Tangerine Dream Smoothie

Our local grocery store (Alfalfa’s) has a smoothie bar and every once in a while they’ll set out samples. Recently they had not one but three flavors to sample, and I debated which brightly-colored mini cup to take. I finally landed on tangerine, even though orange is not typically my favorite flavor. Immediately, I was reminded of a story about Orange Julius I post to this blog years ago. It was creamy, with citrus punch and a touch of vanilla. It was a throw-back, a reminder of orange cream soda and orange creamsicles and childhood. It was nostalgia. But, flavor-wise, even better, because it was made with tangerines at peak citrus season. So, I took that inspiration and ran with it, adding a little coin of ginger because I couldn’t help myself.

Tangerine Dream Smoothie

Published February 20, 2020 by Caitlin Sherwood

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Serves: 1-2   |    Active Time: 10 minutes

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Ingredients:

2 tangerines, 2 minneola tangelos, or 1 sumo citrus, peeled

1/2 cup plain yogurt or vanilla yogurt

1/4 cup milk of choice

1 banana, peeled and roughly chopped

5-6 ice cubes

1 nickle-sized slice of ginger

Optional: 1 scoop plain, unsweetened collagen or whey protein powder

Optional: 2 tablespoons unsweetened desiccated coconut

Optional: Small drop vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Place all ingredients in the blender and secure lid on blender jar. Puree until completely smooth.
2. Pour into serving glasses and enjoy cold. 

Peachy Mint Green Smoothie

Sometimes it feels like inspiration finds the maker, not the other way around. Take this smoothie. I’ve been pretty fresh out of inspiration (or maybe motivation, it’s hard to tell the difference), as evidenced by the slow roll of recipes here at Foraged Dish over the last month. I’ll plan out a recipe, and at the last moment decide I just would rather make something else. But while waiting for an extraordinarily delayed flight, I stopped by a small café at the La Guardia airport with co-workers, and ordered a green smoothie. It was mint-forward, made with summer fruits, and quite good, even though you never expect airport food to be any good. I’ve had so much mint in the garden, it’s been in just about everything these days. Here’s my recreation of that smoothie!

Peachy Mint Green Smoothie

Published June 26, 2019 by Caitlin Sherwood

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Serves: 2   |    Active Time: 10 minutes

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Ingredients:

1 banana, fresh or frozen

1 peach, fresh or frozen

2 large handfuls greens, such as baby spinach or baby kale

Leaves from 6-8 sprigs of mint

1/3 cup plain greek yogurt

1/2 cup water or juice (such as pineapple or peach juice)

Optional: 4 ice cubes

Optional: 1 scoop unflavored protein powder, such as collagen or whey

Directions:

1. Add all ingredients to a blender and blend until completely smooth. Pour into glasses and enjoy.

Gluten-Free Banana Nut Snacking Cake

This recipe for banana pecan cake stemmed from a well-loved recipe on the New York Times.

Following recipes has never been my style—I’m guess many of you are the same way. I like to have an outline, but then I go from there: Frosting? Hmm, too much sugar for an afternoon snack for me. Will this work with a gluten-free flour blend? Let’s give it a shot. Ingredient by ingredient I swap in and swap out. This is how I like to navigate a kitchen, and I find, when I follow my gut, I like the output more.

Everyone has unique tastes and preferences. It’s for that reason that I hope everyone will do some tweaking and twisting while they prep their dinners. It’s for their own good! There have been countless times when I followed a recipe to a “T” and later regretted it, wishing I had swerved in a different direction.

Gluten-Free Banana Nut Snacking Cake

Published April 16, 2019 by Caitlin Sherwood

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Serves: 9   |    Active Time: 50 minutes

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Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter melted

1/3 cup light brown sugar or coconut sugar

1 cup mashed ripe banana (2-3 bananas) 

2 large eggs 

1/4 cup greek yogurt 

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 1/2 cups measure for measure gluten-free flour blend (I used Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour (affiliatel ink))

3/4 teaspoon baking soda 

1/2 teaspoon salt 

Optional- 1/4 cup pecan pieces

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F and fit a 9 inch square baking dish with parchment paper.
2. In a medium mixing bowl, cream together the butter, sugar, banana, eggs, yogurt, and vanilla extract using an electric mixer.
3. Add flour, salt, and baking soda and blend until a uniform batter forms.
4. Spread batter in an even layer in the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle with pecan pieces.
5. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick, inserted into the middle, comes out clean.
6. Allow to cool 10 minutes, then lift from baking dish and slice into squares. Serve.