Green Smoothies
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| Mon, 11-05-2007 - 6:15am |
I saw this recipe a while back and decided to try it when I reached PH2, Week 3 and here I am. This morning I made this with frozen strawberries, a frozen banana, skim milk, lil wheat germ, lil water to smooth and of course the spinach...It was good. I got two glasses out of it. I am going to make this again with some of the variations listed as well as my own.
Has anyone ever tried these? Also referred to as Grossout Smoothies. No, you can't taste the spinach! Here is the original recipe I found...
1 cup raw baby spinach (or more author uses two big handfuls)
1/2 cup berries of some sort (strawberries, mixed berries...whatever...I do the frozen ones - they seem to add better texture to the smoothie. I also do frozen mango. I bed banana would be good too)
1 cup Light Vanilla Soy milk (if you're not a fan of soy milk, try NF milk w/vanilla and splenda or SF vanilla syrup)
Other "add ins" 1/3 cup tofu (silken, light, firm whatever, it all seems to work) or why pwder or cocoa or any combination of those...sometimes it's too think, I also thin it with a little water.
Blend it up and gulp it down. It looks hideous because of the spinach, but it tastes yummy and is so healthy.
Tip: Do not omit the spinach in this drink. Especially if you dislike vegetables, or need to get more veggies into your diet! You can't taste it at all! The berries and vanilla flavor of the soymilk overpower the spinach and you taste a sweet fruit smoothie!!!
Here are some recent variations/tips I've learned about the smoothie -
-adding in 1 Tbsp. flax meal adds some great oils, and a nutty taste and more fiber to the mix.
-buy the bagged baby spinach when it goes on sale (ours goes for $1/bag soemtimes) and freeze it - it works just as well, if not better in the smoothie when it's frozen.
-if you make sure you have some protein in the drink, it will keep you fuller longer.
Edited 11/5/2007 7:12 am ET by mazirenez



I make smoothies all the time and love them with fruit.
Cathy,
I promise you can't taste the spinach.
I'm so happy you posted this! I'm going to try it tomorrow! I drink a lot of smoothies for breakfast, but I never thought of adding spinach to them. Do you think the bags of already frozen spinach would work?
I'll report back and let those who are not brave enough to try it on their own (cough. cathy! cough cough) how it is.
I don't see why not!