Super food

I know how to make a decent dish or two, but I have to admit that often I'll just make a smoothie when I need a bite. It works for breakfast, after a run, or even dessert, and it's fairly healthy. It's also really easy to prepare.


I usually start off with frozen fruit. Trader Joe's is a great source, and Ralph's usually has a bunch on sale, too. Avoid the "mixed fruit" varieties because it usually costs more.


Sometime, I'll throw in some fresh fruit. I've been into oranges lately, but bananas work pretty well, too. Vanilla yogurt or soy milk works as well. If you want to be like Rocky, I guess you can put an egg in there. (Or was it Heaven Can Wait?)


Next, the juice. Usually, I have orange juice, but there were a bunch of other juices on sale last time I went to the market. I always make sure it's 100 percent juice, and not some phony fruit punch thing. This one is white grape-raspberry.


And this is where today's batch got interesting. Eloise didn't finish her bottle of mother's milk that I fed her this morning. I know how much effort Wendy puts into pumping it, and felt bad about dumping the remainder. So I poured it into the smoothie!


This is what it looked like before blending. (Thanks for the Magic Bullet, Dad!) You already saw what it looked like after. That was the first image, and you couldn't even tell there was a secret ingredient, could you? The taste? For such a small amount, it was really powerful--actually overpowering all that fruit. I can't even describe the flavor, but I could feel it waft through my nose after each sip. It's kind of flowery and kind of pungent, and not for everyone.

I doubt I'll put mother's milk in a smoothie again. Dan said that a friend of his used it as creamer in coffee, but I think it might be better suited for mixing into an omelet. Mabye brownies?