Rebekah: Hey guys.
It’s Bex here and today I am here with Summer.
Say hi.
No?
OK.
We are going to make my favorite smoothie with a brand new ingredient cashew milk and
it’s going to be really exciting and I’m going tell you different tips on smoothie-making
that you may not have known already.
Ready to get started?
First I like to start off my smoothies with at least half greens and I like to pick dark,
leafy greens.
A lot of people are on kale right now.
I don’t love kale because it’s kind of bitter.
So I use baby spinach, which is super sweet, and it’s packed with iron and is really
good for you.
This is about how much – we’re not starting yet.
This is about how much spinach that I use.
It’s a ton.
Summer: The red one is loud too.
Rebekah: Which red one is loud?
Summer: Vacuum.
Rebekah: The vacuum, I know.
I always add some filtered water.
I put that in, maybe about eight ounces.
It’s 12 ounces.
I don’t know.
Smoothie-making is not a science.
You just put in what you like.
You mix it all together and see how it turns out.
If it turns out bad, don’t do that again.
You’re going to help me peel a banana?
Summer: I could do it.
Rebekah: These bananas are a little bit under-ripe for me.
I like when they have some brown spots.
That’s actually when the banana is going to be best for you.
Pick an apple that’s about this size.
Summer, did you eat part of my apple already?
Summer: Yes.
Rebekah: Yeah.
So we’re going to mix this up a little bit just to get it started, so we can add more
stuff into it.
All right.
Close your ears.
You want to hold on to me?
Summer: No.
Rebekah: So a good tip for actually having your kids eat healthy food is to have them
participate in the shopping and the food preparation.
Are you eating my pineapple?
So we’re going to add in pineapple.
I like a lot of pineapple.
It’s high in sugars, in water content and in fiber.
It really gets your systems going.
So I eat an entire small pineapple or a half of a large pineapple.
I always leave my water room temperature.
That’s actually the best for digesting.
So I keep my water pitcher on the counter.
So I’m making a smoothie.
I just add in a few ice cubes to make it not warm.
It also helps reduce the breakdown of enzymes and nutrients in the fruits and vegetables
that you’re using, because when you’re heating things and blending, it heats up the
fruits and vegetables only slightly.
It does reduce the nutritional level but it’s like so small, I wouldn’t even worry about
it.
But I worried about it by adding the ice.
Last but not least, I am going to add in – excuse me.
Can you back up just a little bit?
Thank you.
My unsweetened Silk Cashewmilk.
Adding dairy and mixing it with fruits and vegetables can cause like a gastric nightmare.
It’s also better for the environment.
Raising a dairy cow puts a tremendous strain on the environment and if you look up statistics
about factory farms, factory farming of cows is actually worse for the environment than
driving a car.
So I would rather drive a Hummer than put dairy in my smoothie.
I know.
That’s funny because I don’t drive a Hummer.
I drive a Toyota Scion.
It’s a tiny little car.
So we’re going to mix this up.
This looks beautiful, doesn’t it?
What color is this?
Summer: Green.
Rebekah: What color?
Summer: Green!
Rebekah: Green!
Summer: Green is my favorite …
Rebekah: She said green is her favorite color.
Summer: I can’t like loud.
Rebekah: You can’t like loud?
Summer: Yeah.
Rebekah: Oh, well.
Well, sometimes things get loud in the kitchen.
The funny story about these mugs is that everyone remarks on my Instagram every time I post
them.
They’re like, “Where can I get those cool, stainless steel mugs?
They’re actually from a root beer truck that we go to.
So I made about 50 ounces of smoothie and that’s good for two people.
It’s a nice breakfast.
The difference between a smoothie and a juice is that a smoothie is an actual meal replacement.
So it has all the fiber, has all the parts of the plant, so it’s good to have for breakfast
and you’re not missing anything.
You like it?
Yeah.
Summer: That’s only mine.
Rebekah: That’s only yours?
Summer: Yeah.
Rebekah: Should we let Annabel try some?
Summer: But she’s a baby.
Rebekah: She’s a baby?
Summer: Yeah.
Rebekah: She’s like, “Why did you wake me up?”
Want to say bye-bye?
Bye-bye.
Summer: Uh-uh.
Rebekah: OK.
She hates good-byes.