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    Loving my green smoothies for breakfast!

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    • Posts: 8
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      You cannot taste the spinach!! I use the frozen spinach but it is purely for nutritional value.

      I know this is a stupid question do you thaw the spinach first or just throw it in the blender frozen? My stomach doesn't like spinach in leaf form so maybe blending it will work better.

      Thanks for the info.
    • Posts: 1,838 Member
      I think some people throw it in frozen ( just don't use Ice then)... I buy the organic pre washed bags of the fresh kind myself..
    • Posts: 19
      we''ve been doing green smoothies for a while and I LOVE them! I agree with the poster who said that Kale is a pain to blend - somehow it never blends as well as any of my other greens.

      My favorite recipe:
      1c. spinach (I use fresh)
      5 frozen strawberries
      1/2 mango
      1/2c. frozen raspberries
      juice of 1/2 of a lemon.

      Tastes like raspberry lemonade.
    • Posts: 1,128 Member
      I made the switch to having a green smoothie most mornings & also loooove it.
    • Posts: 59 Member
      Best place to but the spinach that I have found is Costco...around $4.50 for a 2 1/2 lb bag.
      I love :
      8oz almond milk
      3 cups spinach
      1 pear
      1 banana
      1 cup frozen blueberries
      ice

      DELICIOUS!!!
    • Posts: 398 Member
      So, can I use frozen spinach? You can not believe what they charge for spinach where I live...assuming it's even available. I suppose that's stupid, of course I CAN but how much, do you think?


      I'm going to try this. Fresh spinach is super expensive. Plus, i usually throw a few ice cubes in the blender anyway right??? I'll just partially thaw it, chop it into 6-8 pieces, and put them in snack size ziploc bags for easy handling. The frozen stuff is usually chopped finely anyway, and it can take the place of my ice cubes since it's frozen. we shall see!!!
    • Posts: 103
      I've never heard of green smoothies. I'm doing some grocery shopping today. I'll buy the ingredients needed to try these green smoothies. Thanks. I love spinach...........well, not the canned spinach but I do love fresh or frozen spinach.
    • Posts: 235
      You should put some kale and chard in there too!!! YUM
    • Posts: 235
      Frozen fruit and spinach is better cuz then the smoothie is more cold :)
    • Posts: 172
      thanks for the suggestions!
    • Posts: 83
      Sounds like you need a decent blender for most of these smoothies
    • Posts: 9 Member
      bumpity bump love green smoothies!!!
    • Posts: 245 Member
      ok, must get new blender out of box and try these ASAP!!!
    • Posts: 174 Member
      Bump again... I must try these! I needed some new breakfast ideas, and I love spinach.
    • Posts: 64 Member
      Bump
    • Posts: 2 Member
      I love smoothies! I haven't been having them lately but for years had them, must get back to them!

      I throw whatever I have in the house but I do like

      Couple of handfuls of spinach
      1 large cooked beet root
      1 green apple
      Some frozen pineapple
      0% Greek yoghurt

      Sometimes I add ginger, Manuka honey or cacao in
    • Posts: 3
      Bump for trying out later.
    • Posts: 42 Member
      Bump
    • Posts: 512 Member
      going shopping today & i'll try one of these later, never thought of it before :blushing: hope my blender is up to it, it's only a cheap one
    • Posts: 765 Member
      I'm bumping it because it includes spinach. Gotta try.
    • Posts: 327 Member
      sounds so yummy! i'll have to try these. thanks for posting the recipes!!!
    • Posts: 995 Member
      They all sound so nice. I'll be trying them. Thanks for sharing :-)
    • Posts: 724 Member
      bump, i'm gonna go for it this week when on vacation. I'll try not to gross out my travel buddies too much :tongue:
    • Posts: 3,459 Member
      Will a normal food processor blender work? X
    • Posts: 3,459 Member
      Wow! Vitamix is £400 on ebay! X
    • Posts: 67 Member
      awesome ideas!
    • Posts: 59 Member
      My favorite green smoothie recipe is:

      -1 banana
      -1/2 cup frozen peaches
      -1/2 cup frozen mango
      -a couple handfuls of spinach
      -coconut water (about 1/2 - 1 cup)

      It tastes very tropical! :)
    • Posts: 25 Member
      bump
    • Posts: 387 Member
      I do a green drink every day sometimes 3 times!!! I have a knock off brand vitamix I got on ebay and it is a amazing!

      2 handfuls of power greens.. (Spinach, kale, chard)
      1 apple
      1 inside of a coconut (meat)
      1c strawberries
      and water:)

      Yumo!

      I had on of my girlfriends over she wanted to try it..lol She said it was an aquired taste but it wasnt bad:laugh: It's green!
    • Posts: 22
      I have never even heard of "Green Smoothies", I am definately going to try them. Thanks for the recipes. :wink:
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