Beverages ·
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Green Smoothies ·
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Smoothies ·
Spring and Summer ·
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Basic Green Smoothie
This basic recipe is ideal for green smoothie novices. The same formula can be used for any fruits or greens to make a delicious smoothie every time.
Overview
Total time: 01 M 10 S
Servings: 5
Calories: 77
Ingredients
- 3 cups cold water
- 3 cups leafy greens*, packed
- 3 cups fresh and frozen fruit**
*If you're a green smoothie beginner, try romaine lettuce and spinach because they have a mild taste. As you adjust to the taste of green smoothies, try Swiss chard, collard greens, kale, and even dandelion greens.
**One of our favorites is 1 banana, 1 cup frozen pineapple chunks or frozen peach slices, and 1 cup frozen mixed berries or frozen blueberries.
Nutritional Information
- Serving Size: 8 fl. oz.
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
- Sodium: 28mg
- Carbohydrates: 19g
- Fiber: 2g
- Sugar: 15g
- Protein: 1g
Instructions
- Add water and leafy greens to FourSide or WildSide+ jar and secure lid.
- Press "Pulse" 4–6 times to chop greens.
- Add fruit and secure lid. Select "Whole Juice" or blend on a Medium to Medium-High speed for 50-60 seconds.
Notes
The ratio in this recipe is 1 vegetable to 1 fruit, which may be too sweet for some people and not sweet enough for others. If it’s not sweet enough, try adding more fruit or a little noncaloric sweetener (such as stevia).
You have some hard-core raspberry seeds!
I grow raspberries in my back yard. Come on you got to be kidding raspberry seeds is an issue. I love the seeds. This is getting kind strange.
Nice recipe but, for me, I need it a little sweeter so I use a Tspoon of organic blue agave, a low glycemic sweetener, about 30 calories, and it works for me.
Small seeds like blueberry and raspberry seeds get under my dentures and it hurts and causes sores so seeds can be an issue. Have a great day!
I just tried your recipe, minus the spirulina and chlorella because we didn’t have any. I also had to substitute the 1/2 teaspoon of macadamia nuts with 1 tablespoon of unsalted cashews. My first attempt failed because I didn’t know I was supposed to add water, since you didn’t mention it. Anyway, my niece suggested. I found adding 1 cup of water and 1 cup of ice was perfect for taste, but I needed to add another cup of water to make it less thick. Anyway, thank you for the recipe as it was delicious.
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