Green Smoothie for Beginner

[Phatgirl70]

Hi Guys! Can you suggest a simple and relatively good tasting green smoothie for a beginner. I want the greens, but not the green taste (yet at least). What can I put in it to make it go down easier? TIA! Phatgirl :)

[brownies]

Spinach is good for that. It doesn't have much taste so it works great in smoothies.

Heres a great simple smoothie to start with:

1 bananna (works best if it is frozen)
Big handful of berries
big handful of spinach
about 1/4 to 1/2 cup of almond milk or water.

[coco]

that's the one i give to my kids and they LOVE it! i can even add some kale and it still tastes amazing. i use water or juice though, almond milk is not good food combining and gives us all gas!

[Phatgirl70]

Thanks, I'm going to try it in the a.m. I dont' know what berries I have, so it might have to be cantelope? We'll give it the ol' college try =)

[Ilse W.]

I love spinach as my greens, because you really can't taste it. I try to stick to just one fruit and the spinach plus water these days, lately either banana or mango. Looks very green, tastes fantastic.

[brownies]

not everyone has problems with nut milks in their fruit smoothies. I think you really need to test it out and see for yourself. I rarely ever have problems with bloating & the mix of bananas & nut milk make me feel great.

Test it out and see what feels best for you.

[iluvmangos]

Yesterday, I had a really good green smoothie. All it was, was 2 frozen bananas, a cup of water, and a head of green leaf lettuce. It seemed just a little too thin, so I'll probably just do 3/4 cup water next time, but other than that, it was great. Make sure your bananas are really ripe for extra sweetness. You want little brown spots all over the peel.

[Veganforlife]

Check this out:
http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/showthread.php?t=42834&highlight=green+smoothie+recipes

[gs4life]

just a little note as far as food combining goes...melons don't combine well with other foods because they digest so fast. so, i wouldn't put any melon in your green smoothie. but any other fruit should work just fine!

melon: eat it alone or leave it alone!

[goobygirl]

Well, I made a super sweet smoothie today, too sweet. It did have cantoloupe and grapes, so I think that's what took it over the edge. Put in a bunch of swiss chard with it, and that was it.

If you are afraid you will taste the greens, go with something sweeter (just don't over do it....)