Surprisingly Good & Horribly Bad

I'll start with the good!
I didn't expect orange, ginger, peach, and cinnamon to taste good together, but they're great!

Via

Just Peachy & Spice

• 3 TBS orange juice concentrate
• a dash of ground ginger
• 1/4 cup canned coconut milk
• 2 frozen peaches
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

Combine and blend!

Notes:

1. It called for 3/4 cup orange juice, which is 3 oranges (peeled & juiced) or 3 tablespoons of concentrate plus 9 tablespoons of water. I choose to leave out the water for a thicker smoothie.
2. I was sketchy about how the ginger would taste so I didn't use the 1-inch chunk that it called for!
3. It called for milk of choice: I wanted the thick, smooth, fattiness of coconut.
4. It really, truly calls for 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon! It's not overpowering like I thought it would be, and it's so healthy! Check out these benefits!
5. I left out the 6 ice cubes it called for.

Adapted from: The Ultimate Smoothie Book



Now for the bad....
I changed the Feel Better Berry Smoothie a little too much.

First I wanted to try using coconut milk instead of almond milk, then I wanted to try out my little theory of using coconut butter to make coconut milk (see that theory at the bottom of this page). I left out the coconut oil (because who needs that when you have coconut butter?!), I didn't need or want the sweetness of the honey, and I used less lemon juice. You won't want to try this, but here it is:

• ~ 1/3 c. coconut butter + 1 c. water
• 1/2 c. frozen raspberries
• 1/2 c. frozen blackberries
• 1 handful frozen spinach
• 1 ice cube sized amount of lemon juice

Thick. Crunchy. Gross.