#FRUITANDVEGGIESMONDAY | HOMEGROWN STARTFRUIT + GREEN SMOOTHIE RECIPE ღ ღ ღ
Greetings fellow steemit fruits and veggies munchers. I know it has been a while since I have made a post for this wonderful weekly contest. Life has been so busy in the past few months that it mainly kept me way from steemit, but I haven't forgotten about this great initiative hosted by the amazing @lenasveganliving and @plantstoplanks.
Ever since we moved into this house with a 4-hectare plot of land packed with fruit trees I have been in love with the starfruit tree. I remember when I still lived in Belgium seeing this fruit popping up in grocery stores around Christmas and its shape and taste always intrigued me.
Though there these little fruits of heaven came at about 3 euros a piece, here we have a tree packed with this beautiful treats....
#FREE-LOCAL-HOMEGROWN-ORGANIC...... PURE TROPICAL BLISS!
Starfruit, aka carambola, is a tropical fruit with a delicious sweet and sour flavor. It is native to the Malayan peninsula and cultivated in many parts of SE-Asia, Pacific Islands and China. Though I think it is super delicious, plentiful and easy to grow, you hardly see it in the markets here. Not sure why this is but I am super happy to have a tree in the garden.
And of course, it's good for you too. It is packed with vitamins C and fiber and provides decent amounts of magnesium, vitamin b5, folate, copper, potassium and it has some protein too. And one serving only has 28 calories and 6 grams of carbs.
Starfruit Green Smoothie
Ingredients
2 cups unsweetened coconut water (also from the garden in my case)
1 large starfruit
2 cup moringa leaves or spinach
1 large kiwi fruit
1/2 avocado
2 small tropical frozen bananas (also from the garden in my case)
1 cup frozen mango and pineapple mix
Blendmoringa and water until smooth. Add remaining ingredients and blend again. If you have a high-speed blender you can blend everything at once. Add more coconut water of needed. Top with superfoods if you like.
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Wow, you are so lucky! Starfruit, coconuts and bananas!!! Oh, and of course Moringa! What a luscious start to the day. You could have this smoothie every day, truly a blessing. Love it Amy :)
Thanks, dear. We had to leave our Moringa tree behind in the other house, but new ones are growing. Luckily it grows everywhere here. Found a tree at the edge of the national park, so that and the market are my moringa source now until our trees are ready for harvest. Have a lovely day.
How lucky are you???? Your own grove of starfruit!! An amazing way to go along in your day!!
Thanks for the recipe!!
We feel very blessed to live in this little paradise. Thanks for stopping by.
What a healthy and lovely smoothie when everything in it from your own ground 😍 so lucky and awesome @amy-goodrich😉
We feel very lucky indeed. thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment.
I feel energized just looking at all that beautiful fruit! I haven't been doing as many smoothies lately just because I tend to like doing warmer foods in the winter, but every now and then I still throw one together because they really do give you such a nice boost of vitamins and minerals!
Though we are going through the cold season too, still nice and hot over here.
What a lovely surprise Amy. I am so happy you to see you and your tropical elixir that I desperately need right now. We have piles of snow here in Canada and the star fruit is tasteless, only good for decoration, lol 🍓🥑🍒🌱🥦🍋🍊🍉
Wish I could be there and give you some. I hope you are healing well. Much love and healing sent your way xxx
You are so Sweet Amy, I wish you could. Thank you so much 😊