what are green smoothies?
Green smoothie is a velvety mixture of leafy greens like spinach and kale, frozen fruit to add natural sweetness, and a liquid or creamy ingredient to help bring everything together and create a smooth texture. It’s loaded with vitamins, minerals, and probiotics.
Green Smoothie are expensive to make?
Green Smoothie is ridiculously versatile and a great way to use up any fruit, berries, greens, or juices you have withering away in the fridge or freezer. The color will change to a muddied gray if you use darker fruit or juices, but it’s still going to be delicious!
What you'll need to make green smoothies
Green smoothie is simple to make anytime, anyday without complicating your morning routine and as a matter of fact you can put the green smoothie ingredients in freezer packs if you’re facing a busy week. Sometimes I blend the smoothie the night before, shake it up in the morning, and it’s still absolute perfection.
- Baby spinach – this is the “green” in your smoothie. It blends easily, and the fruit in the smoothie overpowers its mild flavor. You can sub with baby kale or your favorite super greens blend.
- Cuccumber – adds mild, slightly sweet flavour due to their high water content.
- Orange Juice – helps to loosen the smoothie texture and adds a sweet tang that helps cover the bitterness of the raw spinach. You can sub with apple juice, pineapple juice, or with water.
- Green Apple – adds fiber and acidic notes that mask the spinach flavors. You don’t have to peel your apple, but make sure you scrub the peel with baking soda to remove the wax used to preserve it. You can substitute the apple with any other apple, grapes, peaches, mango, or pear.
- Frozen Bananas – you need to blend frozen fruit to create a creamy smoothie texture. Ice will only water down your results and ruin the blades of your blender. Bananas should be ripe, as their natural sugars will help sweeten the blend. Substitute bananas with frozen avocado, or frozen mango.
- Frozen Pineapple – the bright, tart notes of pineapple help mask the spinach flavor. You can freeze pineapple canned in its own juices to help lower costs. Reserve the juices and use them instead of orange juice
Common benefits of green smoothie
Green smoothies are a great source of vitamin B. The B vitamins found in leafy greens, like folate, vitamin B6, and niacin, help your body release energy from food and can promote a healthy nervous system.
- Hydration is very important for both health and beauty. When you consume foods that hydrate you on a cellular level, you encourage your body’s natural detoxification process to take place effectively, which results in glowing skin and high levels of energy.
You can create delicious & refreshing green smoothies using coconut water, coconut milk, and fruit juices, which can be super hydrating.
- Whole plant-based foods are great for supporting digestive health and improving digestion issues. Green smoothies are high in fibre, which is essential to keeping the digestive tract healthy. A diet high in fibre is known to help relieve constipation and gas and help maintain healthy bowels.
- Fruits and vegetables, especially dark leafy greens, are packed full of antioxidants, the compounds often raved about for their ability to protect cell damage caused by free radicals in the body. Hence, they can help slow down signs of ageing, reduce the appearance of wrinkles and maintain youthful, radiant skin.”
