As I have previously mentioned, recently I have been on a bit of a health kick, trying to eat a bit more healthily and incorporate more fruit and veg into my diet.A friend was extolling the benefits of green smoothies to me, and so I thought I would give a green smoothie a go. I am aware that the colour sometimes puts people off, and the thought of including vegetables or salad in a smoothie, but once you start drinking green smoothies, you soon realise how delicious they are and often forget what is actually in them!
I absolutely love vegetarian blog "Tinned Tomatoes" written by fellow blogger lovely Jac, which I'm sure many of you follow also. She recently shared a fantastic article featuring fifteen Green Smoothies to improve family health.
On her blog, she also shared her Green Stegosaurus Smoothie which I have based my Spring Green Smoothie Recipe on in a bid that it will appeal to the kids too! To put a twist on her smoothie, I added Pineapple and Curly Kale to my recipe and omitted the wheat grass powder.I love the Green Smoothie I made as the pineapple and banana gives the smoothie it's sweetness and the mint gives it a really fresh hint of flavour.
I think that I am definitely now a Green Smoothie convert!
I would love to hear what your favourite Green Smoothie is!
Spring Green Smoothie
A delicious Spring Green Smoothie Recipe
Ingredients
- 50g Fresh Spinach
- 50g Fresh Curly Kale
- One Banana, roughly chopped
- 75g Frozen Pineapple Chunks
- 50g Cucumber, chopped
- 400ml Apple Juice
- Handful Mint
- 5 ice cubes
Instructions
1. Place all the ingredients in a blender apart from the ice cubes.
2. Blend the ingredients in the blender together.
3) Add the ice cubes and blend once more.
4) Serve and Enjoy!
2. Blend the ingredients in the blender together.
3) Add the ice cubes and blend once more.
4) Serve and Enjoy!
Details
Prep time: Yield: Serves Four
Looks great, that's what we need in the spring :)
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