It’s no secret, I’m a leafy green freak. I eat a large kale salad (or a variation with romaine leaves or baby greens) pretty much every day when I’m not on a juice fast. And when I don’t, I crave my greens real bad.
When things get crazy and I don’t have time to sit down for a nice meal, or when I’m feeling hungry on a shoot or on the road, green smoothies are my “green fix” of choice.
They’re especially fabulous for those of us who want to amp up our green intake but can’t quite stomach a bunch or two of leafy greens a day in salad form.
I favor savory green smoothies, closely followed by the Vitamin B Monster and this raspberry and kale combo.
Green Smoothie: Kale & Raspberry Goodness
June 11, 2014
Prep Time
5 minutes
Ingredients
- INGREDIENTS
- 4 ripe bananas
- Half a bunch of curly kale
- 2 cups of orange juice
- 3 cups of fresh raspberries
- A couple ice cubes (optional)
Instructions
- INSTRUCTIONS
- Throw all the ingredients in the Vitamix (or a high speed blender) and you're done!
- I'm partial to curly kale because the leaves are more tender and the flavor milder. But of course you can experiment with dinosaur (lacinato) kale or Russian kale.
4 thoughts on “Green Smoothie: Kale & Raspberry Goodness”
I’ve also experimented on adding strawberries on top, partly because i put all the in the blender. Strawberries work too!
Here’s a toast to eating and drinking healthy!
*cheers*
I made a sample of this at my dinner table and my family was shocked at how good it tasted! Even more shocked at what the contents were! They didn’t think they can “drink” vegetables lol. I’m happy to say – you’ve paved the way for my family to start a healthy lifestyle! Thanks Ndoema!
Honestly, I’m not into vegetables. But this is a great way to have them.