Breakfast Green Smoothie

Green is good.There is a saying, "if you eat green, your body is clean!" Well even Dr. Oz says that to ensure a healthy diet we should eat green at every meal. I find the best ways to get kids to eat green at breakfast is to make a mean green smoothie. You will find several green smoothie variations listed below. Enjoy and Cheers to your families good health!

This smoothie is so good and so healthy for you. This recipe can be used for breakfast, lunch, a snack or dessert. 

1 large orange, peeled and segmented
1/2 of a large banana, cut into chunks
6 large strawberries
2 cups spinach
1/3 cup plain Greek yogurt (I use Chobani 0%)
1 cup ice

Directions:

1. Put all of the ingredients in a blender and puree until smooth. Pour into glasses and serve.

Note-I use a Vitamix Blender which is a very powerful machine. Make sure you use a powerful blender that will puree the orange, spinach, ice, etc. I like to store one serving of the smoothie in the freezer for later. Pour in an air-tight container and freeze. Make sure you take the smoothie out of the freezer about 30 minutes before you want to drink it. You can also store the smoothie in the refrigerator.

Listed below are more variations on green smoothies.

Green Smoothie #2

beet leaf,  spinach, kale, strawberry and fresh squeezed orange juice.

Green Smoothie #3 Hot and Spicy!

 8 oz spinach ,8 large SAVOYcabbage leaves (Very crinkly dark green cabbage like Kale) 1 Whole avocado 3 scotch bonnet peppers ( Optional. Small, red and VERY hot. Use TWO only if you dont like HOT ) whole red onion 6 cloves garlic
HERBS – Small bunches of fresh leaves of – Mint Parsley …orange juice.

Green Smoothie #4

Spinach, Kiwi fruit and Banana.

Green Smoothie #5

Banana, date, apple, pear, OJ, ice & collard greens

Green Smoothie #6

 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup unsweetened Apple juice, Organic Spring Mix Salad , Frozen  Pineapple, Red Grapes, 1 apple, 1 Banana, 1/4 Avocado

Green Smoothie #7

Chard and Blueberies and apple juice

Green Smoothie #8

1 banana, cut in chunks

1 cup grapes

1 (6 ounce)  vanilla yogurt

1/2 apple, cored and chopped

1 1/2 cups fresh spinach leaves

Green Smoothie #9 (Kimberly Snyders)

1 ½- 2 cups very cold, filtered water

6 cups spinach, chopped

5 cups organic romaine lettuce, chopped

2 stalks of organic celery

1 organic apple, cored and chopped

1 organic pear, cored and chopped

1 organic banana

1–2 Tbs. fresh organic lemon juice

Green Smoothie #10

 1/2 cups orange juice

2 large mangoes

2 cups fresh parsley or spinach

2 cups of ice

honey (to taste)