Try a little pinot grigio with your next lettuce smoothie.
“Surprisingly delightful,” is the response I got to this smoothie. Long story short. Short story long. But I needed to eat something quickly before meeting a friend for drinks last night. “A smoothie. I’ll make a lettuce smoothie,” I thought.
Here’s what I used –
- 4-5 leaves of green oak leaf lettuce
- 3 big sprigs of flat leaf parsley, from the garden, natch
- 2 small lemons, juiced
- ice cubes
But the result was kind of pulpy in a way-too-lettuce-y texture and it didn’t taste so great. So I added –
- 1 T, Olive oil
- 2 T, walnuts
- 2 T, currants
- A splash of pinot grigio
And that created a “surprisingly delightful” drink. I quickly drank one glass, but the volume of the smoothie I’d just made was huge. I poured the rest into two glass bottles and carted them off to the bar, where the green drinks proceeded to get curious stares and questions from people. A few were willing to try it and confirmed what I felt as well.
This is a nice drink: genuinely — and surprisingly — delightful.
