Making a green smoothie is a wonderful, quick way to get much more fruits and vegetables into your daily diet. Here are tips to create the perfect green smoothie.
Having the perfect formula for a green smoothie recipe is key to getting a smoothie that tastes extremely fantastic or one that is just plain ole stinky.
For years, I was a complete skeptic on the possible taste coming from all the green smoothies I saw come across my Pinterest feed.
But believe me when I say this. I was so, so wrong about my assumption!
Green smoothies are a wonderful way to get in more of those very important fruits and veggies into our days. Â Even though I try so hard, I find it really hard to get in as much as I need to.
Making the perfect green smoothie starts with having the right combination of the green leafy veggies and fruits.
After some experimenting, the ratio I love to use for our green smoothies is:
- 2 cups of a leafy green (about 2 nice handfuls of spinach or kale)
- 3Â cups of fruit (combinations of fruit are the best)
I rarely add ice to my smoothies. Â Freezing ripe bananas (peeled first), and/or using frozen fruits are perfect for making them perfectly cold for me without them getting bland and watery.
Change up the fruits you use. Â Strawberries, blueberries, bananas, orange, pineapple, raspberries, avocado,peaches, etc.
You can add a little milk (of your choice) if you need to make it less thick.
My favorite Green Smoothie recipe:
INGREDIENTS
½ Apple (I love a granny smith in this)
1 Banana, peeled then frozen
1 tablespoon fresh ginger
Juice of one lemon
1 Orange
½ cup blueberries
1 cup of fresh Spinach, tightly packed
1 scoop of whey protein, optional
DIRECTIONS
Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until completely mixed.
Depending on the fruits you use, your green smoothie may be dark or lighter in color. Â My favorite with blueberries makes for a much darker green smoothie.
ENJOY!!!
How to Make a Perfect Green Smoothie
Ingredients
- ½ Apple I love a granny smith in this
- 1 Banana peeled then frozen
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger
- Juice of one lemon
- 1 Orange
- ½ cup blueberries
- 1 cup of fresh Spinach tightly packed
- 1 scoop whey protein optional
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until completely mixed.
- ENJOY!!!
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Shehla
This looks delish!
April J Harris
Your green smoothie sounds delicious! I love the addition of the ginger – what a great flavour it would add. Stumbled. Thank you for sharing with us at the Hearth and Soul Hop.
Laura
Yum! I LOVE my vitamix and smoothies! These look great! 🙂
Bradleigh Huizinga
Found you through the Live Randomly Simple linkup, and this is helpful! I love green smoothies but I tend to get a little crazy with the ingredients they come out weird, so a formula really helps. And lemon seems to bridge the gap between fruit and veg. 🙂 I’m planning a series of guest post sharing between my blog and like-minded bloggers, and I’d love to include this. If you’re interested in sharing each other’s posts, my blog is http://www.widemeadow.com. Thanks! 🙂
Candace
I will definitely have to give this a shot. Trying to be healthier and eat more veggies – this would do the trick!
Karen
Yes, I am a green smoothie fan! I too, was skeptical at first, even though I love eating greens. Putting them in my smoothies just seemed so…odd. I’m totally hooked now and love getting so much fruit and vegetable goodness packed into my diet in a single punch. I enjoy adding mine to a homemade kefir base – getting protein and probiotics in the deal!
Your recipe sounds great and I look forward to trying it.