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10 stalks of fresh asparagus, top 4″ cut off (two 2″ sections will blend better)

1/2 carrot
1/2 ripe banana
fresh orange juice (highly recommend Tropicana Valencia or Simply Orange — anything not from concentrate)
splash of raw kefir
2-3 frozen strawberries
Turbinado raw sugar to taste

Blend the hell out of it and drink it like a shot.

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Fresh raw kefir
Frozen strawberries
Fresh strawberries (if available)
1-2 tbsp Naturally More peanut butter with wheat germ and flaxseed
1/2 ripe banana (or frozen banana chips)
mini-handful of fresh oats (i.e., Quaker Oatmeal – not the instant kind – uncooked)
frozen miniature chocolate chips
Turbinado raw sugar to taste

Man this one is so good.  It’s my favorite so far

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fresh raw kefir
frozen strawberries
1/2 banana (frozen slices or fresh) – just make sure it’s RIPE
1-2 tbsp of peanut butter
raw sugar to taste

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Fresh unsweetened kefir
5 – 10 frozen strawberries
2-3 fresh strawberries (optional)
1 tbsp or so of peanut butter
raw sugar (Turbinado) to taste

If you don’t like peanut butter (Engineerboy considers it food of the devil), orange juice is good in there instead.

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Marie, Marie, How Do Your Kefir Grains Grow?

For those of you who know me or even casually see my updates on Facebook, you know that I have become somewhat of a Kefir nut lately.

Kefir, for those of you who don’t know, is a dairy-based fermented concoction that’s created by a complex microbiotic culture when the culture is immersed in fresh milk.  More on Wikipedia, more on this guy’s Kefir site.  It can refer to the grains — the little colonies that do the fermenting — or the finished product, which is a bit like yogurt but with more live “stuff” in there and a thinner consistency.  So, you can — if you have access to a reasonably upscale grocery store or a mediterranean market – get Kefir in its

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