Green Smoothie Recipes
Below is a list of recipes for green smoothies, you can always add or delete ingredients and substitute different or seasonal greens of your own choice. It is important that you use a variety of greens to get a proper balance of all the goodness they have to offer.
GREENS:
Asparagus
Arugula (rocket)
Baby spinach
Beetroot greens (tops)
Bok Choy
Broccoli
Cos lettuce
Carrot tops
Celery
Chard
Collard greens
Edible Flowers
Endive
Escarole
Frise
Kale (3 types)
Mizuna
Mustard greens
Radicchio
Radish tops
Romaine lettuce
Spinach
watercress
WEEDS:
Chickweed
Clover
Dandelion
Lambs quarters
Malva
Miners lettuce
Plantain
Purslane
Stinging nettles
SPROUTS:
Alfalfa
Broccoli
Clover fenugreek
Radish
sunflower
HERBS:
Aloe Vera
Baby dill
Basil
Coriander (cilantro)
Fennel
Mint
Parsley
Peppermint leaves
spearmint
FRUITS:
Apples
Apricots
Banana
Berries (all types)
Cherries
cucumber
Grapefruit
Kiwi fruit
Lemon
Lime
Mandarin
Mango
Melons (all types)
Nashi fruit
Nectarine
Oranges
Papaya (pawpaw)
Passionfruit
Peach
Pear
Persimmon
Pineapple
Plums
Strawberries
Tomatoes
HOW TO PUT A GREEN SMOOTHIE TOGETHER
You will need a fairly good blender, the more power you have the better the Smoothie.
Peel and chop all ingredients and place into the blender, then add the water, depending on your taste then blend until smooth and frothy!
It’s that simple, pour into a nice glass and enjoy!
ORANGE & PINEAPPLE G
Serves 4
1/3 to 1/2 fresh pineapple, use some of the core.
6 oranges, juiced or peeled and pitted
6-8 cos lettuce leaves
ROCKY G
Serves 2
1/2 rockmelon
4-6 large spinach, silverbeet or chard leaves
1-2 cups water
Ice
WATERMELON G
Serves 2
large wedge of watermelon
6 spinach or silverbeet leaves
Ice
PEAR, APPLE & ORANGE G
Serves 2-4
2 pears
2 apples
2 oranges—peeled and pitted
2-4 cups greens, cos, dandelion, kale etc.
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GREEN BANANA SUPRISE
2-3 cold or frozen bananas
1/2 – 1 cup fresh coconut water
1/4 teaspoon fresh vanilla bean or seeds
4-6 fresh dates or soaked dried dates (soaked in enough water to cover, use soak water in smoothie with dates)
1-3 cups baby spinach or cos lettuce
ENJOY!
