Eat Your Vegetables and Enjoy Them with a Green Smoothie Recipe
Vegetarian Green Smoothie

If you have resolved to eat more dark leafy greens this year, you should know that you can get your daily dose any time of day with this delicious green smoothie recipe

Ground flaxseed adds omega-3s. Pour any extra into a freezer-pop mold and have it later as a frozen green smoothie pop.

Green Smoothie Recipe

    Prep Time: 10 minutes

    Yield: Makes 2 servings, about 1 3/4 cups each

Green Smoothie Recipe Ingredients

    2 ripe medium bananas

    1 ripe pear or apple, peeled if desired, chopped

    2 cups chopped kale leaves, tough stems removed (see notes)

    1/2 cup cold orange juice

    1/2 cup cold water

    12 ice cubes

    1 tablespoon ground flaxseed (see notes)

Green Smoothie Recipe Instructions

    Place bananas, pear (or apple), kale, orange juice, water, ice cubes and flaxseed in a blender.

    Pulse a few times, then puree until smooth, scraping down the sides as necessary.

Notes: Choose organic kale when possible. Nonorganic can have high pesticide residue.

Look for ground flaxseeds (or flaxmeal) in the natural-foods section of large supermarkets or in natural-foods stores. Store in the refrigerator or freezer.

Green Smoothie Recipe Nutrition Facts:

Per serving: 240 calories; 3 g fat (0 g sat, 0 g mono); 0 mg cholesterol; 55 g carbohydrate; 0 g added sugars; 5 g protein; 8 g fiber; 38 mg sodium; 987 mg potassium

Nutrition Bonus: Vitamin A (210 percent daily value), Vitamin C (208 percent dv), Potassium (28 percent dv), Magnesium (21 percent dv), Folate (18 percent dv).

3 Carbohydrate Servings

Exchanges: 2 1/2 fruit, 1 vegetable

Vegetarian Smoothie Recipe, Healthy Vegetarian

 

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