About Green Smoothies

[Bampot]

Is it 'bad' to use loads of fruit in these? I don't mean bad terrible, I mean bad too much fruit sugar! ;)

For example this morning I pretty much filled my Vitamix up with kale and romaine lettuce, pressed it down to make room, then added:

3 small bananas
large (and I do mean large!) handful frozen pineapple
1 mango
Juice of 1/2 a lemon

That's a whole lotta fruit! :eek:

But I just can't stomach that amount of greens without lots of fruit to make it palatable (for me anyway). I'm telling myself that it's better to have loads of fruit and get in that amount of greens than not get in so much greens at all. Plus I'm just starting back on raw, so it's great to have something to prepare that's so easy and tasty.

What are everyone else's thoughts? How much fruit do you use in yours?

Boy do I love those smoothies though! :D

[Revvell]

Is it 'bad' to use loads of fruit in these?

No.




I don't mean bad terrible, I mean bad too much fruit sugar! ;)

No such thing. You might want to read the threads on diabetes.



Boy do I love those smoothies though! :D

There's your answer.

[Bampot]

Ha ha thanks Revell - guess I kind of answered my own question there :D

Yeh I will check out the threads on diabetes though

[domestic goddess]

I found that in the begining I had to use alot of fruit and then as I drank them more I needed less. Now I do two large handfuls of greens to one handful of fruit in a blender with 2+/- cups of water. Makes 1 blenderful of smoothie. :D You may find your tastes change as time goes on.

[rawgreenyogini]

I bet all those ingredients made a huge green smoothie didn't it??

My usual smoothies for about 2 litres is:

2-2.5 cups water
4-5 cups spinach or other green
3 frozen bananas
1 papaya or 1 mango
maybe a chunk of frozen coconut
maybe a chunk of someother fruit


mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[islesgirl]

Hi Bampot. You might want to read a thread from yesterday under the Raw and Living Food Discussion. "Getting Diabetes from Fruit", by Crissy Snow. The comments were very encouraging regarding fruit and they helped to put my mind at ease. This morning I made a smoothie with cucumber, lemon, banana, celery, apple. No I wasn't crazy about it so to the second half of it which I had saved for later I added carrot, pineapple and cinnamon (thinking about carrot cake! heehee. And it isn't half bad! Have a good day.

[Bampot]

I found that in the begining I had to use alot of fruit and then as I drank them more I needed less. Now I do two large handfuls of greens to one handful of fruit in a blender with 2+/- cups of water. Makes 1 blenderful of smoothie. :D You may find your tastes change as time goes on.

Thanks dgoddess - yeh maybe my sweet tooth will abate a bit! :D


I bet all those ingredients made a huge green smoothie didn't it??

My usual smoothies for about 2 litres is:



Yeh it did make a massive amount, I've only drunk about a third of it so far, as it should last me till tomorrow I reckon. That recipe sounds ggggrrreeeat! ;)


Hi Bampot. You might want to read a thread from yesterday under the Raw and Living Food Discussion. "Getting Diabetes from Fruit", by Crissy Snow. The comments were very encouraging regarding fruit and they helped to put my mind at ease. This morning I made a smoothie with cucumber, lemon, banana, celery, apple. No I wasn't crazy about it so to the second half of it which I had saved for later I added carrot, pineapple and cinnamon (thinking about carrot cake! heehee. And it isn't half bad! Have a good day.


ooh carrot, I hadn't thought of adding that to a gs - will give it a try now! I'll check out the thread you mentioned for sure, thanks! :)

[sweetlou]

i think you should add only that much of fruits.. which you like.. isn't it?