February 26th, 2012
This post is also available in: French
One of my favourite things to do when shopping at the market is to ask the vendors how they like to prepare and eat their own product. The stories and recipes that I get out of this are unfailingly fascinating and delicious.
One of my favourite stands at our greenmarket is one that specializes in microgreens. When buying, the sprouts are clipped from the soil right in front of you, as fresh as possible. This past Saturday the nice microgreens grower had a box of beautiful local grapefruits with him and was kind enough to share his seasonal breakfast recipe. He said that this refreshing smoothie keeps him full until lunch.
We’ve been enjoying mild Florida winter and haven’t missed one market day so far. Our local farms have been doing an amazing job in supplying us with an incredible variety of greens and other produce. I am so grateful and don’t want it to ever end.
Paloma started going to a Russian Saturday school. She proudly drinks her green smoothies and snacks on olives and goji berries during the breaks, generating curious looks and questions from other parents. But last week the teacher gave lollipops to the kids in the classroom as part of their learning activities. She said that they were “all natural,” but when it comes to lollipops, what does that really mean? Paloma never tasted candy like that before, and I wasn’t planning to introduce it to her any time soon. So far, she is the only one among friends her age who is cavity free.
We are also very excited to announce that some of the posts on Golubka will now be available in French. Geraldine Olivo of My Sweet Faery is our amazing translator. She has been working very hard on providing links to online stores and tutorials next to the ingredients that may not be familiar or readily available in Europe. We are thrilled to be bilingual and endlessly thankful to Geraldine for all her work. So far, we have all the 3D tango posts translated.
Grapefruit Smoothie
juice of 2 large grapefruits
1-2 ripe bananas
1 avocado (optional, this was my own addition to the vendor’s recipe)
fresh ginger – to taste
sunflower microgreens/sprouts – 2 handfuls or more to taste
In a blender, combine all the ingredients until smooth and enjoy.
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Ash says:
this smoothie sounds DIVINE! and i love there’s no added protein or other CRAP! (:
how cool is it to be the only kid cavity free?! i mean, it’s not “cool” but it is good…
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This was my pleasure, truly. I made the announcement on my blog too. Thank YOU for accepting so enthusiastically my offer! The French traduction for the smoothie will be on its way soon. :)
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Wonderful to hear French readers will now be able to enjoy all the awesome posts and recipes that Golubka has to offer. As for a cavity free child…that’s great news. I just made and consumed the smoothie in about 3 gulps, thanks for the recipe!
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Reading your amazing posts and often wishing we had that kind of produce in Sweden too.. But ah, well. We have loads of other stuff:) I love that you always ask the vendors for their recipes! My Kale supplier has been making my chocolate kale chips all winter. The other way around but still:)http://www.earthsprout.org/2011/12/winters-vibe-chocolate-chilli-chai.html
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The smoothie sounds great, I would love to try it!
Regarding Paloma and not giving her candy, I completely agree. My children haven’t had candy either (they are 3 1/2) and it’s a constant battle with everyone who thinks that not giving candy to children is incurring in some kind of abuse, ugh. -
This looks amaaaaazing! I’m so excited to try it.
I’m 25 and still cavity free! I’ve eaten lots of candy in the past, but rarely eat sugar now…and I practice great dental hygiene. ;-)
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I’m making this tomorrow morning…looks amazing, thanks for sharing!
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Interesting smoothie — just the right smooth texture to start my morning. Excited to try this out!
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Such a delicious sounding smoothie! Such fantastic posts and great inpsiration for cooking!
I have a go to green smoothie 0 coconut mana spinach banana and vanilla
From London
Laura x
http://www.coffeetoastandlondon.com
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Sounds good. Looking forward to trying this.
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Thank you for the recipe!
Question…
Where is your farm in Florida? Is it open to the public and do you have produce for sale?
We have family in Florida and will be visiting them sometime this year. I’d LOVE to have fresh produce from a conscious grower :)
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how do you prepare ginger?do you peel it and then chop a piece and blend it or don’t peel it or just grate it?= i’m clueless!
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This looks bright, cheery and yummy! Since avocado is not in season yet, I’ll be making it without. Thanks for sharing!
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This smoothie was delicious! My body has a difficult time processing bananas, so I substituted a pear instead and it tasted great! I also added a little cinnamon :)
Thank you for passing along a refreshing treat. I am always inspired by your creativity.
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Thanks so much for your comments, girls and guys!
Ash, totally cool :)
Sweet Faery, forever grateful!
Marcela, it’s a constant battle for sure. Let’s stay strong together :)
Clair, dental hygiene helps :)
sn, we don’t have a farm. I was talking about the local growers from our area. The produce there mainly comes from Punta Gorda, FL.
Eva, I always peel ginger. In this case, you can just chop it and don’t have to do it too fine, since the blender will do the work for you.
Sara, so glad you liked it. Pear as a substitute sounds great!
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thanks to ” Sweet Feary” , I just discover you nice blog….And I am very pleased to be there!
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looks wonderful!!!
we grow our own micro greens and sprouts so I will try your version of this wonderful smoothie for sure.
Peace and Raw Health,
Elizabeth -
Thanks a lot for this great recipe! This has become my favorite smoothie lately! I’m feeling a bit like an addict, because whenever I run out of the ingredients I get really hard cravings for it. :-D
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This is awesome! I love making avocado smoothies and I am going to add this on to my rep. :D
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Can’t wait to try this!
BTW, I just had my first cavity at 38…yay & boo simultaneously!! =)
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