Green Smoothies

Yum....these things are delicious.  It seems really weird and gross at first, but after a few tries you get hooked. Green smoothies are basically fruit smoothies with greens (spinach, kale, or collard greens) added.  You can make a green smoothie with any combination of fruit and greens you can think of really, just add what you have and blend it up!  I'm not a fan of spinach salads so this is the best way for me to get a huge serving of veggies without having to gag it down in a salad.  I posted more about these on the other blog here  so this post will be more of an over view of how I make them. 

Pack your spinach in the blender first.  If you've never made them before start out with a small amount of spinach and work your way up.
I then add water, OJ (it's best if it's REAL OJ), and rice milk.  I don't know the measurements, but I count to 4 while pouring each one in usually haha.  

Blend it up till it's really smooth. (our blender is dying so this is the best it gets for me)

 Add your fruit (Joel and I like the mixed fruit from Costco).  I defrost it in the microwave first for about 1 min and 30 sec.

 I usually add a little Stevia. One or two packets depending on how sweet I want it.

Once it's all blended, I take half to work with me for my breakfast and leave half for Joel.  I thought the Mason Jar thing was weird too, but after ruining a nice water bottle because the mouth was too small to reach in and clean I saw the genius behind it. 

I think it's been about a year since I started drinking them and I'm still loving them!  It's nice because if you start to get a little tired of the same flavors you just mix it up with different fruit or juice.  You can also add yogurt which is really good.  I hope you enjoy these as much as I do!