What's Your Favorite Green Smoothie Recipe?

[veganmary]

Mine is the Almond Fruit Smoothie. It’s amazing tasting…


Here’s the recipe:

• 3 leaves of kale
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1 cup frozen peaches
• 1 frozen banana, chunked
• 2 Tbs slivered toasted almonds

Add juice to electric blender, then add remaining ingredients. Blend until smooth.


To toast almonds, spread in an ungreased baking pan. Place in 350F degree oven for 5 to 10 minutes or until almonds are light brown; stir once or twice to ensure even browning.


Note that almonds will continue to brown slightly after removing from oven.


What’s our favorite green smoothie recipe?

[DreamIntoAction]

I make one using fresh Mint....

• Juice of 1 whole Grapefruit (pulp included)
• 1 frozen Banana
• Mint

I never measure the Mint.... usually just throw in a handful of the leaves.

I'll sometimes add a heaping tbsp. of Rice Protein Powder (NutriBiotic) to the mix as well -- either Vanilla or Mixed Berry flavor.

[Kitteh]

A big handful of baby spinach & 2 bananas. In summer I like to throw in a papaya or a mango.

[Sarah_]

I cheat when I make these. I throw in Trader Joe's Green Juice and then add stuff from there. *shame*

[Mr Flibble]

I recently had at a juice bar: apple juice, celery, spinach and cucumber. It was surprisingly nice.

I tried making it this morning with a handful spinach, 2 sticks celery and 1 inch of cucumber. It was drinkable but a bit too intense. Needs toning down a bit (less celery, slightly less spinach).

[fiamma]

A big handful of baby spinach & 2 bananas. In summer I like to throw in a papaya or a mango.

A real classic!!! I'm not terribly adventurous, but this one always tastes good to me Sometimes I use chard instead of spinach, and normally put in tahini, flax oil or seeds, aloe vera juice... all manner of things. It's all good!

[cedarblue]

A big handful of baby spinach & 2 bananas. In summer I like to throw in a papaya or a mango.

absolutely, fiamma, a classic.
i'm loving:
2 bananas
water
spinach
green grapes
either pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds - yummo!

[Mr Flibble]

Less celery seemed to help.

How much spinach is 'standard' to use? I'm currently going with a handful. Does baby spinach make a big difference?

[cedarblue]

about a handful is right for me too - although i've seen some cram their blender with the stuff!!

[twinkle toes]

there's some nice sounding recipes here:
http://rawfamily.com/recipes.htm

still haven't tried any yet though as my blender still hasn't arrived from ebay yet grrrr

[twinkle toes]

it finally arrived! i did some experimenting yesterday, this was quite nice:

4 sticks of celery
2 bananas
1 avocado

i am going to copy your idea today cedarblue, pumpkin seeds sounds like a good addition to a smoothie yummm

[rokchik]

My ulitmate fave at the moment is Sergei Butenko's;

• handful of kale
• 1 mango
• 1 celery stick
• 1 banana
• handful ofstrawberries
• splash of water to keep it moving

But I also add, spirulina/macca/Good Oil/coconut oil/hemp powder/ground flaxseed cos it's my breakfast as well

[mmmorgans]

1 banana
1 peach or nectarine
5-6 strawberries
handful of spinach
large chunk of ginger
water

[chestnut32]

This is not only a delicious smoothie, but a meal in itself.........1 ripe banana, 1 handful of sweet grapes, 1 handful of washed baby spinach (or other green leaf vegetable) and 1 glass of water.

[Corum]

A couple of handfuls of Sea Kale (picked locally) – or spinach,
half a dozen grapes
2 bananas
1 Avacado (I seem to be addicted to them at the moment!)
A bit of water

[Lars]

I thought two bananas was over the top, but two nanas and an avo!? Are you a bodybuilder, that's one intense smoothie

[khadagan]

I tend to throw a banana in each smoothy I make for no reason apart from habit, like I start cooking with slchopping an onion! Im liking this thread though, I don't often go for the best flavour just try to ram in the most amount of fruit and veg that I can. Im now trying to make them a bit tastier since my 3-year old is getting pickier . I love the suggestions here!

