Basic Balance

Victoria Boutenko

1 mango

1 cup kale

1 cup water

Dad's Invention

Richard Carr

1 pear

1 apple

2 cups spinach

4 ounces water

8 ice cubes

Lovely Green Goodness

Tom Morrison

2 bananas

1 Royal Gala apple

1 Bosc pear

1 cup kale

1/4 water

Greena Colada

Kathy Stoner

1 cup spinach

2 bananas

1/3 pineapple

1/2 cup coconut meat

1 cup coconut water

Winter Green Smoothie

Victoria Boutenko

1 cup organic frozen berries (any kind)

2 cups fresh spinach

2 cups water

1/4 in. frest gingerroot, or to taste

Every Morning

Naomi Lorenzini

2 cups spinach

1 banana

2 cups orange juice

1 cup frozen blueberries

1 cup strawberries (optional)

Good Stuff

Margaret Miller

2 cups romaine lettuce

2 apples, peeled

2 pears

1 banana

Juice of 1/2 lemon

2 cups water (or 2 cups ice and 1 cup water)

Saskatoon Sunrise

Theadora Leigh McBride

*1 cup dandelion greens

1 cup fresh Italian parsley

2 bananas

2 cups Saskatoon berries (or blueberries)

2 cups water (I include ice in the 2 cups total)

*(I used 2 cups organic dandelion greens in place of the parseley and liked it as well)

Mediterranean Soup

Victoria Boutenko

3 cups spinach

3 stalks celery

1 sprig oregano

1 sprig thyme

1 red bell pepper

1 large avocado

1 cucumber

1 jalapeno pepper

1 lime, juiced

2 cups water

Yields 3 quarts