It's bright green! My co-workers look horrified as I sip my smoothie. What are you drinking they ask? That green goo is my breakfast and it contains kale the vegetable du jour. The beauty of making a smoothie everyday is that my refrigerator never contains rotten fruit or vegetables. They go into the blender before they get bad. No more buying spinach because I need more veggies in my diet and then tossing it in the garbage a week later when it looks like a weird science experiment gone wrong. Buying vegetables was half the battle and actually cooking them was the other half. I bought a vitamix about a year ago and I have experimented with lots of veggie drinks since then. My favorites usually contain beets but they can be hard to digest for virgin raw veggie sippers so I make this one to entice family and friends over to the dark leafy side...
Kale Smoothie
serves 2 or save some for later
1 high powered blender such as Vitamix
2-3 oranges peeled -toss them in whole
juice of 1 lemon
1 green apple - seeded and cored
1-2 celery stalks
1 tomato
1 bunch of kale -washed
water
stevia (optional)
1-2 carrots - it's up to you
Put water in blender first, then everything else. Put kale in last so that the other items will liquefy and make kale easier to blend. Make sure to add enough water to keep smoothie from being too thick. I usually add half the kale and blend. Then I add more kale and water until it is the right consistency.
Enjoy!
For a more tropical tasting drink try adding papaya, mango, and pineapple to the kale.
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