Recipe: Tastes-Like-Ice-Cream Kale
Summary: This sweet green kale smoothie by The Blender Girl is fashioned after one served at SunCafe, a Los Angeles raw restaurant.
Ingredients
- ½ cup (120ml) water (or use coconut water)
- ½ teaspoon probiotic powder (optional)
- ½ cup (70g) unsalted cashews, soaked
- 1 cup (25g) torn curly green kale leaves (1 or 2 large leaves with stalk removed, ripped into small pieces), plus more to taste
- 2 ripe bananas, fresh or frozen
- ¼ cup (43g) chopped pitted dates, soaked, or 1 tablespoon pure maple syrup, plus more to taste
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups (250g) ice cubes (a bit less if using frozen bananas)
- ½ teaspoon minced ginger, plus more to taste (optional)
Instructions
- Put all of the ingredients into the blender in the order listed and puree for about a minute, until smooth and creamy. Tweak flavors to taste (you may like a bit more kale, sweetener or ginger).
Quick notes
With a conventional blender, you’ll get the smoothest consistency if you use maple syrup or chop the dates finely before adding them to the blender.
Recipe source
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“The Blender Girl: 100 Gluten-Free, Vegan Recipes,” by Tess Masters (2014; Ten Speed Press; $19.99).
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Diet type: Vegan
Diet tags: Gluten free, Raw
Number of servings (yield): 2
Culinary tradition: USA (Nouveau)
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