Janelle Maiocco

Hi.

Welcome to my blog. I live in the Wallingford neighborhood of Seattle on an Urban Farm (w/ five laying hens and a huge garden). I am a trained chef (w/ a certificate in food preservation), taught at a cooking school & like to share 'kitchen hacks' - culinary tips that save time, money & maximize flavor. If that isn't enough, I also run a food+tech startup called Barn2Door.com - a platform to help everyone easily find & buy food directly from farmers, fishers & ranchers (from CSA's to urban farm eggs to 1/2 a grass-fed cow).

after school snack: smoothies

after school snack: smoothies

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Hey mom, why don't you post on smoothies? My reflex response: because they are so typical in our family I don't think they count. They couldn't possibly be interesting to people.

And yet.

We love them and have them almost every day. And they are so easy to make, they evade the rigid parameters of a recipe. Our smoothies are typically enjoyed for breakfast or as part of an after school snack. They judiciously represent the recommended '3-5 servings of fruit daily.' AND are a perfect delivery system for a packet of Emergen-C.

Besides, for those of us who love the ideas of bananas, yet find the banana-ey texture hard to overcome: smoothies are key to banana consumption. And bananas are brilliantly good for you.

The 'sorta' recipe for SMOOTHIESserves 2-3.

2 large scoops lemon sorbet 1 banana 1 cup [frozen] mango cubes 1/2 cup [frozen] berries (strawberry, blackberry, blueberry, raspberry...) Orange Juice to level of contents (play with OJ amounts according to how you like your smoothie: thick or thin)

Place all on blender, puree. Add blackberries on top to photo, if desired.

taste test: apples and pears

taste test: apples and pears

Boston begets chocolate

Boston begets chocolate