Despite the fact that my Vita Mix is still en route (at last check, it was in Ohio) I decided to dive into green smoothie-ville this morning. Since I still have a cold, I thought a super dose of greens might help. I had two very ripe bananas, so I chopped ‘em up and tossed them in the blender. I added a handful of pineapple chunks, a handful of goji berries and two handfuls of baby spinach, as well as a cup of filtered water. Although my current blender is a standard Target issue Hamilton Beach, it did pretty well. I poured a glass full and put the rest in the fridge to take to work. The first glass was, well, strange. It was a weird mustard color with red spots. It was room temp and very thick, and although the flavor was okay, I wasn’t loving it. I chugged it anyway, with plans to tweak the rest of the batch. Before I left for work, I added another cup of cold water to the mixture still in the pitcher and gave it another whirl. This, coupled with 30 minutes of cooling in the fridge, helped immensely. And I found that the more I drank, the better it tasted, so that by the time I got to the end I wanted more. So, all in all, a pretty successful experiment. I do have to say it left me with a weird taste in my mouth, though. I’m curious to see how this works with other greens. Next on my list: kale and rainbow chard.