Green smoothies may look strange, but they taste delicious!

Using fall fruits can make excellent smoothies. Below is a recipe I prepared recently.

Pear-Banana Smoothie

  • 1 pear, peeled and quartered
  • 1 banana, peeled and broken into several pieces
  • 4 chard leaves with stems, washed and cut into large pieces
  • 1 cup soy milk
  • ½ cup vanilla yogurt
  • ½ tsp Chinese five spice

Put all ingredients in a high speed blender or Vitamix and puree until smooth.

You can substitute almond or rice milk; ½ cup plain yogurt, 1 tsp vanilla extract, whole sugar to taste; leave out the Chinese five spice, add cinnamon and/or ginger; frozen banana for fresh.

By continuing to drink smoothies into the fall months, you’ll continue to get great nutrition by including leafy greens and fresh fruit in your diet.

This works great as a breakfast drink, or have it ready for the kids when they get home from school.