Grown up green smoothie

I am on a BIG green smoothie kick these days !! And this morning I tried one that was just for me ;) I didn't use banana or berries like I usually do to entice the kiddies ... I just made a mild pleasant GREEN smoothie !!


1/4 cup chopped flat leaf parsley
3/4 cup chopped romaine lettuce
3/4 cup chopped kale
1/2 avocado
1/4 lemon (no rind but all the white part ... FIBER !!)
1/4 cup pomegranate juice
1/2 cup organic OJ
1 whole granny smith apple ( I left the peels on but unless you have a Vita Mix blender they are a bit grainy at the end .... I don't mind ... but you may ??)
fresh water to make the smoothie the consistency you like and some ice for coolness.


So just place all your chopped greens and the juice in the blender and blend till smooth.
Add the lemon, apple, avocado and keep on blending till really smooth ... at this point add your H2O and ice and enjoy.

I like to have my green smoothies in a wine goblet for enjoyment purposes. The intent of feeding yourself wonderful green foods is enhanced if you make it a beautiful self indulging ritual ;0)

I hope you bite the bullet and try one of these great green smoothie recipes !!
I will keep putting up the ones I love for you to try too ... please leave feedback if you try one or two of them !!
We all know that there is no way of eating enough green in a day to get what you need from the earth .... especially on pizza day (wink wink) but if you have a green smoothie for breakfast ... or for the 3 pm crash you will get what you need , with very little effort or calories !!
Make a big one in the morning .... have some for or with your breakfast ... and put the rest in a glass or plastic bottle for the afternoon ... by dinner you have had an entire blender full of green goodness !!
You don't need to have a green smoothie instead of your regular food .... you can add it to your regular diet and still get all the wonderful benefits.
(Of course green food through the day will cut cravings and make you less hungry ... but you don't need to focus on that ... just let the green do it's work )

Happy blending !!
B.