1. Green Smoothie Recipe with Kale and Romaine Lettuce
Prep time: 2 min
Servings: 2 cups
Ingredients:
- Kale leaves – 4 leaves
- Romaine lettuce leaves – 6 leaves
- Parsley sprigs – 3 sprigs
- Pineapple – ½ cup
- Mango – ½ cup
- 1 – 1 ½ cups of water
How to make a smoothie?
Preparation:
Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
Serving:
Pour into cups and enjoy this nutritious green smoothie.
Taste Perception:
Great for the green smoothie junkies. Greany – like a liquid salad for beginners in green drink.
Green Smoothie Recipe Variations:
- Green drink enthusiast could substitute romaine lettuce for spinach, as it has more neutral taste – thus more balanced sense of taste for the green drink beginners.
- Parsley also could be lowered in quantity due to its strong flavor, so start with just a few sprigs and gradually increase the quantity until you get used to it.
- Fruits – add more fruits if you are a first timer in green smoothies, and especially in vegetable smoothies.
- Water could be swapped for a fruit juice. That’s perfect for first timers in green vegetable smoothie. Fresh and sweet fruit juice will positively enhance the taste perception.
- Water could be cooled, or you can add ice, or even cold tea (green tea, garcinia cambogia tea, hoodia tea, etc).
Benefits of kale smoothies:
- Given the variations above, this green smoothie recipe could really give you a weight loss boost if you use weight loss teas instead of water.
- Furthermore you can use this healthy green drink for snack in between meals, or …
- Substitute a whole meal – let’s say drink 2 cups of this green smoothie for breakfast.
2. Spinach Smoothie Recipe with Kiwi
Prep time: 5 min
Servings: 2 cups
Ingredients:
- Spinach – 1 1/2 cup fresh
- Kiwi – 2 peeled
- Green pear – 1
- Green apple – 1 cored and chopped (peeled or not – up to your personal taste)
- Cucumber – 1 peeled and chopped
- Water – cold 1-1 ½ cups or 15 ice cubes
How to make a green smoothie?
Preparation:
Blend the spinach first and then add the rest of the ingredients. Blend for 1 minute.
Serving:
Pour into cups and enjoy this nutritious green smoothie.
3. Spinach Banana Smoothie
(Green Smoothie Recipe for Toddlers)
Prep time: 2 min
Servings: 1 cup
Ingredients:
- Spinach – 1 handful
- 1 banana
- Fresh or frozen blueberries
- Cool Fresh Water – ½ cup
How to make a green smoothie for Toddlers?
Preparation:
Blend the spinach first and then add the banana and the berries.
Serving:
Pour into cup with a straw and let your toddler enjoy it.
Taste Perception:
Great for kids. This toddler green smoothie is full of nutrients and extremely delicious.
Green Smoothie Recipe Variations:
- You can add strawberries and raspberries as well, but pay attention – they have small seeds and are not recommended for children under 1 and for children who are introduces to such berries yet.
- Instead of water you can use milk or yoghurt – whatever your kid likes.
4. Dr Oz Green Smoothie Recipe – the Green Drink You will Love
With plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables this green drink is a meal in a cup. It can replace your breakfast and with its calorie count of only 100 calories – Dr Oz Green Smoothie is a very low calorie meal and snack option.
Prep time: 8 min
Servings: 3-4 cups
Ingredients:
- Spinach – 1 big cup or 2 big handfuls
- Celery – 3 sticks
- Parsley – 1 bunch
- Apple – 2 cored (peeled or not – up to your personal taste)
- Cucumber – 1 medium peeled
- Lemon – juice from ½ lemon
- Lime – juice from 1 lime
- Ginger – 1 teaspoon or ½ inch root peeled
How to make a green drink?
Preparation:
Blend the spinach, celery and parsley first and then add the rest of the ingredients. Blend until smooth.
Serving:
Pour into cups and enjoy this nutritious green smoothie.
Taste Perception:
If you are feeling it too much of a salad in a cup, then add more fruits.
Green Smoothie Recipe Variations:
- Parsley also could be lowered in quantity due to its strong flavor, so start with just 3-4 sprigs and gradually increase the quantity until you reach a full bunch and get used to its taste.
- Fruits – add more fruits if you are a first timer in the green drink, and especially in vegetable smoothies.
- Add more juice – a sweet fruit juice. That would be perfect for first timers in green vegetable smoothie. Fresh and sweet fruit juice will positively enhance the taste perception.
5. Green Smoothie Recipes – Smoothies with Kale and Hemp Seeds
This is one of the easy and simple green smoothies – perfect for green drink starters and weight losers.
Prep time: 2 min
Servings: 2 cups
Ingredients:
- Kale leaves – 2 cups
- Hemp seeds – 2 tablespoons
- Mango – 1 ½ cups
- Ice cubes – 4 pieces
- Almond milk – unsweetened 1 cup
How to make a smoothie?
Preparation:
Combine the ingredients in a blender – kale leaves first, mango, hemp seeds and ice next. Blend them until smooth.
Serving:
2 cups healthy green smoothie for beginners and weight losers.