Green smoothies - what's in yours?

A little bit of peanut butter might help.

I do almost the exact thing as you do! It tastes GREAT!

I make a few different ones but my go to is

Big handful baby spinach
Frozen banana
Protein powder
Almond milk
Pinch of stevia
Ice

Then I either add PB2, Vanilla, Cocoa, Frozen berries, cinnamon, chai, Greek yoghurt with honey, some avocado, a date or two, chocolate chips, home made caramel sauce, frozen orange juice... There are so many options!

Anyone ever try using frozen spinach?

You might want to try to add ginger, a good friend turned me on to this. Ginger is a great taste and no calories.

Handful of spinach, a handful of kale, one banana and a squirt of lemon - all i taste is delicious banana!

Adding ginger is a great tip and so good for you!

Mine are kale based, and are blended not juiced. My boyfriend makes them each morning (for two).

Base:

kale (1-2 cups, stems removed)
banana
blueberries
unsweetened almond milk
water

Additional Items we often add:
- any other fruits on hand like pear, apple, kiwi, etc.
- broccoli, spinach, carrots, celery


That's it. He makes them for purpose not pleasure. So some of the suggestions above are great for improving the flavor!
I was adding plant-based protein powder (Garden of Life's RAW Vegan stuff) but I ran out of it a while ago. For now, I just drink them with my normal breakfasts.

Experiment and enjoy! Chunky smoothies aren't terrible either...think of the fibers!

I love green smoothies! My boyfriend and I start our day out with one, at least on the work days.

Base is always the same and I make it in our vitamix for 6 cups total,
-water
-kale or spinach
-banana or 2
-frozen, no sugar added strawberries

Then a few of these, depending on what we have in the fridge and how much time I have,
-carrots
-broccoli
-celery
-dandelion greens
-other kinds of fruit (pineapple, blueberries, blackberries, mango)
-a date or two (depends on how much green vs. fruit, only added to sweeten really green drinks)
-persian cucumbers
-juice of a whole fresh lemon/orange
-1/4 cup of dry oats
-a tbsp of peanut butter

I looove them! They fill me up til breakfast and give me lots of energy.

Hi! I drink one almost every morning. I blend together 2 cups spinach, 1 banana, flax seed, 1 tbsp reduced fat peanut butter, cup of ice (if I forgot to freeze my banana and 1 cup of unsweetened almond vanilla milk. Yummy!!

I usually use frozen spinach, some avocado, pink grapefruit, lemon juice, protein powder and flax seed and sometimes some greek yogurt or ginger or whatever else is in the fridge. Just try out and enjoy!

I also throw my vitamins I have a tough time swallowing in there... Luckily mine dont taste terrible and I can just drink them instead

2-3 cups spinach, 1/2 of a frozen banana, 1/2 to 1 cup homemade milk kefir, and 1/2 cup frozen berries or other fruit (like mango). Give it a whirl in my blender.

I've been adding a cucumber and three stalks of celery to mine (3-4 cups of water, protein powder, flax seed, various fruit). The fruit covers the taste of the vegetables, but gets me to add more vegetables to my diet.

These all sound really delicious! I'm going to try these.

I usually do a pretty simple one, that fills you up, and is super yummy and healthy, with vanilla froyo(can be substituted with frozen bananas,) carrots, pineapple juice, and oj, it's very citrusy and yummy!

Good call With the "Ginger" for the Young and motivated ladies, Ginger is actually a household remidy dating back to the chinies that helps lighten up Menstual symptoms