Not to mention The Grinch, Kermit the Frog, and Gumby. Remember Gumby?
One of my favorite things about running is that it gives me a chance to organize my thoughts. Here’s a look at what floats through my head as I run. Sometimes I think about my future, sometimes about schoolwork (although I try not to!), sometimes I have boys on the brain… and sometimes I think about spinach.
Wha??????
Ok, well I’ve actually only thought about spinach once while running, but that “once” happened to be a few days ago. On this particular day, I chanced to pass by a house with a frog flag in the front. Seeing the flag reminded me of a post my friend Linds had written about something she called a “Kermit-Colored” smoothie. From that moment on, I couldn’t stop thinking about spinach!
Luckily, since it was a Saturday, I had extra time to make my second breakfast. So I pulled out the Vitamix, threw in some spinach, frozen peach slices, soymilk, and ice cubes, and took care of that spinach craving.
I ate my Kermit shake in a bowl, because as yummy as smoothies are, I love ice cream even more.
Toast, almonds, ice cream, and my favorite Tofu Scramble. Breakfast fit for a… frog. 😉
Peachy-Green Ice Cream
- frozen peaches
- 2 ice cubes
- 2 big handfuls spinach
- 1/4 cup milk of choice
(You can also add some frozen banana, but I didn’t because I was all out. Out of bananas?! Oh the horror!) Blend it all up in the Vitamix, freeze for 10-30 minutes if you wish (I put it in the freezer while I ate the other components of my breakfast), and then savor every mouthful of green goodness! If you don’t have a Vitamix, you may need to add more milk in order for the ice cream to blend.
i’m drinking a spinach smoothie right now. that’s so funny. it’s weird how any sweet fruit you put with it masks out the spinach flavor. i can’t taste it at all. what i can taste are these beets that didn’t blend all the way. haha
Iron… mmmmm 🙂
maybe this would be a good way to get spinach into my children, making their smoothies super thick like ice cream! sometimes they reject smoothies if they are too “green” but in ice cream form, it just might work….
I love spinach. I mean like really, really love spinach. This little recipe makes me sad that I didn’t freeze me some peaches when they were in season, because i’d be all over the spineachy goodness right now!
your not a frog… you’re a frog Princess!!! popeye is proud for sure. Olive has some competition 😉
i love smoothies in a bowl. so much more fun to eat!
Sounds like a perfect brekkie to me! And I happen to have some fresh ripe peaches in the fridge. . . hmmmn!!
You are GORGEOUS!
Cool! That’s such a great idea 🙂 I still haven’t even tried a green smoothie yet!
I drink lots of spinach smoothies. I only wish I had frozen peach slices!
I spy tofuscramble… nom nom nom
For some reason, I didn’t see peach, only SPINACH in that recipe, and thought it must be really gross.
but then I saw the peach! haha
What a good idea!
Hahaha, my kids are looking at green ice cream horrified. Me, I’m thinking YUM! I love spinach so much (I eat it almost every night and don’t worry, I think about it during the day too….except I think about it often). I wonder if I could make banana green ice cream because I can’t have peaches?
Hi Gumby! I talk about you often too (thanks to the kids :P)
I love Gumby! And Pokey, too!
I’m always amazed how awesome green smoothies are- so many people are afraid of them, but they’re some of the best smoothies ever!
I think that sounds disgusting!! But I bet it is really tasty and I’m sure you can’t taste the spinach at all. I love that veggies can be hidden in so many thing and kids (and me) can’t tell.
Ooh Halloweegan ice cream! This could be something like “monster’s goo” ice cream! 🙂
I wanna try adding kale or spinach to my smoothies! Someone once told me he could fit 5 cups of spinach into his smoothie without tasting a difference…but then again, I have no idea what else he put in there.
Were your teeth nice and froggy after you ate your green ice cream?