Disguise the Spinach Smoothie
1 cup milk (dairy, sugarless almond OR soy)
3/4 cup spinach
1 banana Blend 'til green bits disappear
Makes 2 cups or 16 oz. Approx. 250 Calories.
Blueberry Smoothie
1 1/2 cups apple juice
OR dairy milk, or almond milk
1 banana
1 1/2 cups frozen blueberries
4 tbls Plain Greek yogurt
(Squeeze of Honey or 1 tsp Stevia if needed)
Makes 2 cups. Ice Cream consistency.
This recipe does not freeze well.
Kale Mango Smoothie
1/2 cup 2% milk
handful kale
handful spinach
6 baby carrots
1 banana cut in chunks
Dollop plain greek yogurt
2 tbsp (1 slice) Tofu
1/4 cup frozen mango pieces
Creamy Green with Tea Smoothie
3 frozen very ripe bananas
1 avocado
1 ½ cups nonfat Greek yogurt
1 cup green tea, brewed and cold
¼ cup unsweetened almond milk
1 tbsp chia seeds
1 tsp vanilla extract
lime juice, to taste
Recipe from Nutrition Twins
Makes 4 12 oz servings. Can add coconut shavings
Strawberry
2 cups frozen strawberries
1 fresh banana, peeled
1 cup unsweetened almond milk
1 cup Ice
1 tablespoon honey, if needed to sweeten
Bare necessities
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BLOODY MARY GOES GREEN
½ cup frozen kale
½ cup frozen spinach
½ of a large tomato or ½ cup of cherry tomatoes
⅛ cup frozen diced celery
Warning: Check horseradish label for sugar
¼ tsp prepared horseradish
1 pinch cayenne pepper
1 pinch black pepper
½ lemon
½ cup water
Makes one 12-ounce serving.
TIP
Freeze extra in muffin tins. Takes about 20 min to thaw. Store in freezer bags.
To clean blender: fill half way with hot water and a dab of dish soap and blend on high.
TIP
Baby greens are less bitter. They haven't been through as much. Taste buds can be trained.
Liquid goes first or the blender won't go. My husband got me a Vitamixer 3 years ago as I broke 6 well-known blenders.
The Vitamixer makes little green chunks of spinach go away. Imagine those little chunks on your teeth.
Raspberries, blackberries and strawberries (to a lesser extent) have little seeds according to my dental hygentist. I actually got a cavity the first
checkup after quitting sugar despite Sonicare and flossing. So blend, blend, blend. Straining them is not something I want to do on account of texture.
Storebought pure vanilla extract is usually about (75 proof) and alcohol doesn't get cooked out. Glycerine based vanilla is as glycerol is an alcohol -
it is strictly a chemical term for any organic compound featuring the functional group -OH. (But, remember I'm not a doctor.)
A vanilla bean is more expensive and more work, but an explosion of flavor.
Vanilla bean paste consists of vanilla bean pod, a sugar-water syrup, and some sort of thickener.