Hey everybody! Today we are making the
Almond Reishi Refresh Smoothie Recipe.
Welcome to our video series! I'm Jenna
and I'm the founder of GreenBlender and
GreenBlender is a smoothie delivery
service. We send all the pre-portioned
ingredients and superfoods to make
amazing smoothies at home. And every day
we make one of those smoothies right
here with you. We like to talk about an
ingredient or two and really get in a
deep dive, so you know what's going on.
And I bet you're wondering what the
heck is reishi, or reishi? We -we're not sure
how to pronounce it -but what is this
thing? So, here it is. It's a mushroom, it's
originally from. It was originally grown
in China, Japan, and Korea, but now it is
grown worldwide. It likes hard woods and
subtropical or tropical environments.
Its been used for thousands of years in
Chinese medicine and Chinese medicine
says it's an adaptogen and normalizing
herb-like substance. So, basically it
helps bring your body back into
equilibrium. It really helps with the
negative effects of stress, which is
inflammation or low energy, damaged blood
vessels. So, it's been used for thousands
of years in Chinese medicine, but now
there's actually dozens of medical
studies that have suggested that it does
in fact help with inflammation, fatigue,
infections, sleep, food allergies...it's
really a great thing to add into your
diet. We are going to be using reishi
mushroom powder, but you can also find
dried reishi like this and you can boil
it in water and make a tea or a broth.
And it has a little bit of a bitter
flavor, but kind of like an earthy tone. I
mean, it's a mushroom. So it has like a
mushroomy flavor to it. We're not
going to be able to taste it in our
smoothie today, but definitely check out
some more reishi information. You can buy
them in your health food stores, or
online. They are a great way to kind of
incorporate into your daily life and
let's get started with this smoothie! So,
besides reishi mushroom, what else is in
here? We're going to be using a half a
head of baby bok choy, four ounces of grapes,
one pear, three tablespoons of almonds,
and, of course, some water and ice. So
let's throw in everything and get
blending! This is very kind of like East
Asian recipe here, with this baby bok
choy, which is also hailing from Asia.
We're going to throw in 3 tbsp almonds,
which are going to give us some healthy fats.
You can soak those almonds
overnight and it'll -they will suck up
all the water and plump up and make it a
lot easier to blend in the morning. So, we
don't have time for that here. I never
have the foresight. I'm going to throw in my pear.
Now, if you notice, I don't really core
the pear. There's nothing really in the
middle of a pear and I like to get as
much volume as I can out of my fruits
and vegetables. So, I cut it right in half
and throw the whole thing in. This is not a
super ripe pear, so it's not going to be
sweet and the sugar content is not
going to be as much. But, if you leave
this on the counter and it turns yellow
and even has some brown spots
that's totally, perfectly normal. And you
can -it'll just be sweeter, creamier and
easier to blend. Alright, we throw in my
reishi, yeah it really doesn't smell
like much, a little bit earthy, but we
won't be able to tell its in there, but
you'll be able to get all the benefits
from it. Alright, I'm going to use my
baby bok choy.
Grown up bok choy, I don't think they -I
don't think you call it "grown up bok choy,"
but a fully-grown bok choy is a little
bit spicy and so, I like using baby bok
choy because it is way more mild and it
doesn't taste -it really doesn't add much
taste. So, see if you just cut off the
bottom, everything kind of comes apart.
There could be some dirt in between here
some kind of a layered thing, so just
quickly give that a rinse,
just to get some of the dirt off but you
don't get all the dirt off, it's not the
end of the world. All the food comes from
the ground anyway. We're going to throw it in here. This is going
to make a lot of smoothie; I can tell!
Throw in this, and blend it up!
Here it is, the moment of truth. Let's
give this a try. Wow, this made a lot
four cups!
Here it is, Cheers!
Mmm, sweet! Pears and grapes are very sweet fruits,
but really, that's the only thing I'm
tasting in here. Creamy from the almonds
-this is a high-energy, immune boosting
smoothie. If you've ever tried reishi
before, please let me know what you think
of it and any of your favorite recipes
with reishi mushroom! Until tomorrow, I
will see you then. Cheers!
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