Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Green Smoothie

Ok, I've heard variations of this from different sources and always thought it was totally gross.  However, in my desperation to get my kids to eat fresh, raw vegetables I decided to try it and *shock* it's SO good!  This is the recipe I've settled on and I swear that you can't taste the greens.  Even Scott loves it!!  I add yogurt and a bit of apple juice (the source I got this from added plain yogurt and herbal sweetener, but I'm not that hard core...).

In your blender:

1 single serving cup of vanilla yogurt (I use Trader Joe's)
1/3 c or so of apple juice
Fill blender with kale (I use black), spinach and collard greens (or any variation of greens)

Blend until smooth, then add:

1 ripe banana
1-2 c of mixed berries (frozen)

SO SO good - you can only taste the berries and banana and it gives you at least 5 servings of fresh, raw greens.  AWESOME!

2 comments:

Stacey Mae said...

Ew Kale is what we used to feed chester...thats sick...but I guess I'll try it at thanksgiving. I do live bananas and berries!

Chelsey said...

Okay, so I FINALLY tried this today, and it was pretty good! My kids LOVED it. Even Averi, and she's at that picky stage right now. I think I'll add in an extra banana or more apple juice next time. I think it still needs a little bit more to cover up the vegetable taste, but it's definitely being made again!