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Green Smoothies

christinaar821
christinaar821 Posts: 14 Member
edited January 9 in Food and Nutrition
My goal for this week is to add some more greens to my diet. I'm thinking of giving green smoothies a try and wanted to know if anyone had any recipe recommendations? I see a lot on pinterest but do they taste good?

Thanks!! :-)

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  • boyurboy
    boyurboy Posts: 4 Member
    I use some variation on the following:

    1 cup skim milk or almond milk
    2 cups raw baby spinach leaves
    Vanilla whey protein powder (varies amount by brand)
    1 Tbs natural peanut butter

    It tastes like a vanilla and peanut butter...the spinach adds no flavor at all that I can detect.
  • cleotherio
    cleotherio Posts: 712 Member
    I have one almost everyday. I can't detect any spinach taste at all. Sometimes I make a vanilla PB one like boyurboy posted. These are two of my favorites:

    Pumpkin Pie:
    2 c spinach leaves
    1/2 c canned pumpkin
    1 scoop vanilla protein powder
    1/2 c skim milk (maybe a little more milk or water if you need more liquid to blend)
    1/2 t vanilla extract
    sprinkle of pumpkin pie spice or a some cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger
    1 teaspoon pure maple syrup
    ice

    Double Chocolate raspberry:
    2 c spinach leaves
    1/2 c fresh or frozen raspberries
    1 scoop chocolate protein powder
    1 T unsweetened cocoa powder (great source of iron)
    1 Stevia packet
    1/2 c water or milk
    ice
  • lyrical_melody
    lyrical_melody Posts: 242 Member
    I have one every morning. Here is what I usually do

    1 banana
    3-4 cups baby spinach ( I would start off with one or two if this is your first time)
    1 cup frozen blueberries OR 1 frozen mango or 1/2 cup frozen blueberries and 1/2 cup frozen raspberries
    1/2 - 1 cup water
    add ice if you want it to be thicker.


    hope this helps! :)
  • gourmetgal77
    gourmetgal77 Posts: 73 Member
    Thank you so much for posting this! I also am starting to try to get into "green smoothies" as I have lost my taste for red meat. I made one this AM that was very yummy.... the others I have tried in the past I didn't care for, but I will be sticking with this one as well as trying additional recipes I am seeing here...

    Skinny Green Tropical Smoothie
    Skinnytaste.com
    Servings: 2 • Serving Size: 1 3/4 cups • Old Points: 4 pts • Points+: 6 pts
    Calories: 228 • Fat: 7.7 g • Protein: 10.2 g • Carb: 30.2 g • Fiber: 3.9 g • Sugar: 19.4 g
    Sodium: 70.5 mg


    Ingredients:

    3/4 cup light coconut milk
    6 oz fat free Greek yogurt
    3/4 cup fresh pineapple, cubed
    1 ripe medium banana
    1 cup spinach
    2 tbsp sweetened shredded coconut
    1 1/4 cups ice

    Directions:

    Put everything into the blender and blend until smooth. Makes about 3 1/2 cups.
  • glassxxballerina
    glassxxballerina Posts: 48
    Have you ever considered juicing? I love the combination of spinach, kale, kiwi, green apple and celery!
  • lyrical_melody
    lyrical_melody Posts: 242 Member
    Have you ever considered juicing? I love the combination of spinach, kale, kiwi, green apple and celery!


    My bf has gotten me into juicing and some of it is SOOO good. I feel like anything that adds apples, carrots, and beets together is heaven haha.
  • christinaar821
    christinaar821 Posts: 14 Member
    Sounds delicious!!!! Thank you for sharing :)
    Thank you so much for posting this! I also am starting to try to get into "green smoothies" as I have lost my taste for red meat. I made one this AM that was very yummy.... the others I have tried in the past I didn't care for, but I will be sticking with this one as well as trying additional recipes I am seeing here...

    Skinny Green Tropical Smoothie
    Skinnytaste.com
    Servings: 2 • Serving Size: 1 3/4 cups • Old Points: 4 pts • Points+: 6 pts
    Calories: 228 • Fat: 7.7 g • Protein: 10.2 g • Carb: 30.2 g • Fiber: 3.9 g • Sugar: 19.4 g
    Sodium: 70.5 mg


    Ingredients:

    3/4 cup light coconut milk
    6 oz fat free Greek yogurt
    3/4 cup fresh pineapple, cubed
    1 ripe medium banana
    1 cup spinach
    2 tbsp sweetened shredded coconut
    1 1/4 cups ice

    Directions:

    Put everything into the blender and blend until smooth. Makes about 3 1/2 cups.
  • christinaar821
    christinaar821 Posts: 14 Member
    I havent but I hear a lot of great things!! Maybe I will try it :)
    Have you ever considered juicing? I love the combination of spinach, kale, kiwi, green apple and celery!
  • gourmetgal77
    gourmetgal77 Posts: 73 Member
    For those of you who put the smoothie recipes... are they already save to MyFitnessPal so I can find the nutritional info? If so, what do I look under to do so? If not, can you post nutritional info here to make it easier for all of us? No sense reinventing the wheel, right?
  • avakathryn
    avakathryn Posts: 22
    I have a kale smoothie every day, the kale taste is a bit stronger than spinach, but it's really filling and kale is SUPER good for you:

    1 cup tightly packed kale
    1 kiwi
    1 cup unsweetened almond milk
    1/2 banana
    1 scoop vanilla whey isolate powder (I use Kazein brand)

    Yum! :-)
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