Looking for an easy "green" smoothie recipe

[JessReplanted]

I'm looking for green smoothie recipe that is easy enough to do every day - and that tastes good enough to drink every day. Is there such a thing out there? :001_smile:

 

TIA!

[Pamela H in Texas]

a good handful of greens (spinach or romaine is easiest, depending on your blender)

an overflowing "cup" of mixed fruit (our typical as my daughter avoids blueberries--because she is weird :) ).

a dash of white grape juice (if you need a bit of sweetness)

A half of a large banana (lately, bananas are smaller so take a bite or two off and put the rest in blender)

"milk" of choice (soy, coconut, almond, etc...we usually use the light and vanilla versions)

 

We have this just about daily.

 

Lately, I picked up one of the packages at Walmart. It has mango and orange and something. I put the whole package in with about 4-5cups of spinach and 2-ish cups of coconut millk. YUM :) I put half in an old small Ragu jar and the rest in a cup for that meal. Have second one for lunch or snack or tomorrow's breakfast.

 

There are lots of GREAT ideas out there. Lots allow you to use fresh and neat ingredients. And I'd like to get away from the milks. But in the end, easy is just nice and makes it more likely you'll do it.

[jjins]

We never make the same smoothie twice, because there is not a specific recipe we follow. However, consistently my green smoothies have orange juice and frozen banana (sat on the counter longer than we would eat it = perfect for smoothies).

 

 

We add whatever fruits or veggies strikes our fancy. Sometimes a little yogurt.

 

I think it is the variety that keeps us going.

[thescrappyhomeschooler]

This is what I've settled on as my favorite:

 

Handful of greens (kale, spinach, chard, etc.)

frozen mango

frozen strawberries

frozen blueberries

enough water to blend

 

I also add a scoop of green superfood powder, but that's optional.

 

Very tasty- I drink one several times a week. Very simple, too.

[Mynyel]

We do this...

 

Red Grapes - a cup or so

Banana - half

Whole orange (I use a potato peeler to get just the orange rind off, leave the white part)

Apple - whole, quartered and seeded (leave the core)

Pineapple - half slice - take the rind off but leave the core

Other fruit - Whole kiwi, whole plum (no seed) any other that sounds good.

Spinach - I just stuff the carafe full of green.. I will use kale and chard as well.

Mint - I will use a leaf or two of mint if I have one.

Ice

 

I will also put flax and food grade diatomaceous earth as well.

 

:)

[prairiewindmomma]

spinach

blueberries

1/2 banana

tablespoon of flaxseed

milk of choice

 

if you get bored you can always mix it up by adding in strawberries or pineapple or whatever....but it's easy enough to keep frozen blueberries and a bunch of bananas around.

[AngieW in Texas]

I think my smoothie would count as green.

 

I put in a handful of baby spinach leaves, 1/2 of a frozen banana (I freeze the bananas already sliced into fourths), maybe 8-12 frozen cherries, and then fill up to the 3.5 to 4 cup mark with frozen mixed berries (blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, and strawberries). After that I fill it to the 3 cup mark with orange juice.

 

Before I started adding the spinach, I put in the stuff to just the 3 cup mark and put in enough juice to cover, but since the spinach isn't frozen, I have to add less juice or the consistency is off because of the ratio of frozen ingredients to nonfrozen ingredients.

[mcconnellboys]

I use two bananas, about a third a pack of frozen peaches (or one large, fresh peach and a few pieces of ice), 5 leaves of kale (no ribs), and enough oranges juice to get the amount of liquidness I want (which is generally enough to cover the bananas when I put them in first)....