budget-friendly Simple meals Three easy recipes anyone can make
A delightful, refreshing smoothie
A pasta casserole can feed a hungry crowd
BY ANNA STEPHENSON
Smoothie Ingredients: Baby carrots One bag frozen fruit or equivalent amount of fresh fruit Fruit juice or plant milk Fruit butter Optional: chia seeds
44 KE AL AK A‘I 2021
1. Add your vegetables to your blender and then add your fruit. (Tip: if you are using strawberries, keep the tops on! The leaves and stem are edible too!) 2. You want to have either a 1:1 ratio, or more fruit than vegetables. If you have lots of vegetables, especially strongly-flavored vegetables and only mildly-flavored fruits, add about a tablespoon of fruit butter to introduce concentrated sweetness to your smoothie. This recipe calls for guava butter, but there are many varieties. 3. Once you have added your fruit butter, pour liquid into the blender until it is at least halfway to the maximum fill line.You can use sweetened or unsweetened plant milk or fruit juice. Adjust the amount of liquid depending on how thick you want your smoothie. 4.For a thicker smoothie, freeze your fruit and soft vegetables before making it. A bag of prefrozen vegetables from the store is a great, convenient way to make this.
