Anti-Inflammatory Smoothie, Take 2 - The Savory

Let me introduce to you the second installation of my two-part Anti-Inflammatory Smoothie Series - The Savory.  This alkalizing elixir will add a skip to your step while addressing chronic inflammation in the body.

Whether you are addressing a known  health issue or taking proactive approach to maintaining optimum health, The Savory is a great way to start your day.






Possible health benefits:

• Full of antioxidants to help protect against cancer, heart disease, and auto-immune illnesses
• Relief from sore joints and muscles
• Increased and sustained energy throughout the day
• A host of other healthy and healing benefits!!!

Ingredients:
1 Tablespoon of organic extra virgin olive oil
1 Tablespoon of raw apple cider vinegar
1 Tablespoon of lemon juice
1-2 teaspoons of turmeric powder
10-15 black peppercorns
1 small tomato
1/4 of an onion
2 raw garlic cloves
1/2 inch. fresh ginger root
1 handful of parsley
1 handful of cilantro
3 kale leaves
1 cups of filtered water
3 ice cubes
pinch of high quality salt

Roughly chop kale, tomato, and onion.  Put all of the ingredients into the vitamix blender, except for the ice cubes, and blend for 30 seconds.  While continuing to blend, add the three ice cubes and blend for another 30 seconds to a minute.

Serves two.

Note: When I cook or prepare food I rarely measure anything.  This can turn out to be a complete disaster or surprisingly magical.  In this case, it turned out to be the latter.  The recipe above is a guess-timate of my improvisation.