Nutrients in chard help to build blood, regenerate cells, and boost immunity. Chard comes in a variety of colors—red, orange, yellow, and white. “Rainbow chard” is just different kinds of leaves all bunched together. Keep it in your daily diet!

2 cups water
1/4 cup chia seeds or avocado
1/2 teaspoon minced ginger
1/4 lemon with skin
1 cup frozen blackberries
1 cup frozen blueberries
1 cup Swiss chard

Blend and serve.

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Blend everything together. Add water if too thick and sweetener if too tart for your taste.

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Romaine lettuce is the nutritional powerhouse of lettuces. Use the outer, dark, thick-stalked leaves for smoothies and puddings.

• 1 avocado (700 mg potassium)
• 4 leaves romaine lettuce
• 2 cups wilted raw spinach or arugula (335 mg potassium)
• 1/2 cup cashews, soaked 1-2 hours or overnight (420 mg potassium)
• 1 whole lime, with skin cut into pieces (68 mg potassium, plus great soluble fiber in the skin)
• 4 drops of sweetener: stevia or your choice
• 1/2 cup coconut milk (290 mg potassium)
• 1/2 cup water

Add all to a blender and blend until smooth.

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• 1/2 ripe avocado, pitted and peeled
• 2 small Persian cucumbers, or English cucumbers diced (3/4 cup)
• 1 cup spinach leaves or kale, torn into bite-size pieces
• 2 tablespoons coconut oil
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 cup plain unsweetened coconut milk
• 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
• Pinch sea salt, plus more to taste

Add all ingredients to an upright blender and blend until smooth. Season to taste with sea salt and serve immediately.

Image courtesy Stacy Spensley

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Green smoothies are a great way to replace your lunch or dinner or if you are feeling you need an extra boost midday, go ahead and have a green smoothie.

Mint, cinnamon, and ginger are great smoothie enhancers.

A green smoothie is 1 part green vegetable (Lettuce, spinach, chard, bok choy greens, etc) 1 part liquid (coconut water, or water,) and 2 parts fruit.  As your palate becomes more familiar with the green smoothies, go with less fruit and more greens for  total cleanse.

Here are a few of our favorite smoothies

• 1 cup pomegranate seeds
• 1 cup frozen blueberries
• 1 cup coconut water
• 1 cup spinach

Combine all the ingredients with the liquid in the bottom of the blender and blend until sooth.

• 1 cup coconut milk
• 1 cup baby kale
• 1 cup frozen pineapple
• ½ cup strawberries
• 1 whole apple
• 1 whole lemon with peel

Combine all the ingredients with the liquid in the bottom of the blender and blend until sooth.

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Green smoothies are a great way to replace your lunch or dinner. If you are feeling you need an extra boost midday, go ahead and have a green smoothie.

A green smoothie is 1 part green vegetables, Lettuce, spinach, chard, bok choy greens, etc 1 part liquid, coconut water,  or water, and 2 parts fruit. As your palate becomes more familiar with the green smoothies, go with less fruit and more greens for  total cleanse.

Here are a few of our favorite smoothies!

• 1 cup pomegranate seeds
• 1 cup frozen blueberries
• 1 cup coconut water
• 1 cup spinach

Combine all the ingredients with the liquid in the bottom of the blender and blend until smooth.

• 1 cup coconut milk
• 1 cup baby kale
• 1 cup frozen pineapple
• ½ cup strawberries
• 1 whole apple
• 1 whole lemon with peel

Combine all the ingredients with the liquid in the bottom of the blender and blend until smooth.

Photo courtesy Barb Dunn.

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Morning Smoothie

• 1 whole lemon, with the peel
• 1 cup of frozen strawberries
• 4 inch piece cucumber, with peel
• 1 whole avocado, with pit and peel removed
• 4 cups of raw spinach, or watercress – more nutritious and tastes better!
• fresh ginger, peeled, to desired strength
• optional: celery, turmeric, beets, blackberries

 Blend together in a high-powered blender.

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