Comments on: Healthy Treat For Today: Smoothies

By: Anna

Anna — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:02:41 +0000

We’ve been getting into making smoothies or fresh juice every morning for breakfast. We recieved a juicer for our wedding and it got us started on our determined quest to eat healthier. Recently we got a blendtec blender too (Smoothies, homemade almond butter, food processor, even made my own oat flour from oats the other day!)I can’t say enough good about how they have really cchanged our lives! anyways… juice and smoothies- Ahhh… sooo much more energy than coffee that I actually have pretty much let go of coffee which I use to drink practically gallons of every day. I feel WAY better, have lots more energy, and get all my fruits and veggies in at breakfast!

Anyone freaked out about juicing or making smoothies with veggies… I have some advice which makes them SO good! (I was initially “freaked out” at the thought of them too!) I have what I call 2 secret ingredients to take away the blah veggie taste- Lemons (Or organic lemon juice concentrate stuff) and fresh ginger!

Examples of what we might juice:
1-Apple
4-carrots
2-3 cups spinach (Or a garden cucumber for a milder, refreshing taste)
handful of grapes

The above is over half veggies… but by stirring in a splash of lemon juice after its juiced (Or juicing a 1/4 of a lemon in with it)you would seriously NEVER know it had veggies in it. It does what I call “citrifies” it because of the lemon. So then pour it into something where you cant see the green color, and drink it and I PROMISE you’ll never know it has veggies in it! You can even stir in some pro-biotic yogurt for a creamy treat thats super good for you too!

Smoothie:
banana
handful of frozen strawberries
apple (Sometimes)
1/2 c orange juice
big handful of spinach
2 Tbs flax seeds
1-2 Tbs chia seeds
about 1 Tbs of fresh, pealed, chopped, ginger
big spoonful or 2 of pro-biotic yogurt
5-6 ice cubes
splash of lemon juice

the above recipe (I never measure… its a “dump it in” guesstimate thing) is our typical breakfast. And what has made ALL the difference in it is the lemon and ginger as far as taste goes. They are subtle but really mask the veggieness of it and make it soooooo so good!

and my latest- throw in 1/2 of an avocado to above recipe. Sounds TOTALLY weird… i had a hard time doing it thinking I would mess up my smoothie. BUT… it makes the CREAMIEST smoothie ever and avocado is so good for you! It really is a “mind over matter” thing getting use to the veggies but drink it with your eyes closed and try my lemon/ginger trick and I promise you’ll be amazed ;) k… pretty sure this is the longest comment EVER… haha… but im obsessed now with my smoothies/juices!

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 23:20:42 +0000

You could also call them Oobleck smoothies – if you like Dr. Seuss :D

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:43:57 +0000

My son LOVES green smoothies. We use spinch or chard from the garden. I never let him see me put the greens in because he would never drink it!
He calls them his Grinch smoothies. :)

By: Ang

Ang — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 07:07:24 +0000

I make a green smoothie almost everyday. I use frozen strawberries, blueberries, banana, celery, mango, broccoli, spinach, squeeze some lemon juice out of a lemon, dump some yogurt in and add some apple or orange juice. It’s fantastic. I can’t get kale around here, otherwise I’d use that too! Pineapple is just starting to come in season, so I’m looking forward to putting some fresh pineapple in it too.

By: ilda

ilda — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:38:27 +0000

The Ultimate Smoothie was delicious!
We all loved it.

By: Jennie K

Jennie K — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:53:08 +0000

Be carefull with raw egg. Don’t know if it is true but I hear if you wash them before you crack them it reduces the chances of getting sice. Eliminating the chance of and unseen feaces being on the eggs.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 15:41:02 +0000

My kids LOVED this drink! Even my 2 year old- who is a very picky eater :) we put 1 banana, one peeled cut up golden delicious apple, 1/2 c vanilla organic yogurt, 1/2 c 2% milk, and a HUGE handful of spinach leaves- you oculd not even taste the spinach. GREAT idea :)

By: Jewels

Jewels — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 06:32:18 +0000

My 3 year old and myself start our days off everyday with a green smoothie:

1/2c Kale
1/2c spinich
1/2c Dandelion greens
1 pear
1 banana
1/2c yogurt
2tbsp whey powder
1c liquid – either coconut water, milk or water
1tsp agave nectar or 1tbsp honey

We usually each get about 10-12 ounces of it and often I add in chia seeds or flax seeds.

Pears tend to really cut the bitterness of the greens.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 11:40:21 +0000

Here’s a smoothie recipe that my kids and I just love.

2 cups milk
1 ripe avocado
2 Tbsp. honey or agave nectar
A little bit of ice

I sometimes add in 1 Tbsp of wheat germ or flax.

Blend until smooth.

By: Tanya

Tanya — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12:25:19 +0000

I tried your Ultimate Smoothie and loved it! I’m just curious….why do you put whey protein powder in it? I bought some and used it, but I was just wondering.

Thanks!