Green Smoothie Recipes
My favorite green smoothie recipe these days is one born of trying to avoid the plague that is always going around work. I have been making this one a few days each week in an attempt to keep Hubby ( and myself) healthy.
Lazy C Green Smoothie
2 cups Orange Juice (with Calcium)
2 cups Spinach
3 cups Mixed Frozen Fruit Blend (peaches, mangoes, pineapple, strawberries)
These were created out of boredom with the recipes I usually use or because I needed to make a smoothie out of whatever was on hand.
I usually try to follow the basic recipe of 2 cups liquid, 2 cups greens and 3 cups fruit (some frozen, preferably). I find this recipe works best if at least one of the cups of fruit is a sweeter fruit such as mango, banana or grapes.
Purple Passions Green Smoothie
2 cups Kale (or Spinach)
2 cups Coconut Water
1/4 cup Beets (roasted)
1 cup Blueberries
1 cup Grapes
1 cup Greek Yogurt (Fat-Free)
Cider-Berry Green Smoothie
1 1/2 cups Apple Cider
2 cups Spinach (or Kale)
3 cups Triple Berry Mix (frozen)
1 Banana
For all of these recipes, measure the liquid in the blender first, then add the greens and blend until smooth. Add fruit and blend again until smooth. Make sure the blender lid is on securely and that the buttons cannot accidentally be pushed while loading in more fruit. Guess how I know this is important?
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I make my blender full of smoothie at night before going to bed and put them in the refrigerator in my favorite Tupperware cups with lids that include a hole for the straw and are practically spill proof. These days I usually split them into two cups, but sometimes I have a little extra smoothie, which I pour into the tall skinny snack-sized zip-top bags. I then stand it up in the refrigerator and pack it into my lunch and drink it at work by simply opening the zipper just enough to insert a straw and then sealing it as much as I can around the straw. This works great because these bags are made of thicker plastic closer to a freezer bag than the storage bags. If there is a lot left over, I just split them into 3 cups instead of two.
I learned all about how to make green smoothies in 2014 on SimpleGreenSmoothies.com.
I participated in many of their 30-day Green Smoothie challenges and made a binder with all the recipes from those challenges. I also bought their book, Simple Green Smoothies, and use it regularly.
