An easy Green Smoothie Recipe by Josie Riviera

Do you like eating vegetables? If not, then January is the perfect month to begin drinking them! We all know that vegetables are a good source of vitamins and minerals, plus they're low in calories.

Here's a quick and easy recipe for a Green Smoothie, and a good way to stay hydrated.

Instructions:

1. Pack 2 cups of leafy greens in a measuring cup and then toss into blender.
2. Add water and blend together until all leafy chunks are gone.
3. Add mango, pineapple and bananas or other favorite fruit. Blend again until smooth.
4. Pour into your favorite cup and enjoy!
5. Do you make smoothies? Please share your recipes in the comments below.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         January makes me think of February, and February makes me think of Valentine's Day! I Love You More, my sweet contemporary romance, focuses on adoption, a subject very close to my heart, as my husband and I adopted our daughter from S. Korea.  Here's the blurb: A billionaire and a single mother have more in common than they know. Can Valentine’s Day bring this unlikely pair together … this time for good?
   
   
   
   Author's Note: Thousands of families around the world have opened their homes and hearts through international adoption. Soo-Min is the embodiment of many, many fortunate adoptive children and parents who’ve together created forever families.
   
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