Ladies and gents, SHAKE your way to health! What do I mean? Green Shakes! Blend them. Drink them. Reap their rewards! And what...

Ladies and gents, SHAKE your way to health!





What do I mean? Green Shakes!

Blend them. Drink them. Reap their rewards!





And what are their rewards?





FULLY LOADED: Green smoothies are packed with essential vitamins, minerals and nutrients.

INSTANT GRATIFICATION: Those great nutrients are absorbed and assimilated far more easily by your body and absorption is almost instantaneous. This means drinking a big green smoothie will not only boost your overall health, it will make you feel nourished almost immediately.

DECEPTIVELY DELICIOUS: For green-o-phobes , consuming a large serving of greens in smoothie form is a tasty way to disguise what your body needs -- minus the gag-reflex.

CLEAN SWEEP: Unlike juice, a smoothie retains all the fabulous fiber of the fruits and vegetables it incorporates. This fiber works like a broom in your digestive tract and provides a gentle and effective flush of your system.





Today's recipes are for 2 variations of a healthy and delicious Green Chocolate Shake and for my unique Harmony Green Shake.

So I apologize - these shakes aren't the prettiest - but drink them often enough and you just might be!

D anielle's Green Chocolate Shake

Makes 1 huge smoothie or 2 normal size smoothies

1.5 cups frozen spinach

2.5 cups cold water

2 small pears (ripe bartlett or d'anjou) or 1 very large pear

2-3 large pitted medjool dates or 4-5 small Sayer dates

1 tsp pear butter (unsweetened) optional, gives richness

Dash coarse sea salt

4 tsp 100% cocoa powder

1.5 tsp chia seeds

1/2 tsp cinnamon













Add all ingredients to a food processor or blender. Pulse then blend until very smooth, stopping occasionally to scrape down the sides of the processor/blender. Taste! Add extra cocoa for more chocolate flavour. Add more dates or a few ops of stevia for more sweetness. Pour into huge glass or 2 glasses and serve immediately.

























Danielle's Green Mint - Chocolate Shake

Makes 2 small or 1 huge smoothie

1.5 cups frozen spinach

5-6 chilled small pitted dates (or 2-3 Medjool dates) (about 40g)

1.5 red bartlett pears (ripe, core and stem removed)

1 tsp pear butter (unsweetened) optional, gives richness

2 cups cold water

2 dashes coarse sea salt

2.5 tsp cocoa powder

1 large handful fresh mint rinsed in hot water

2 tsp chia seeds





Blend all ingredients together in food processor or blender until very smooth, this could take a few minutes. Scrape down sides and blend again. Taste! Adjust mint and cocoa and add more dates if not sweet enough for your taste.

Harmony Green Shake

Makes 1 large fruity shake

2 small (or 1 large) red bartlett pear, stem and core removed, ripe

1/2 cups loosely packed baby green kale

1 cup frozen spinach

1/2 large ripe lime, juice of

4 small pitted dates

handful fresh green and purple basil

1 cup filtered water (cold)

2 tbsp maca powder

1/2 cup frozen red raspberries

dash coarse sea salt