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Greetings from Vegas! I have to admit, it's a little strange to be here, of all places, when we open up the sign up for our September Squeeze program (a few spots remain). In today's newsletter we mentioned our "work"trip to the wild blueberry barrens of Maine. In Bar Harbor, a little competition took place for the best wild blueberry smoothie. I made a basil blend and Carolyn concocted something with avocado. Full disclosure, it was pretty annoying how into food styling their creations some people were. Carolyn and I did not win but our non annoying, awesome friend Marnie did. Here's her winning recipe. Wild Blueberry Basil Mojito Smoothie AKA the "Marnito" recipe via  Marnie Schwartz, Nutrition Editor, SHAPE Magazine 1 cup wild blueberries (different than cultivated blueberries) juice of 1 lime 10 basil leaves 10 mint leaves 1/2 cup full fat plain yogurt 1-2 dates Add yogurt to a powerful blender, follow with the other ingredients and blend. Do not sp...

My losing smoothie Greetings from Vegas! I have to admit, it's a little strange to be here, of all places, when we open up the sign up for our September Squeeze program (a few spots remain). In today's newsletter we mentioned our "work"trip to the wild blueberry barrens of Maine. In Bar Harbor, a little competition took place for the best wild blueberry smoothie. I made a basil blend and Carolyn concocted something with avocado. Full disclosure, it was pretty annoying how into food styling their creations some people were. Carolyn and I did not win but our non annoying, awesome friend Marnie did. Here's her winning recipe. Wild Blueberry Basil Mojito Smoothie AKA the "Marnito" recipe via  Marnie Schwartz, Nutrition Editor, SHAPE Magazine 1 cup wild blueberries (different than cultivated blueberries) juice of 1 lime 10 basil leaves 10 mint leaves 1/2 cup full fat plain yogurt 1-2 dates Add yogurt to a powerful blender, follow with the other ingredients a...

Sept Squeeze program people, skip that fruit Everyone is so dramatic. Everywhere I looked yesterday I read about a "last glass of rose'" or "last bonfire". I'm here to say we're passed Labor Day and you made it, it'll be ok. And in fact summer isn't technically over, in NYC it's still hot as hell. We're not ready just yet to soup and sweater, for us it's still smoothie season. If that intro annoyed you, if you're a little sad today (I get it I'm sad Bachelor in Paradise is over, silly things affect us) try one of our favorite smoothie recipes this Lemon Basil Smoothie. It's gluten free, dairy free and friggin' delicious. Everyone in the room not only accepted a sample but genuinely liked it (not always the case). See what you think.   And as you can see the Foodtrainers' blog is back. One client asked me, "did you stop blogging?" Nope, just generally unproductive this summer but hopefully that tide is...