Saturday, March 17, 2012

Green Smoothies for St. Patty's Day

In honor of Saint Patrick's day I'd like to share several Green Smoothies, courtesy of gotgreenrevolution.com


The Basic Green Smoothie Recipe

This is what we recommend for starting out (makes about 1 quart/1 liter).

1 or 2          ripe bananas
1/2 cup       of another fruit: (pineapple, blueberry, apple, peach, mango)
1 1/2 cup    fresh greens:   (~2 chard leaves or ~1 handful spinach)

~ 12 oz water (or to desired consistency)


Mint Melon Medley Green Smoothie Recipe

For a sweet refreshing mint feeling.

3          bananas
1          mint sprig, or 2
3 cups  spinach packed in the blender
2 cups  cantaloupe
~ 16oz water (to desired consistency)



Green Apple Glory Green Smoothie Recipe

For sweet creamy goodness.

1        ripe banana
1        large apple cored
1/2     medium ripe avocado
1 cup  packed spinach
1 cup  packed romaine (about 3 large leaves)
~ 1 pint of water



Irish Banana Split Green Smoothie Recipe

Sweet dessert goodness.

2          frozen ripe bananas
1 cup    frozen pineapple
1/2 cup frozen strawberries 
2 cups   packed spinach
~ 1 pint of water



Tropical Dream

Sweet visions of the tropics.

1/2       mango
1 1/2 c  pineapple
1          frozen banana 
2 cups  spinach
4          small kale leaves
~ 1 pint of water

Today my breakfast smoothie may not have been green in color but the straw sure was! ^_^ 
However it did include some fresh organic baby spinach and green organic wheatgrass powder.  I no longer crush up Chlorella and put in my smoothies, I just swallow the tables with water ( I don't particularly like the taste, and since they are in pill form I might as well swallow them! Easier and no taste).

My Smoothie today (makes 12 oz)- 1/3 cup blueberries, 1/3 cup frozen strawberries, 1 frozen organic banana, 1/2 tsp chlorella (has the highest chlorophyll content of all known plants...detoxifier), 1 tsp of freshly ground flax seeds, 1 serving True Whey vanilla protein powder,  ¼ tsp pure resveratrol powder, 1tsp MSM, 1 tsp Maca powder, 1/2 tsp deer antler velvet, 1 tsp goji berry powder, 1/2 tsp wheatgraa powder, 1/2 tsp pumpkin seed powder, and enough water and almond milk to allow it to blend together (roughly 1/3 cup total).