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Green Smoothies ·
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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).
The calorie count for this smoothie is way off. I medium banana is 100 calories. How do you add another cup of pineapple or berries and end up with less the the calories for the one banana.
Hi, Monica! We have a recipe for a Savory Beet Soup, you can find it here: http://www.blendtec.com/rec… Happy blending!
The calorie count is per serving. The nutritional information specifies the serving size and how many servings are in the recipe. This recipe has 5 servings of 8 ounces.
do you use the whole apple and orange. or do you core/peel these fruits before adding?
Hi i just got my blendtec.I use what i had in the house. Tomatoes cucumber celery half banana 3grapes for liquid ..water with lime juice.heavenly taste really good going to get fresh spinach from the garden for tomorrow. Iwill have to resort to local fruits as i live in Trinidad so i will have to do my own blending. I know it will be fun as i used to juice before but the best stuff was wasted and besides cleaning is so easy with blendtec.
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