Strawberry, Banana, Carrot Smoothie

I have always disliked carrots. Cooked carrots, raw carrots, I just don't like them. When I was a little kid my mom used to give us raw carrots with our dinner. She'd peel them and slice them into nice sticks, soak them in ice water in the fridge and then serve them to us. I ABSOLUTELY HATED THEM! I used to hide my allotted portion under the table and throw them over the backyard fence after dinner.

In my old age I have realized that perhaps these kind of dislikes are more mental than real. So I tried making a soup with blended carrots and lots of spices. Yummy! Healthy and so inexpensive. Maybe I don't hate carrots as much as I think I do.

Today I wanted a smoothie but I didn't have very many fruits on hand. I had a small frozen banana, some fresh strawberries and umm ... a carrot. So I grated some carrot and added it to the blender along with a splash of coconut milk.

Delish! And the carrot was completely undetectable anyway.

Are there veggies you have always hated but decided to give another try?

Oh and btw, did you know carrots originally came in several colors like purple, white, red and yellow? But then the clever Dutch wanted to make them orange, and selectively bred those varieties. It became the most popular worldwide and now we associate carrots and the color orange.