Wizard of Oz Party: The Wicked Witch of the West Smoothie

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In celebration of Vegan MoFo, I’m doing a month of themed dinner party ideas! The theme of the first week is…  The Wizard of Oz!

The Wicked Witch of the West was having a bad day.  Not terribly surprising considering this is a woman whose own parents named her Wicked Witch.  Who does that?  And then they gave her sister the same name – Wicked Witch.  The only way they could tell the two apart was by adding in the location of the girls’ bedrooms.  (Can you imagine being one of the girls’ friends and calling them on the telephone?  What a hassle.  “Hello, can I speak with the Wicked Witch?”  “Which one?”  “Um, of the West.”  I don’t know.  Maybe they weren’t exactly suffering with phone calls.)

The point is, the Wicked Witch was having what she referred to as – a day.  First off, the weather was crappy – windy, gale-like, huge gusts.  If you think the traffic is bad on the 405 during a rainstorm, you really don’t want to know what it’s like in an actual tornado.  There was an old woman knitting, some guys rowing a boat…  It was chaos.

Once she was finally out of it, she got the message from one of the Winged Monkeys that her sister had been involved in a house vs. witch accident.  These things happen, of course, but you never imagine that it’s going to be your sister.  As if things could get worse, the accident happened in Munchkinland.  I don’t have to tell you – those people are irritating with their little songs, and the giggling, and the sleeping in flowers.  I know the word “twee” gets bandied about a lot these days, but those people live it.

So she gets to Munchkinland, amongst much singing and dancing and hullaballoo about their road.  (It’s just a walkway, people.  It’s not exactly the Autobahn.)  Lo and behold, there is her sister in a very macabre scene with her feet dangling out from beneath a house.  As per usual, Miss Goody (Givin’ Away Your) Two Shoes was there with some girl whose ensemble must have been ripped from Picnic Blanket Ensembles, Incorporated.  Quicker than you can say inheritance, the Shoe Stealer of the Midwest is heading down the much ballyhooed road wearing the Wicked Witch of the East’s garish footwear.

The witch used all of the means she could to get back what was rightfully hers.  She even went the route so many men use for proposals and wrote her message in the sky.  (Did you know she was the original sky-writer?  True story.)  But Oz must have had an old grudge against the witch, or perhaps he admired her ingenuity and thought there would be no way Dorothy and her band of newfound friends could kill her.  All we know is that in the process of trying to gainfully retrieve what was hers, it got mangled and the local jurisdiction encouraged the girl to steal the only other valuable thing the witch owned – her broomstick.  (I know how she feels.  Someone stole my mop once.  I was pretty heartbroken.)

The Wicked Witch was hoping when she brought in the enormous hourglass to the Kansas native’s guestroom that she might see reason.  Instead?  Well, to be fair, I don’t know why a woman who can be killed by water would leave a bucket of the stuff just laying around her house.  (Especially considering she wasn’t exactly well liked by her staff.)  But that’s not even the point.   The point is the Wicked Old Witch was liquidated that day – from pest to puddle.  And the rest is history.

Wicked Witch of the West Smoothie

Serves 2

  • 1 leaf curly kale, rib removed
  • 1 Tbsp flax seed, ground
  • 1 cup vanilla soy milk (any non-dairy milk will also work)
  • 1 banana, peeled and frozen in chunks
  • 3/4 cup mango, frozen in chunks

Blend curly kale, ground flax seed, and vanilla soy milk in a blender until the kale is completely broken down.  Add frozen banana & mango chunks and blend until smooth.

wicked witch smoothiesA big thank you to the incredibly talented Allison Craig for designing the updated party version of the Cadry’s Kitchen banner (which she also created)!  

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36 thoughts on “Wizard of Oz Party: The Wicked Witch of the West Smoothie”

  1. Love your theme Cadry, sounds like a perfect one for a fantastic storyteller! Looking forward to keeping up with the rest of your MoFo posts.

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  2. Love the theme! I work in the costume industry so theme parties are my fav. I’ll have to bookmark this recipe for sure – I think my little one would love it (so would I!).

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    • Thank you, Caitlin! I’m looking forward to reading about your daily meals too. That’s such a useful theme idea, especially for vegans just starting out!

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  4. Wowzer. I thought we were having a party before we even got to the video! And I laughed all the way through the blog post. I still run out of the room when the flying monkeys come. hey the dress is uber cute, as is video. And you are a crafter too! Kickass kickstart to MoFo! Look forward to MoFoing with you again this year. Will be posting later today :)

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    • Thanks, Gigi! It seems there are a lot of folks out there who get the willies from the Wicked Witch. I can’t wait to check out your MoFo posts too! I’m looking forward to doing the video with you too!

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    • Oh, me too! I’m sure I’ve seen it more than any other movie. Even after all of this time, it still holds up. I watched it last week and still thoroughly enjoyed every minute.

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  8. I think YOU are the wizard, here, Cadry. Great theme and clever first post. I can just picture the witch sipping her smoothie in color-coordinated bliss.

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    • Pay no attention to the woman behind the curtain! Oh, okay. You found me out. I am a wizard, but I promise to only use my sorcery for good. ;)

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  9. What a great first post for MoFo! The whole post was so funny (and answered so many questions I had, pertaining to TWOO), and then there was the video. I never, ever would have thought to do a mango banana smoothie because of the witch’s theme song. You are just too darn clever! I can’t wait to see what else you have up your sleeve!

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    • Thanks so much, Kristy! The Wizard of Oz is probably my favorite movie of all time, and so it’s fun to immerse myself in the Emerald City for a while! :)

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  10. Ok — Cracking me up over here. :) You are a scream. AND — is it me or did you get a haircut? Very cute!

    I don’t think you can go wrong basing anything on Elmira Gulch. My first grade teacher actually looked EXACTLY like the woman. Nasty person, too. She actually told the rest of my class that Santa Claus wouldn’t be visiting me that year because I didn’t know how to do a crossword puzzle. (I can, to this day, still hear the gasps of horror from the other kids.) So Elmira’s demise has a special significance for me. :)

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    • Yes, I did get a haircut! Good eye! David and I have an ongoing joke about how he can never tell when I change my hair. So when I told him that you’d noticed, he was very surprised and impressed!

      Whoa, Elmira Gulch for a teacher? You were an unlucky first grader! I think you need to make this smoothie pronto. It’s time for some paybacks. ;)

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    • Oh, thanks! Yes, you should totally try out a kale smoothie! It will hook you. This mango banana smoothie only uses a single leaf, and so it’s pretty muted in comparison to the more dominant flavors of mango and banana.

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    • Nice! Isn’t it incredible how well the movie holds up? I still thoroughly enjoy watching it, which is really saying something considering it’s been around for about 70 years! But there’s still so much cleverness, wit, and heart to it.

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    • Awesome! I love adding flax to smoothies for the omega 3′s and because of the fuller viscosity it gives. Thanks for stopping by, Mandee!!

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