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Fruit smoothies - good or bad?

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  • CattOfTheGarage
    CattOfTheGarage Posts: 2,745 Member
    I can see how spinach would be hard to taste in a fruit smoothie, but I've never been sure about kale. Doesn't it make everything taste of cabbage?
  • elka67
    elka67 Posts: 268 Member
    edited December 2016
    I add spinach leaves , celery, carrot, beetroot and even cucumber into a smoothie with fruits. Tastes great and adds volume and vitamins without too many calories.
    You can add nuts and seeds too if you want protein.
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    edited December 2016
    CattOfTheGarage wrote: »
    I can see how spinach would be hard to taste in a fruit smoothie, but I've never been sure about kale. Doesn't it make everything taste of cabbage?

    I find as long as there is either banana or a sweet-flavored protein powder in there, I won't taste it at all, even kale. I tried just frozen berries and greens and it tasted like dirt :(. My theory is you need the extra sweetness of the banana or powder flavoring to offset the greeniness. And I can stuff a lot of spinach into one smoothie, but with strong greens like kale I stick to about 1 cups worth. I've also used cabbage, chard, and celery leaves.
  • crzycatlady1
    crzycatlady1 Posts: 1,930 Member
    CattOfTheGarage wrote: »
    I can see how spinach would be hard to taste in a fruit smoothie, but I've never been sure about kale. Doesn't it make everything taste of cabbage?

    A banana totally neutralizes the flavor of kale/spinach it in my experience :)
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    CattOfTheGarage wrote: »
    I can see how spinach would be hard to taste in a fruit smoothie, but I've never been sure about kale. Doesn't it make everything taste of cabbage?

    I taste it more than spinach, if I add the same amount, but it's not an unpleasant taste -- maybe a bit grassy or herbacious. (I usually don't add bananas, so believe those saying you don't taste it then.)
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