banana mixture, stir until just mixed.
Pour into pan. Bake until golden brown and knife or toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 30 mins.

It comes out with a slight crumble effect, because it is gluten free. I like to pour some milk over it and eat it with a spoon. :)

Bananas are sexy. You are what you eat.

Genki Banana!!!

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I learned some stuff from this sweet japanese pamphlet about bananas.

Did you know that the little brown freckles on the bananas make them more “genki”?? That’s japanese for energized healthy and full of life!!

Check out this banana! He’s genki!!

So I made some sweet organic t-shirts to show off these genki bananas…

and on the back it says…. genki banana!!!!

Eat bananas! Get genki!