Update! I’ve heard that a lot of you have alternate Green Smoothie recipes. If you can, please comment on this post and I’ll put them as other options in the recipe! Ari told me something about cilantro and celery that someone mentioned?
Conclusion: Start commenting on our blog instead of facebook! I don’t get to see your comments you post on facebook anyway…
Special thanks to Ian Wong & Co. at TheFreshBag.com for the bounty of free apples we received from them last week! They are featured in this recipe as well as in Ari’s delicious apple pie puffs. Please visit their site, it’s a whole new way to pick up your fruits and vegetables (I think it’s Cleveland only though).
A friend of mine has ulcerative colitis, an autoimmune disease of the lower intestine. A big part of his health routine (and what should be for all of us meat-and-taters loving Americans) is to add a lot of fiber to his diet. One of the ways he does this is by drinking a smoothie in the evening with added greens. If you study health or are interested in it, you know that fiber is the roto-rooter of the intestines. Fiber, especially for those with irritable bowel disease, is one of the best ways to prevent colon cancer.
Here is a list of high-fiber foods.
Try the green smoothie, either for breakfast or a snack, for a few days in a row. It’s super simple — banana, orange, apple, some green leafy vegetable, and a little milk or soymilk. Add a little sugar if you like, especially if you get adventurous with mustard greens. The mustard greens themselves are interesting on the first sip, peppery by the 5th, and either electrifying or jarring by the last.
Hopefully some of you will try it. Let’s make a movement! Literally.
Ingredients
- 1 banana, sliced
- 1 orange, peeled & sliced
- 1 apple, sliced
- 2 leaves mustard greens, kale, or spinach
- milk or soymilk as needed
- sugar, brown sugar, or honey as needed
I Love green smoothies and this lunch I made my first one with Mustard Greens. Wow! I loved the spiciness of it but was concerned that I would have a fire-like movement to contend with.. after finishing about ten ounces I forced myself to throw the rest away. I tried it I liked it but I could just imagine suffering later. I will try the smoothie again with Swiss Chard. BTW my smoothie had 1 banana, almond milk, frozen mango and 2 giant mustard green leaves (chopped). YUM!
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