Hey there blog buds! Happy Saturday! I hope that you are having an wonderful weekend so far. Mine has been delightful! You know that Saturdays are my favorite day of the week!
I especially love when they start with a 4+ mile run outside in the sunshine. It feels like FOREVER since I’ve gone for a sunny run!
Yesterday morning we were indoors doing an Insanity session, which left me red-faced and panting.
A little like this:
I’d like to say I was kidding about that, but that’s pretty much how I look and feel during those workouts! 
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In my previous blog post, The BEET of My Own Drum, I mentioned that one of my clients asked me if I had ever tried putting beets in my smoothies. Which I hadn’t. But I told you all that I would consider it.
Consider it done!
Into the blender went the following items:
- 8 oz water + 4 small ice cubes
- 2 cutie clementines
- 3/4 roasted beet (without skin)
- 1/2 small banana
- large handful of spinach
- 1 large kale leaf (stalk removed)
- 1/2 cucumber
- small handful of alfalfa sprouts
- a squeeze of flaxseed oil (approx 1/2 TBS)
You just can’t BEET the color of this beautiful veggie! Ha ha! (Sorry, that was bad. Couldn’t resist!)
Into the glass for taste testing (I must admit, I was a little nervous that it would taste like dirt and I’d have wasted all those veggies):
The verdict: Actually quite good! I could definitely taste the ‘earthiness’ of the beet from it being a root vegetable, but I get that same effect sometimes from the celery and sprouts in my regular green smoothies.
Probably the only downside to beet smoothies? Teeth like Angela’s….
I’m just kidding, it didn’t stain my teeth! But if you didn’t catch The Office this week, click HERE and scroll to the 4:58 mark. I thought it was funny that I’d just been talking about beets in smoothies earlier that day!
So your challenge is to throw something new into your next smoothie! I dare you! 
Then come back and let me know how it was!
– Shari B. =)
#1 by Jen on May 16, 2010 - 8:54 pm
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Hey you! I did not know you were doing insanity! Dawn bought it, too, and we’re going to try it. YIKES! Remind me to tell you my beet story next time I see you….it was great catching up the other day!!!!!!!!!
#2 by Joan on May 16, 2010 - 4:39 pm
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Your smoothies are so beautiful!
Mine usually have blueberries so are a lovely purple but once I used green protein and added blueberries and got brown dirt color…hmmm…tasted great but not pretty like Shari’s!
I gotta think about something new to add. Choc chips? LOL!
.-= Joan´s last blog ..Cutting Corners =-.
#3 by Shari B. on May 16, 2010 - 5:31 pm
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Oh yes, choc chips and blueberries! That would be tasty! And I have plenty of UGLY smoothies that aren’t photogenic, so they don’t get much blog time!
I stopped doing blueberries in my smoothies because it makes mine kind of ‘gelatinous’. Does yours do that too? Maybe I drink them too slowly!
#4 by Joan on May 16, 2010 - 7:35 pm
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No I’ve never had the blueberries make it gelatinous I don’t think BUT then I add powders (fiber, she whispers) which thicken fast so I drink them fast. Also I do add them frozen cuz they chop up more fully…I don’t like chunks or skins in my smoothie, after all they should be smooooothies. If they are thawed at all they don’t seem to be as smooth with the Bullet.
.-= Joan´s last blog ..Cutting Corners =-.
#5 by Cindy on May 15, 2010 - 5:49 pm
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Hey lady…so glad you tried the beet smoothie. I ate my roasted beets for lunch..so good with leftover salmon and pasta.
I might have tried a smoothie otherwise.
I am trying to see the video but the iPad is still touchy. (operator error for sure)
.-= Cindy´s last blog ..A Boy’s Life =-.
#6 by Shari B. on May 16, 2010 - 5:49 pm
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Hi Cindy! I’m still envious of your iPad….. so cool!
Mmm salmon and pasta with beets!
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