Green Smoothies

Did you know that a green smoothie can have 5-8 servings of fruits and vegetables? It is also loaded with vitamins, fiber, and even protein. We've recently been seeing a lot of information on green smoothies and decided to try incorporating them into our daily diets. It's such an easy way to get a jumpstart on our daily doses of fruits and vegetables.

Basically a green smoothie is a smoothie made with greens (spinach, kale, collard greens, etc.) and fruit (bananas, mangos, frozen berries, etc.). Most green smoothies also have added liquid like water or fruit juice to make them drinkable and some have added natural sweeteners like honey or stevia. We've been using water and no added sweeteners.

Here's a basic recipe for a green smoothie or "moothie" as Emahry calls it. You'll notice that the smoothies below aren't actually green, that's because we added frozen blueberries to this batch.

1 1/2 to 2 cups liquid

3 large handfuls of greens

1 1/2 to 2 cups fruit

Thoroughly blend greens with liquid first. Then add fruit and blend until smooth.

These smoothies are delicious, but you might want to start out with less greens and increase the amount as you get use to the taste.

Visit The Happy Foody for more great green smoothie recipes.

Green smoothies work for me!