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This green smoothie journey is so amazing!  My body is leading the way.  A couple of weeks ago I was having a lot of aching joints and realised something wasn’t right.  I figured out I was having too much fruit sugar from the fruits I was putting in my smoothies. I did get carried away and put three bananas in a smoothie along with other fruit, which was too much for me but I’ve learnt from the experience.  This prompted me to invent a smoothie that has less fruit sugar but is very refreshing and very tasty. Here is the recipe:

Juice of 1 grapefruit or 3 not so sweet mandarins
A big handful of weeds e.g. plantain, nettle, chickweed, speedwell, red dead nettle, radish tops, violet leaves, cleavers or any edible weeds you have in your garden.
Blend the juice, weeds and 2 cups water

I then added 3 ice cubes of pureed elderberries (you could use 1/2 cup frozen raspberries)
1 cup frozen blueberries (other low sugar fruit – kiwifruit, boysenberries)
1/2 large avocado

Blend it all together and you’ll find it becomes a lovely chocolate colour and beautiful smooth texture!
Yum!!