Green Smoothies

I wanted to take a little more time to talk to you about the wonderful green smoothie. I realize in an earlier post I included a recipe, but I wanted to be sure that you knew that this is just a starting point. Everyone's taste preferences are different. I've seen some green smoothies that only use water, mangos, and spinach. Others include water, kale, flax oil, bananas, apples, dates, and cayenne pepper. There are sooooo many ways to make a green smoothie. The only set rule is that it HAS to have a fair amount of greens in it. Hence the name "Green" smoothie :-) Some different greens to include are: kale, collards, spinach, mustard greens, or beet greens. All are wonderful and add lovely flavor to your smoothie.

If you are new to the green smoothie experience you may want to start out light on greens and heavy on fruit. You can add stevia, agave, dates, rice syrup, maple syrup, or honey as a sweetener. You can use water, soy milk, almond milk, rice milk, or fresh squeezed juice as the base. Play around with your ingredients and just have fun! There is no better feeling than knowing that you and your family are getting your veggies every morning :-)