RE: Re: Blue Smoothie ideas

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Dried blueberries are available commercially. I have some in my pantry I bought

at Balduccis this past Xmas for my fruitcake cookies I make each year. I use a

lot of dried fruit macerated in sherry. It's a really good pretty cookie. No

citron or that kind of fruit cake stuff

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On Apr 19, 2012, at 3:50 PM, " " <berrywell@...> wrote:

> If you can get your hands on some elderberries, they make a blue-but very hard

to find, I am sure. I grow my own. You might be able to find some elderberry

powder though-I dehydrate them and they make a blue tint powder. Dehydrated

blueberries will be a lighter blue than fresh, but they dry up very tiny. If

you made a yogurt or rice/grain/nut milk based smoothie, and added a bit of

dried elderberry or dehydrated blueberries, you could likely get a good result.

Let her help you experiment-6 is such a wonderful age to introduce them to

cooking! Maybe take her to the library and see if you can choose a cookbook (or

smoothie) book together and choose recipes from them. Take her with you

shopping for the ingredients. I got my daughter her own little red crockpot and

set of wooden spoons when she was 5 or 6, and she still uses them to this day,

and has always loved being in the kitchen trying new things (she will be 18 in a

few months)

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>>> Hi All,

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>>> Does anyone have any ideas for making a blue smoothie? My 6-year old

daughter

>>> asked me to make her a " blue " smoothie. I tried blueberries, but of course

it

>>> turned out purple. Any ideas on how to make it more of a blue color (the

things

>>> we do for our kids ? I don't want to use artificial color.

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>>> Thanks!

>>> Molly

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,I get my elderberries from a variety of places, www.jeansgreens.com has very nice elderberries, powder also I believe. If you look on the resources tab on my website www.bonniesherbals.com you will see lots of herbal resources to purchase from Bonnie The Busy Person's Wellness ExpertRadiant Health For Life In Less Than 10 Minutes A Daywww.bonniesherbals.comGet instant access to my FREE report:5 STEPS TO Boost Your ENERGY, Reduce Your Stress and Heal Your Bodyand at the same time you will be subscribed to my newsletter. – I promise to never share your information with anyone else.Coming soon: we are rebranding, our new name will be www.RadiantHealthforLife.com From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 3:51 PM Subject: Re: Blue Smoothie ideas If you can get your hands on some elderberries, they make a blue-but very hard to find, I am sure. I grow my own. You might be able to find some elderberry powder though-I dehydrate them and they make a blue tint powder. Dehydrated blueberries will be a lighter blue than fresh, but they dry up very tiny. If you made a yogurt or rice/grain/nut milk based smoothie, and added a bit of dried elderberry or dehydrated blueberries, you could likely get a good result. Let her help you experiment-6 is such a wonderful age to introduce them to cooking! Maybe take her to the library and see if you can choose a cookbook (or smoothie) book together and choose recipes from them. Take her with you shopping for the ingredients. I got my daughter her own little red crockpot and set of wooden spoons when she was 5 or 6, and she still uses them to this day, and has always loved being in the kitchen trying new things (she will be 18 in a few months)> >> > Hi All,> > > > Does anyone have any ideas for making a blue smoothie? My 6-year old daughter > > asked me to make her a " blue " smoothie. I tried blueberries, but of course it > > turned out purple. Any ideas on how to make it more of a blue color (the things > > we do for our kids ? I don't want to use artificial color.> > > > Thanks!> > Molly> >>

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Thanks, Bonnie. I grow my own and dehydrate them, but this is a good resource for others.Sent from my iPadOn Apr 19, 2012, at 7:05 PM, "Bonnie " <bonniesherbals@...> wrote:

,I get my elderberries from a variety of places, www.jeansgreens.com has very nice elderberries, powder also I believe. If you look on the resources tab on my website www.bonniesherbals.com you will see lots of herbal resources to purchase from Bonnie The Busy Person's Wellness ExpertRadiant Health For Life In Less Than 10 Minutes A Daywww.bonniesherbals.com<image001.png><image002.png><image003.png>Get instant access to my FREE report:5 STEPS TO Boost Your ENERGY, Reduce Your Stress and Heal Your Bodyand at the same time you will be subscribed to my newsletter. – I promise to never share your information with anyone else.Coming soon: we are rebranding, our new name will be www.RadiantHealthforLife.com From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 3:51 PM Subject: Re: Blue Smoothie ideas If you can get your hands on some elderberries, they make a blue-but very hard to find, I am sure. I grow my own. You might be able to find some elderberry powder though-I dehydrate them and they make a blue tint powder. Dehydrated blueberries will be a lighter blue than fresh, but they dry up very tiny. If you made a yogurt or rice/grain/nut milk based smoothie, and added a bit of dried elderberry or dehydrated blueberries, you could likely get a good result. Let her help you experiment-6 is such a wonderful age to introduce them to cooking! Maybe take her to the library and see if you can choose a cookbook (or smoothie) book together and choose recipes from them. Take her with you shopping for the ingredients. I got my daughter her own little red crockpot and set of wooden spoons when she was 5 or 6, and she still uses them to this day, and has always loved being in the kitchen trying new things (she will be 18 in a few months)> >> > Hi All,> > > > Does anyone have any ideas for making a blue smoothie? My 6-year old daughter > > asked me to make her a "blue" smoothie. I tried blueberries, but of course it > > turned out purple. Any ideas on how to make it more of a blue color (the things > > we do for our kids ? I don't want to use artificial color.> > > > Thanks!> > Molly> >>

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You could make a blue potato soup w/blue potatoes. The costco near us usually has bags of multicolor potatoes. Here's a recipe for Blue Potato Souphttp://www.nytimes.com/recipes/5980/Blue-Potato-Soup.html

Also wanted to tell you that my husband makes a frozen drink w/blue curacao (you probably don't want to give that to your daughter), but it is VERY blue!On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 4:02 PM, gotgreensrevolutions <gotgreensrevolution@...> wrote:

 

Molly, Blue is a hard color - there is not very much of it in nature.This smoothie with blueberries, peaches and purple kale comes out very close to blue (it is still on the purple side but is as close as I've seen to blue). The picture makes it more blue because of the glass being blue but that could definitely help with a blue color result.

http://gotgreensrevolution.com/blog/the-blue-green-smoothie/ To your health,

>> Hi All,> > Does anyone have any ideas for making a blue smoothie? My 6-year old daughter > asked me to make her a " blue " smoothie. I tried blueberries, but of course it > turned out purple. Any ideas on how to make it more of a blue color (the things

> we do for our kids ? I don't want to use artificial color.> > Thanks!> Molly>