Lately, I’ve been craving green vegetables, and what that means to me is that my body is lacking some important nutrients that it’s just not getting. I’ve juiced in the past but what I didn’t like was that most of the fruits or vegetables would get left behind in the juicer so all you got was juice with no guts. My issue with that is that I felt that a lot of the “good” stuff, meaning the vitamins and nutrients from the fruits and veggies, were being wasted.
So, I decided to try something different and make a fruit and vegetable smoothie instead. We got the Nutri system over the summer and my husband was the only one using it to make fruit smoothies. It took me a while to figure out that I could make a fruit and vegetable smoothie as well. That way I could get my daily serving of both fruits and vegetables. I’m not one for replacing meals with juice but I will drink it in addition to a small meal. Here’s a recipe that my husband and I recently tried and loved.
I didn’t follow this recipe to the letter so these are approximate measurements. You can adjust to your liking.
Ingredients (yields 4 cups – 32ozs)
2 cups stemmed Kale
3 Carrots
1 cup Spinach
1/4 Ginger
1 Ripe Banana
1 Granny Smith Apple
1/2 cup Pineapple
1 cup Orange Juice
I juiced the carrots separately to avoid excessive pulp but realized later that this step was not necessary because the actual Nutri Ninja accessory takes care of that. You’ll see what I mean later.
Combine all ingredients in Nutri blender.
Below we’re adding the carrots that we juiced separately.
Puree the ingredients until smooth (about 1 minute).
The juice was still a little too pulpy so my hubby used the single serve Nutri Ninja accessory to puree it even more. P.S. This would have taken care of the carrots that I juiced separately. 🙂
You can see the difference in consistency below.
We then transferred the mixture to mason jars and, voila, a delicious fruit and vegetable smoothie!
Do you have any healthy and delicious smoothie recipes to share? I’m hoping to make this a daily practice so please send me any recipes that you enjoy.
Have a happy Monday!
Xoxo,
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My hubby would love to try these. He is currently obsessed with smothies.
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This one is pretty good. He should definitely go for it! Happy Monday!
Yum! I love smoothies — this one looks pretty good! My roommate is really into juicing so she does all the experimenting + saves me a mason jar lol. I do feel great whenever I drink one, it’s a great way to squeeze in all those nutrients! 🙂
I totally agree. You get your daily dose all in one shot. I feel so much better now knowing that these smoothies contain the guts as opposed to stuff getting left behind in the juicer. Thanks for reading Amanda. Xoxo
I haven’t tried this myself yet but I just saw on another page (DecolonizeYour Diet) that you can juice winter squash (butternut, pumpkin, etc!). Sounds DELICIOUS to me!
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Wow, that does sound good. I’m going to check it out. Thanks for the link! Xoxo
I am still wrapping my head around the taste of Kale – but this smoothie looks delicious. A lot of people I know are grossed out by the green colour of some smoothie recipes, but I think green is a GREAT colour!! So healthy 🙂
I started getting into juicing a few years ago but I was the same way. The green turned me off. But now I love it! Adding fruits makes a world of difference in terms of taste also. Let me know if you ever decide to try it Samantha. Xoxo
This is awesome. I love how the apple and pineapple really make it taste less like you’re drinking greens. Addicted to my NutriBullet.
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I totally agree. Even my 6-year old couldn’t stop drinking it. This recipe is now one of my faves! Thanks for reading. Xoxo
This looks amazing!!! I need more greens in my life, girl. xo
Haha, don’t we all?
Definitely trying this next week!! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Let me know how you like it! ?
Looks great!
Thanks Lynn!
you are welcome!
This smoothie looks delicious! I keep trying new smoothies all the time. Will certainly try this one. Thank you for sharing. 🙂
Let me know how you like it. Xoxo
This recipe looks so yummy! I love adding bananas to my green smoothies 🙂
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I was really pleased with how it turned out. I’m making another batch tonight! Thanks for reading. Xoxo.
looks great, definitely will try it out, maybe even right now… 🙂 thanks!
it’s definitely a good one. Let me know how you like it! 🙂
Made it yesterday for my daughter and myself (am always trying to bump up her fruit intake as she has no appetite for it) and guess what, she drank it! 🙂 so thanks a lot.
Oh, I’m so happy to hear that! I made another batch myself. This time I didn’t juice the carrots first but I wish I did – I felt like I was chewing carrots – lol. It was still good though. At least you got your daughter to drink it. I wish I could get my son to drink it. 🙂
I started by filling up shot glasses! Haha. She liked it, so inch by inch haha. Maybe a tip for your son. Tiny portion.
I’ll keep that in mind. I’ll also have to strain it – he hates pulp! 🙂
I did too! How funny is that! But still, better than nothing, right? Vitamins… Vitamins…
Nice! We have done the same thing; used the juicer for some things first then the blender and it is much better for me, too. Some things just come out way too thick to drink so it’s nice to have the option to juice:)
I have a Ninja blender and I totally want to start making green drinks again.
You should, and thank you for reminding me. I have some veggies in the fridge that need to be used up. ? Have a fab weekend!!!
You as well!