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Sure you know that a every serving of leafy greens is packed with vitamins, folate, fistfuls of minerals and only 7 calories! But for me, grazing through all that foliage just isn’t sustainable on a daily basis. Then along came the green smoothie. Oh little glass of goopy green gunk – are you the answer to my leafy green conundrum?
Leafy vegetables include the following: spinach, Swiss chard, collard greens, kale, arugula, lettuce, dandelion greens and beat greens. But beware the unplanned green smoothie! While I started out by tossing in ingredients with wild abandon, I soon found that green smoothies can be tricky to make. An unfortunate combination with blue berries resulted in a poo-brown number that, despite not tasting too bad, just didn’t go down well. To save you from a similar fate, here are some green smoothie recipes that taste amazing and pack a nutritional punch.
Lean Green Machine Smoothie
- 1/4 bunch dandelion greens
- 1 stalk celery
- ¼ inch fresh ginger root
- 1 peach
- ¼ pineapple
Method: You know what to do!
Smoothie Operator
- ½ bunch fresh parsley
- ½ cucumber
- ½ peeled apple
- ½ ripe banana
- 1 cup water
It’s easy being green smoothie
- 1 cup red seedless grapes
- ½ cup kale
- ½ pear chopped
- 2 tbsp. avocado
- ½ cup coconut water
Loch Ness Monster Mash Smoothie
- 1 frozen banana
- 2 to 3 big fat handfuls of spinach
- 2 tbsp. peanut butter
- 2 tbsp. cocoa powder
- 1 cup milk (almond, soy or regular)