Welp – tonight I decided to put kale into the smoothie. I went with peaches, OJ, banana, spinach and kale. Ok, it was just one huge leaf of kale but you gotta start somewhere. When I tried eating the kale straight up, I didn’t like it. And all the green smoothie blog posts I’ve read [...]
I’ve been adding spinach to all my smoothies as of late — it’s amazing how the spinach really doesn’t change the taste of the smoothie at all. I think the key is to make sure to blend it to make the spinach disappear. I guess if you have a Vitamix or Blendtec this won’t require [...]
I’ve been drinking a good number of smoothies and while I make most of them at home, I have purchased smoothies at Whole Foods and Central Market. I haven’t yet purchased a smoothie from the chain places like Smoothie King. I am visiting family this weekend and I still need to drink smoothies so I [...]
Here is my current strawberry banana smoothie recipe. It’s a work-in-progress so I am sure it will change over time. I find that with the spinach the color of the smoothie becomes a little like a #2 but it still tastes fine. I really like to drink the smoothie with a straw – this way [...]
Today I made my first homemade smoothie. It was a simple smoothie featuring frozen strawberries, apple juice and banana. I was quite nervous that it wouldn’t taste good but shockingly it does! I think it has a pinch too much banana but overall it tastes great. And I would estimate that it cost approximately $1 [...]
