Saturday, April 13, 2013

Green Smoothie Girl

After reading her blog for a year, I finally got to meet Robyn, the green smoothie girl, in person (http://greensmoothiegirl.com).  She held a free event in San Jose, showcasing her products and sharing her experiences with her readers.  She looks so young and energetic even though she’s in her mid 40s.  She shared the touching story about her journey to healthy eating and the amazing and contrasting outcomes her relatives achieved in dealing with cancer.  It was eye opening and inspiring.  If you are interested in attending her event, you can go to her site to register, http://greensmoothiegirl.com/green-smoothie-girl-classes/  At the event, she gives everyone two raffle tickets and gives away prizes throughout her talk.  The prizes are really good so that’s another incentive to go.
 
Adding green smoothies to our diet has been the best thing I did to our health.  I recently listened to Jon Gabriel’s talk online, (the creator of the Gabriel Method, http://www.thegabrielmethod.com/ ) and he mentioned that eating healthy is not as daunting as you thought.  You can do this by adding more healthy food in your daily diet.  The one thing that people all agree about healthy eating is to eat more green vegetables.  Yet, you can only eat so much salad or stir-fry vegetables.  And what about children who hate eating salad or who choose to eat burgers or steaks when eating out?  I used to nag my girls about choosing veggies and salad when eating out.  Ever since I start making more green smoothies for them at home, I don’t nag as much.  When they have their daily green smoothies, I let them order what they like in the restaurant.  I’ve also noticed that by adding more greens in my diet, my taste in food is changing, too.  I don’t crave sweets or coffee as much and I eat much less junk or processed food.  Are you ready to join thousands of green smoothie girl readers and start drinking green smoothies?

2 comments:

  1. Hi Te-Chen, was wondering if you have any advice for making green smoothies in Taiwan? I just moved here from Kansas City with my husband. I haven't been able to find much organic leafy greens to make green smoothies with. Any tip would be appreciated. Thanks!

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    1. Hi Sunny, do you read Chinese? I did some research on your question and found quite a few Taiwanese organic farmers' websites. Their business model looks very similar to CSA (community supported agriculture) in the US. You can buy organic greens online and have them deliver to your house. Here are a couple that I found, 台灣好農 (the Wonderful Food), http://www.wonderfulfood.com.tw/Client/index.aspx and 城南有機農場 (Town South), http://www.town-south.com.tw/index.htm I've never used them (I've been living in the US for 13 years now) and have no business relations with them. I hope this helps.

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