Smoothie

Made my first smoothie ever today. Got a NutriBullet for Christmas, so figured that I should at least fire it up. Took what I had in hand, which was 

turnip greens (1 cup)--80c

100g strawberries (100 grams)--33c 

carrots (100 grams)--41c 

banana (one)--105c 

= a total of 259c

And then I got down to it. After the blending, it looked nasty--

--but it actually tasted quite good. The turnip greens gave it just a hint of a spicy edge. And the fruits gave it a nice consistency and a little bit of sweetness. And as for the nutrutional aspect . . . well, check this shit out:

turnip greens 3g fiber 1g protein

strawberries 2g fiber .7g protein

carrots 2.8g fiber .9g protein

banana 2.6g fiber 1.1g protein

= a total of 10.4g fiber and 3.7g protein

Which is a pretty good yield for a mere 259 calories. Here's some information with respect to that:

Re: fiber, the recommendation is 30 to 38 grams a day for men and 25 grams a day for women between 18 and 50 years old, and 21 grams a day if a woman is 51 and older. Another general guideline is to get 14 grams of fiber for every 1,000 calories in your diet.

Re: protein, The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for protein is a modest 0.8 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight.  To determine your RDA for protein,  multiply your weight in pounds by 0.36 . . . which means that at present I need about 68.4 grams of protein per day.

So . . . my little smoothie provided me with about 30% of the recommended daily amount of fiber and about 5% of the protein. Not so impressive on the protein side, obviously, but that could easily be enhanced with some nuts or an egg. 

Hmmm. I haven't been thinking about protein at all, come to think of it. And that number . . . 68.4 . . . seems kind of big. I wonder if I'm hitting that. And keeping in mind that that is a MINimum number has got me thinking. Might be time to check in on that bit of data, eh?

Meanwhile . . . smoothie = good. Will make more.