Delicious green smoothie recipes?

[MorningRuby]

Anyone have any great ideas? I'm starting brand new on a green smoothie fast, never done it before and have no idea how green smoothies taste to begin with, so any ideas would help!

[Yammy]

My favourite is spinach, pear, lemon juice, parsley, and celery juice (or water so you don't have to dirty your juicer). Blend it up and enjoy!

[Ama]

One of my favorites is:

2 cups of water
about 4 kale leaves
2-3 bananas
about 1/4 C or a handful of raspberries (I use organic frozen)

Another is:

2 cups of water
handful of parsley
2-3 apples
1/2 to 1 lemon juiced (depending on how sour you like it, I usually use 1/2)

[fuzzywater]

My personal favorite is:

Frozen bananas
Frozen mango
Couple handfuls of spinach
Coconut butter
Touch of vanilla
Pinch of sea salt
Some kelp and/or spirulina if I feel like it
Just enough water to help it blend

Depending on how ripe your bananas are/were when they were frozen, you may or may not need any additional sweetener.

Btw, this makes a really pretty green color. I've noticed that if you start mixing greens and berries, you oftentimes (not always, but often) get a not-so-pretty muddy color. *shrugs* Still tastes good, but I like my pretty green mango/banana/spinach drink.

[Rawkinlocs]

I really love the combination of 1 apple, 1 whole (peeled) orange, couple of cubes of pineapple (it's actually the core because when I buy whole pineapple, I slice up the core and freeze to put into smoothies), handful of greens (I use either kale, spinach or parsley mostly) and maybe about 1/8-1/4 c. water.

If you don't have a power blender, then make sure to blend it well and if it gets a little warmer than you'd like, once it's all well-blended, add some ice to it.

[portiz]

(it's actually the core because when I buy whole pineapple, I slice up the core and freeze to put into smoothies)

AAARGGHH!!! and I just cut up a pineapple last night! I've been buying fresh pineapple lately (sooooooo much better than canned) and I tried juicing the core once, but my juicer sounded like it was struggling, so I didn't want to put it throughthat h3ll anymore.
I always wondered what I should do with the core because i don't want to waste it.

Thanx, Rawkinlocs!

[Rawkinlocs]

AAARGGHH!!! and I just cut up a pineapple last night! I've been buying fresh pineapple lately (sooooooo much better than canned) and I tried juicing the core once, but my juicer sounded like it was struggling, so I didn't want to put it throughthat h3ll anymore.
I always wondered what I should do with the core because i don't want to waste it.

Thanx, Rawkinlocs!

Sure thing! ;) I used to toss 'em too and then I thought to try blending it in the vitamix with my smoothie and it worked great. Just gotta make sure it's blended enough or else you may end up with little "threads" in your mouth!

[Veganforlife]

I like:
2 cups filtered water
handful of greens - my personal fav is spinach
banana
orange innerds
spirulina
and another fruit. Either frozen pineapple, blueberries, or whatever suits me.

Lately I've been on a mango kick since I got a mango splitter - new toy! (Adding a mango into the smoothie)

[portiz]

Sure thing! ;) I used to toss 'em too and then I thought to try blending it in the vitamix with my smoothie and it worked great. Just gotta make sure it's blended enough or else you may end up with little "threads" in your mouth!

Well, this morning as I was making my green smoothie for breakfast, I felt my blender sort of giving out. Now that my BF's son moved in with us, I'm making stuff for 3 people. He loves the majority of the stuff I make (plus I don't tell him i throw in spinach and/or sprouts into the smoothies-they never know).
soooo, i guess this is just the excuse i needed-it's time for me to upgrade to the vitamix blender and for sure get the omega juicer...my normal combination blender/food processor just can't take it anymore!
;)

[RowanC]

Every morning I make the same one:

1 inch slice of pineapple,with the skin cut off and cut into 8ths like a wheel
2 bananas
about 1/2 cup frozen berries
Handful of spinach or kale or collards (3 leaves)

If I have fruit that's getting to ripe, like pears or kiwi, I toss them in.
Sometimes I'll add a peeled orange or tangerine if I have it.

Blend and eat. YUM!

Do smoothies make anyone else have to run to pee all morning?

[Veganforlife]

YES! I guess they are natural diuretics (sp?)...that's crazy!

[LightLover]

Hi,

* when you put celery or apple in your smoothie, do you first juice these or do you add it direct in the blender?

* are there people who, making a smoothie, both juice and blend?
(by adding the juiced ingredients to the ingredients with only have to be blended)


thanks, LL

[portiz]

I know they say the best thing to do is drink what you juice at the time. But I always juice first and keep a days worth of supply, to use for the smoothies. I don't like the stringy stuff in my smoothies...I like them smooth.
heck, the smoothie I made today, you couldn't even tell I added sprouts and spinach to it. you could taste the sprouts, but you couldn't see them and unless you knew what they were, it didn't taste funny.

[merfie]

i just made my first green smoothie, HOORAY!! Holy moly is it ever delicious!! i have been juicing for the past few months even though everyone keeps talking about these smoothies. the texture i'll have to get used to, but at least i'm getting the fiber!

i used 1 fugi apple, a handful of spinach, half a huge cucumber and a small handful of cilantro...ooowee!!

[portiz]

Aren't you amazed at how you can "cover" up the spinach, and sprouts for that matter, to make others drink it. Now I don't have to make my BF's son eat his veggies if he didn't want to. He doesn't realize he's drinking them in the morning.

He's really big into body building, but like my BF, he firmly believes the best protien source comes from chicken, tuna, and lean beef. I told him about the sprouts and he made some smart@zz comment about "it tastes just like grass."

Well, he's been drinking them every morning since he moved in with us last week...but funny, they taste just like fruit!!
*evil grin*