- by Stacey Terry

Well, I’ve had the luck of housesitting in someone else’s lovely home for the last week.  And I’ve taken full advantage… dips in the hottub, moments enjoying winter’s quiet beauty and silence outside the city, and all the space a gal could ever need to leave her stuff lying around.

Even more exciting, I was able to upgrade from my trust Oscar to a high-powered blender… It’s going to be soooo hard to go back home.  Having access to a REAL machine has meant I’ve been on a total green smoothie rampage.  I’ve been just throwing stuff together and watching it pulpify in seconds. Why make meals when that’s so much fun?

And since this morning’s experiments turned out REALLY well, I thought I’d take a moment to share the recipe.  I’m out of my usual greens (and didn’t want to have to drive anywhere to get more), so I foraged in the fridge and figured I’d use up the following:

Stacey’s Strawberry Mint Shake

Ingredients:

• 1 - 2 cups frozen strawberries
• 3 sprigs of mint (leaves and stems)*
• 4 big stalks of celery, leaves and all
• 1 very ripe banana
• wee bit of water to get things going

Directions:

Put in your blender and momentarily you’re on your way to a fortunate and refreshing delight.  *Oh yeah… the mint… I had some leftover from a recipe that I tried that DIDN’T work… eep.

I have to give up my temporary palace and return to the city tomorrow, but I thank my lucky smoothies that it’s been such a great opportunity to relax and work in peace.

Have a fortunate and peaceful weekend yourselves!