[khadagan]

Slchopping=a special technique of a combination of slicing or chopping of an onion hehe just kidding just have difficulty typing sometimes

[helgalush]

A handful of spinach (or a smaller amount of kale or half and half)
1 avocado
1 pear
1 tablespoon of ground flaxeed
Half a 500ml tub of soya yoghurt
250mls water

Frozen Mixed Berries (optional)

Put it all in a blender and serve. It can be quite thick so sometimes its ok drank with a straw/out of a glass and sometimes you need a spoon!

[Blueberries]

Wow, all of you are so creative! I would never have thought of putting any of the following into a smoothie: mint, toasted almonds, or avocado! I wonder would they all go well together

[Fuhzy]

Ok I'm throwing mine in, cause we gotta keep this thread going! (maybe we could deal with some non-green smoothies too? )

Blueberry+ Morning Smoothie
1 banana
1 c blueberries (pref. frozen)
1 tb flaxseed
1/4 orange juice
1/4 apple juice
4 cups spinach (or more!)

You can also cut one of the juices and double the other, or leave the juices out entirely, but I find they add a nice flavor balance to the mix.

For those on the cheap, you can get back of frozen blueberries at the dollar store ($0.50/smoothie), flax seeds at a Vitamin Cottage ($0.05/smoothie), and everything else is pretty cheap at King Soopers or Wal-mart or wherever you go.

[twinkle]

I tend to throw a banana in each smoothy I make for no reason apart from habit, like I start cooking with slchopping an onion! Im liking this thread though, I don't often go for the best flavour just try to ram in the most amount of fruit and veg that I can. Im now trying to make them a bit tastier since my 3-year old is getting pickier . I love the suggestions here!

I'm the same, with the banana and the onion! It feels wrong NOT to put them in!

[CurrantCottage]

I've always fancied making smoothies - or juicing - and googled the subjects yesterday. So much info on both that I can't decide which is healthier - or if they're both the same. Any ideas? Smoothie makers/liquidisers seem to be cheaper than juicers so that may be the decision already made for me!

[ElleV108]

I've just started playing around with green smoothies but I haven't found a favorite yet.. since this thread is kind of old I wanted to bump it to see if anyone has any new suggestions for what to try ? (I'm already going to try the banana, grape, spinach one for sure.. i'm intrigued by the idea of avocado so I think I'll pick one up after work today too!)

[beachbum]

Here's what I make when I back home:
Cup of Water
4-5 ice cubes
Large handful of Spinach
Some Kale
A couple carrots
1 tomatoe
table spoon of maca
Large scoop of Sunwarrior protein powder
Scoop of ground flax seed
I wouldn't say it's as delicious as the ones above with fruit but it charges me up in the morning and starts the day off on the right foot...

[Andy_T]

Some other greens I like to put in:

- Arugula (gives a nice spicy taste)
- Cilantro (from Asian shop, if you buy them with the roots, make sure to include them as well, supposedly very healthy)
- Thai basil (great taste, a bit of it goes a long way)
- Stinging nettles (grown locally in my garden
- carrot and radish greens (actually the most healthy part of the carrot/radish)

Best regards,
Andy

[DiaShel]

How to carrot and radish greens taste?

[beachbum]

I tried radishes for a little while but they gave a little bit of a bite (stingy) to the green smoothie. Carrots fit in nicely with everything else. Keep in mind I was treating this as pure fuel for my day so Iwas savoring for any other reason than it made me feel alive

[maariak]

My ultimate favourite is more of a juice, i add soy icecream or sorbet sometimes.
Celery (two/three sticks) and Celery leaves (leaves from the whole bunch) 1 apple (green), 2 bananas, juice of 1 orange, about 30g of fresh ginger, juice of one lemon, about 1/4 of a fresh pineapple, 2-3 pieces of watermelon, 1 handful of each berry (whatever I have usually strawberries, blueberries, raspberries) and 1 medium sized mango If I feel lucky I sometimes add carrot.