So I don't know if it's because I am nursing my baby or what but I have been craving spinach like crazy! I even had a bowl of fresh spinach for breakfast the other day. I have been sneaking it into most of our meals as well. Chopped up in mac and cheese, pureed in spaghetti sauce, that kind of thing. I have read on Facebook from my friends that are drinking "green smoothies" and I thought I would try to make my own. I have a small personal blender (a knock off of a magic bullet) and thought that would work OK to make it. So I put in a banana, some frozen blueberries, frozen strawberries, orange juice, probiotic powder and a big ole' handful of fresh spinach. I blended it up as well as I could and took a drink... YUCK!! It was awful! I read that drinking veggies is better so you can get the max amount without having to eat veggies all day long but man that was not what I thought it was going to taste like. I also think I should save up for a Vitamix or something like that so I can get a better blend. This smoothie has good sized leaf chunks in it. YUCK!!
Next time I will just eat a big bowl of spinach!!
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I usually put my spinach at the very bottom and pile things on the top, put the blender on the highest spin, and it turns out great. I can't taste it and the pieces are so tiny. Maybe let it blend a bit longer? The other thing you can try is blending a bit of milk with the spinach first and then add the other stuff. Good for you for trying it!! I was scared stiff the first time but I tried it a few times and got it more perfected.
Oh ya- I also add a little bit of vanilla yogurt and most often canned peaches to the mix. It helps to balance out the extremeness in tastes of all the other stuff thrown in.
I drink green smoothies every day for breakfast, but i have a Blendtec and it is AMAZING and blends everything to smitherines. Including spinach. The first time I tried a green smoothie with my normal blender I almost vomited. I'm not even exaggerating. I cannot drink chunky greens. The blendtecs are pricey though.
I make green smoothies all the time for kerry. You need a larger blender. I put in a can of juice concentrate, approx 3 fruits (so a banana(the riper the better)an overripe peach and a handful of strawberries) then a couple handfuls of spinach. Blend like crazy, add some water if you need to. then pour it into a picture and add a couple more cans of water and "voila" you have yummy smoothie!
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