My green smoothie on 2013-08-13 at 6.30 pm. Ingredients: carrot, apple, orange, banana and organic red spinach.

My green smoothie on 2013-08-13 at 6.30 pm. Ingredients: carrot, apple, orange, banana and organic red spinach ( 100g) . Total weight 630g. Plain water 200ml. Total smoothie: 1000ml. All consumed by me. Taste: Very good.  Very nutritious and healthy. 

Green smoothie made on 2012-12-28 with organic red short spinach 150g, Carrot 150g, Orange 140g, Kiwi fruit 80g, Banana 100g, Plain water 200ml Smoothie produced = 950ml. Taste : Good.

Green smoothie made on 2012-12-28 with organic red short spinach 150g, Carrot 150g, Orange 140g, Kiwi fruit 80g, Banana 100g, Plain water 200ml
Smoothie produced = 950ml. Taste : Good.

Photo (taken on 2012-05-29) of 100 grams of organic red spinach

The above is a photo (taken on 2012-05-29) of 100 grams of organic red spinach

A serving of vegetables is defined by the Health Promotion Board to be ¾ mug (250 ml) cooked leafy vegetables (100g), ¾ mug cooked non-leafy vegetables (100g), 150g raw leafy vegetables or 100g raw non-leafy vegetables.

The following is the photo of 100 grams of raw organic red spinach. How people take one serving of leafy veg daily?

Do you know how many serves of vegetables and fruits we should take daily?

Organic red spinach produced by Fireflies Health Farm

Organic red spinach produced by Fireflies Health Farm about 270 grams $2 for my green smoothie bought on 19 May 2012 . I used about 70 g to 100 g for each green smoothie.

Spinach can boost your mood

Spinach is a great source of folic acid, a B vitamin also known as folate.

Clinical studies have linked a deficiency of folic acid to depression, in part because too little folic acid leads to lower levels of serotonin in the brain, which can help stabilize mood.

Other foods loaded with folic acid include sunflower seeds, green leafy vegetables, broccoli, wheat germ, oatmeal, black-eyed peas, lentils, soybeans and mustard greens.

Info source:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2003573688_foodmood18.html

Green Smoothie: Orange + Organic Red Spinach + Cold Water– Ref: 2012-01-07

Green Smoothie: Orange + Organic Red Spinach + Cold Water– Ref: 2012-01-07

At about 4.30 pm on 2012-01-07 (Saturday) I made a green smoothie with the following:

(a) 50 grams of organic red spinach with short roots (from Fire Flies Health Farm) after washing away sands.
(b) 200 grams of peeled orange obtained from two oranges.

(c) 150 ml of cold boiled plain water

Key Nutrition Information of the smoothie:

Total Energy

= 15.5 Kcal from red spinach and 94 Kcal from orange

= 109.5 Kcal

Total Dietary Fibre

= 0.9 gram from red spinach and 4.8 grams from orange

= 5.7 grams

Method:

(1) Add all the cut ingredients and water into Philips Blender HR 2094.

(2) Press Smoothie Function and let the blender work for 1 minute.

Smoothie produced with Philips Blender HR 2094 = About 500 ml

No. of Serves = 2
Tasters: Myself

Verdict: Good taste. The ratio of orange to red spinach is 4 to 1. The leafy taste of the spinach had been very much reduced by the orange.

Nutrition Information of Chinese Red Spinach

Nutrition Information of Chinese Red Spinach

(Contents per 100 grams)

苋菜(紫)[红苋]的营养成分列表

Source: http://www.poptool.net/health/yingyang/04/5/320.html

成分名称Component name	含量Content	成分名称Component name	含量Content	成分名称Component name	含量Content
可食部 Edible part	73	水分(克)Water (g)	88.8	能量(千卡)Energy (kcal)	31
能量(千焦)Energy (kJ)	130	蛋白质(克)Protein (g)	2.8	脂肪(克) Fat (g)	0.4
碳水化合物(克)Carbohydrates (grams)	5.9	膳食纤维(克) Dietary Fiber (g)	1.8	胆固醇(毫克)Cholesterol (mg)	0
灰份(克) Ash (g)	2.1	维生素A(毫克)Vitamin A (mg)	248	胡萝卜素(毫克)Carotene (mg)	1490
视黄醇(毫克)Retinol (mg)	0	硫胺素(微克)Thiamine (mg)	0.03	核黄素(毫克)Riboflavin (mg)	0.1
尼克酸(毫克)Niacin (mg)	0.6	维生素C(毫克)Vitamin C (mg)	30	维生素E(T)(毫克)Vitamin E (T) (mg)	1.54
aE aE	0.88	(β-γ)-E	0.66	δ-E	0
钙(毫克)Calcium (mg)	178	磷(毫克)Phosphorus (mg)	63	钾(毫克)Potassium (mg)	340
钠(毫克)Sodium (mg)	42.3	镁(毫克)Magnesium (mg)	38	铁(毫克)Iron (mg)	2.9
锌(毫克) Zinc (mg)	0.7	硒(微克)Selenium (mcg)	0.09	铜(毫克)Copper (mg)	0.07
锰(毫克)Manganese (mg)	0.35	碘(毫克)Iodine (mg)	0

Green Smoothie = organic red spinach + banana + carrot + apple + cold water

On 2011-11-21, at about 5.15 pm, I made a green smoothie with the following with Philips blender HR2094

(1) About 60g of Organic red spinach produced by http://www.fireflies.sg/
(2) 100g of banana
(3) 120g of peeled apple
(4) 150g of peeled carrot
(5) Cold water 200ml

Smoothie produced = about 700ml

Verdict: Taste good. Better than using organic caixin