I'm Going Green!

I just made my first Green Monster and it was delicious!! What is a Green Monster you ask? They are Green Smoothies that incorporate either Spinach or Kale. Right now I am guessing you are making a horrified face and trying to hold back your gag reflex. I did the same thing! Once you get done doing that, you have to trust me and grab your blender to make this surprisingly amazing drink! It is beyond healthy for your, gives you so much energy, takes next to no time to make and you can customize it to your liking. You can check out way more recipes and the website for them here.

Here is the basic recipe:

Virgin Green Monster

2 cups organic spinach

1 – 1 1/4 cups soy/rice/almond/hemp etc milk

1 Tablespoon Flax (optional)

1 banana

Ice

Add everything but the ice and blend for about a minute until mixed thoroughly. Then add ice and blend again!

Green Mbelle*ish Smoothie:

2 cups spinach

1 – 1/4 cups soy milk

1 banana

1 Tablespoon Ground Flax

4-5 whole frozen strawberries

1 scoop Soy protein powder

1 teaspoon agave nectar

Same instructions as before, blend everything until you don't see any spinach flecks, maybe 1-2 minutes.

 

See the flecks still in this picture?  Not done yet, keep going til the mixture looks like the finished pic below!!

I have already stocked my freezer up with frozen bananas, peaches, blueberries, strawberries and blackberries. And I was a little hesitant with the spinach so I only bought one small bag of it but now I am a HUGE fan and will make sure to buy a good amount next time I’m at the store. We started doing smoothies in my house just the last couple weeks because my daughter, Mela, is becoming the two year old that has no interest in eating so we have found that if we make a smoothie she can still run around and play and she thinks she is getting a treat! But what she doesn’t know is all of the nutritious ingredients I am sneaking in to them!