What the Baby Mermaid Eats: Blackberry Kale Smoothie

Rosie has become a little blackberry fiend and I've been trying to come up with new ways to feed them to her along with other fruits and veggies.

Ingredients (1 serving)
-handful of blackberries
-splash of pomegranate juice
-1/4 cup of ice
- handful of fresh kale
- 1 banana
- tsp of flaxseeds

optional
- cup of yogurt

Use a blender and mix them altogether, adding the flaxseeds last. The kale provides a huge boost of vitamin c and the flaxseeds are a good source of fiber. This smoothie was a hit with the baby mermaid today, so much so that I didn't even get a chance to take a picture of the first batch let alone have more than a few sips myself! The ingredient list above will make enough for one glass. I recommend chopping up the kale before adding it to the mix.

I will try to get a picture of the delicious smoothie when I can!

Eating Organic

I found this post on 7 Foods Even Food Safety Experts Won't Eat to be pretty interesting.  These days people are becoming more aware of just what exactly they are putting in their body, eating organic isn't just some fad a bunch of hippies made up but a way to improve one's health.

To get started is easy and doesn't have to break your budget. Don't want to spend lots of $$ on buying all organic products? Memorize the Dirty Dozen & Clean 15 list:

Dirty Dozen*, the twelve products to buy organic.
1. Apples
2. Celery
3. Peaches
4. Spinach
5. Nectarines
6. Grapes
7. Sweet bell peppers
8. Potatoes
9. Blueberries
10. Lettuce
11. Strawberries
12. Kale/collard greens

Clean 15, products lowest in pesticides.
1. Onions
2. Corn
3. Pineapple
4.  Avocado
5. Asparagus
6. Sweet peas
7. Mangoes
8. Eggplant
9. Cantaloupe
10. Kiwi
11. Cabbage
12. Watermelon
13. Sweet potatoes
14. Grapefruit
15. Mushrooms


*for more information go to foodnews.org