Rosemary Green Smoothie

I found this beautiful recipe and article for a very healthy smoothie and I featured in my blog http://whatsinyourtummy.com/
Rosemary Green Smoothie

– by Amanda Klain.
rosemary green smoothie - Amanda klain's Ingredients:
1/2 banana
1 pear
1/2 orange squeezed fresh juice
A handful of fresh rosemary (this is the golden key)
A mix of chard and spinach and kale (to taste)
Blend until you get the creamy looking texture

Rosemary’s Days of Yore
– by Julie Coles
To understand how this green has come to have an important place among our favorite herbs, let’s start with a quick look back at how it came to be appreciated in our culture.
rosemary wedding tiaraIn the Middle Ages, believing rosemary was a gift from Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, it was customary for a bride to wear a tiara designed with rosemary as a symbol of their fidelity. The groom welcomed guests by offering a sprig of rosemary. Wouldn’t that make the wedding celebration smell heavenly?!
Here’s something else I didn’t know – rosemary symbolizes remembrance and to this day is commonly used at weddings, funerals, and war commemorations. Christians called rosemary the “Holy Herb” and associated it with Mary, who, according to Spanish legend, draped her cloak over a Rosemary bush on the Holy Family’s flight to Egypt, turning the color of the blossoms from white to blue... http://goo.gl/zA1IYD