my smoothie tastes like....spinach. suggestions?
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I agree with adding berries. My smoothie is frozen strawberries, greek yogurt, spinach and vanilla protein. It is super yummy!0
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Experiment with the suggestions given. Peanut butter is a great one, but if you want a slightly less rich flavor try adding a little bit of another fruit to your recipe. I find I like certain fruits better than others in combination with the spinach. Strawberries do a great job of covering the spinach flavor. And I use frozen fruit because I like a smoothie texture.
Have fun with it. This is a great healthy breakfast!0 -
thanks all!0
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I make a similar smoothie but I add 1 cup frozen raspberries, 1 tbsp almond butter, and 1 tsp lemon. You won't taste the spinach at all. Have fun experimenting .0
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I use Chocolate Vegan protein powder in mine or Chocolate Shakeology and it covers it pretty well.
1 Scoop Shakology or Chocolate Vegan powder.
1/2 or 1 Cup Spinach
1 Banana
1 Cup Strawberries Frozen
1/2 Cup Almond Milk
1/2 Cup Coconut Milk
and Ice.
Tastes really good and cover the geens well.0 -
if you like spinach as spinach and don't like it in a smoothie, then eat it as spinach and don't put in the smoothie. It's not going to give you any extra nutrition than spinach not in a smoothie gives you.
I put fruit, laban (Arabic milk drink) and protein powder in my smoothies, and I put spinach and other vegetables in curry and other foods that I like the taste of spinach in.
I'm not knocking green smoothies and for people who like the taste, or people who can't eat green vegetables any other way, they're great. But no need to force yourself to eat spinach in a smoothie for breakfast if you're already eating lots of green veg.0 -
hi all - I tried to make a green smoothie this morning because I've heard rave reviews. It's not bad, but it tastes just like pureed spinach. I don't mind it that much, because I like spinach, but not first thing in the morning. here is what I put in - am I missing something?
2 big handfuls baby spinach
1 banana
1/2 cup nonfat greek vanilla yogurt
1/2 cup almond milk.
Try adding in PB2 peanut flour or 1 tbs peanut butter!
I make the same smoothie & like above add the peanut butter / PB2 but I also a teaspoon of honey0 -
hi all - I tried to make a green smoothie this morning because I've heard rave reviews. It's not bad, but it tastes just like pureed spinach. I don't mind it that much, because I like spinach, but not first thing in the morning. here is what I put in - am I missing something?
2 big handfuls baby spinach
1 banana
1/2 cup nonfat greek vanilla yogurt
1/2 cup almond milk.
Pretend you are Popeye and just go with it?
Seriously. I would suggest to add another banana. Either that or cut the spinach back to 1 big handful and add something else. The reason I say this is if I add a bananato just about any shake I make, all i can taste is the banana and nothing else.0 -
I use spinach or kale, banana, pineapple, tomato, mini carrots and Just recently I started to add some avocado for the fat. I read you need some fat for your body to absorb the vitamins. Mine tastes like dessert. I am sure the sweetness of the ripe banana and pineapple take over the flavor. I have experimented with rice bran as well for magnesium.0
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Since I don't do powders, just fruits and veggies, I have found that as many have mentioned bananas cut the flavor. If you need too, add another. Or add fresh pineapple - it not only adds sweetness, but adds digestive enzymes which I find helpful in the morning.
Good for you adding greens to your diet!!0 -
hi all - I tried to make a green smoothie this morning because I've heard rave reviews. It's not bad, but it tastes just like pureed spinach. I don't mind it that much, because I like spinach, but not first thing in the morning. here is what I put in - am I missing something?
2 big handfuls baby spinach
1 banana
1/2 cup nonfat greek vanilla yogurt
1/2 cup almond milk.
Try adding in PB2 peanut flour or 1 tbs peanut butter!
^^^ This too.0 -
Definately add more fruits. Having a variety of flavors will help balance out the individual flavor (if you can taste a bit of apple, maybe some orange or grapefruit, a hint of pear, kiwi, mango, whatever fruits you love, along with the banana, the spinich will really just accent it, rather than being the main flavor.0
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MOAR fruit!0
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I use a "bunch" of fresh mint in a smoothy that has spinach in it and there is no spinach taste, just minty flavor.0
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Pineapple. pineapple overpowers everything.0
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This my favorite:
2 c. frozen spinach
1 banana
2 tbs natural peanut butter
1 medium apple
Can't even taste the spinach! It also helps to drink it through a straw. You can also add natural sweeteners like agave nectar or honey.0 -
I made the same thing this morning, but I added a little vanilla extract. It cut down on the spinach taste. Tasted a lot like a drinkable yogurt!
I have also made it with strawberries, but it turns more brown then!0 -
try kale, it's less offensive and is more nutrient dense. Also try adding some frozen fruit and make sure the bananas are over-ripe.
My typical smoothie is:
1-2 handsfuls of kale
romaine
10 cherry tomatos
10 grapes
10 baby carrots
handful of mixed frozen fruit
1/2 banana
1 navel orange or clemetine
1 apple
1/2 avocado (can't taste it, but makes it really creamy!)
2 tbsp chia seeds
1 tbsp hemp hearts
NOTE: I use a Vitamix for this. I'm not so sure a regular blender could handle all of that. But, that makes enough for 3 servings for me (20oz each).0
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