I had a nice chat this afternoon with a great Raw Food advocate, Natasha Kyssa and one thing we talked about was how important greens are in our diets. Although I’m doing very well keeping my food plan clean I realize that I’m still not adding enough green smoothies to my daily routine. I really believe that I need to fix this.

I love checking in on the Green Smoothie Blog to see the recipes and fun ideas people share. I have the same smoothie over and over again: bananas, spinach and celery. Don’t get me wrong. I really do love my green smoothies like this. They are tasty and in a quirky way becoming familiar to me. Not quite comfort food but I think they’re coming close.

I’m going to step outside of my comfort zone today and make something completely new and different for me. So for something new and exciting I give you :

Tropical Tune-up and Relaxer

• Fruit of one ripe mango
• Big chunk of fresh pineapple
• Coconut – as much as you’d like
• Very small bit of fresh ginger

Blend together adding enough water to make a nice blend.

To this add:

Greens – fill the blender (I’m using Romaine since I don’t want to play with the flavors too much!)

Blend again. Taste.

Add whatever to make it taste and feel like a tropical breeze.

For an added bite add a pinch of cayenne Serve with a spike of pineapple and a cutesy umbrella! Close your eyes and imagine you’re hearing the surf.

Wonderful!

Do you feel relaxed? Add some great Beach Boys surfin’ music and you’re there.