I'm on week three of drinking green smoothies...on average this week I am drinking roughly 100 ounces total for the day. Just curious as to how much the rest of you drink on a daily basis. For what its worth, I can't seem to get enough....my body keeps craving more and more! But, I think that's a really good thing!
P.S. I've also changed the percentage of fruit to greens to 60% greens; 40% fruit...as opposed to when I first started -- then it was nearly 50/50.
For dinner I just had about 18 ounces consisting of 10 baby carrots, half a tomato, 2 kiwis, 1 banana, 5 cucumber slices, then I filled the space with ice and apple juice.
I ran out of strawberries yesterday
I've only drank fruit with greens, meaning my smoothies are sweet to the taste. I only add water, fruit and greens...no other proteins added. I hope to get brave enough to try a savory one...I really like bloody mary's and would love to be able to from time to time drink that taste in a smoothie (without the alcohol of course)!
I strive for a quart jar (I just use a standard glass canning jar) a day. But some days I come in just shy of that because for whatever reason I didn't add enough ingredients and it just turns out that way.
If your body is craving them then I say give it all it can stand...but I know what you mean, once I started eating more RAW I no longer crave salty, processed snacks...now it's a green smoothie, fruit salad or a handful of nuts and let's not forget the Avos...yes, I peel & eat them like an orange!
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grape fruit is so BITTER! I personally cant stand it
So I'm new to this (raw food eating)
how do I make myself a green smoothie, and what exactly is it?
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grape fruit is so BITTER! I personally cant stand it
So I'm new to this (raw food eating)
how do I make myself a green smoothie, and what exactly is it?
They are, what a waste of good veggies, I tried so hard to get it all down but literally almost threw up in my sink.
Basically a green smoothie is a bunch of fruits and veggies that you like blended together (thats how I think of it anyways) You get all the vitamins ans minerals in the produce in a quick snack/meal. I have one every night for dinner, I find them very filling.
Lettuce and spinach will blend just fine. I put in my greens first to blend with water then I add in the fruit.
I drink about 2 liters a day, sometimes more. This morning I had one with 6 cups of kale, 2 bananas, 3 mandarins, 1 mango, and 1tsp raw coconut butter and like 4 or 5 cups of water. I like mine pretty liquidy.
About 32 oz maybe 4 or 5 times a week.
They're usually green because of romaine or kale in them. Occasionally they're orange if I put carrots in without greens, sometimes they're blue if I put a bunch of grapes or blueberries in with a dozen brazil nuts. Sometimes I use the smoothie to put on granola but it's taste usually doesn't go too well with it but I don't mind.
Today's smoothie had romaine lettuce, two bananas, two small apple, a piece of celery, a dozen macadamia nuts, and some water.
I usually don't use regular lettuce in them. And I don't remember using grapefruit in them but I like eating grapefruit by themselves, their quality varied a lot this past year so I usually only buy two and then if they're good I'll go back and buy more.
About 32 oz maybe 4 or 5 times a week.
They're usually green because of romaine or kale in them. Occasionally they're orange if I put carrots in without greens, sometimes they're blue if I put a bunch of grapes or blueberries in with a dozen brazil nuts. Sometimes I use the smoothie to put on granola but it's taste usually doesn't go too well with it but I don't mind.
Today's smoothie had romaine lettuce, two bananas, two small apple, a piece of celery, a dozen macadamia nuts, and some water.
I usually don't use regular lettuce in them. And I don't remember using grapefruit in them but I like eating grapefruit by themselves, their quality varied a lot this past year so I usually only buy two and then if they're good I'll go back and buy more.
i got my first juicer today. yay! i made a carrot, ginger, apple. mmmmm. so, yums. can't wait to try spinach in the juicer and tomorrow i'm making this carrot coconut water juice.
3 cups of water, 2 extra large collard leaves, 2 bananas, and then frozen fruit blend (peaches, mango, strawberries and pineapple). This makes around 60 oz., of which I drink around 40 oz. for breakfast and then pack the additional 10 oz. for part of my lunch. I usually take the leftovers of my son's smoothie (24 oz.) to have with my other 10 oz. from breakfast for lunch. Then I make another large 50 oz. one to have before dinner. I'm lovin' my green smoothies.
My family and I tend to use the following greens in our smoothies mixed with fruit and water only (no protein powder or anything else needed in my opinion):
collards
spinach
kale (both green and red)
parsley (for me, not the hubby or son -- too bitter for them)
chard
I'm not a big fan of the lettuces....tried romaine (and it tasted like dirt to me). I also tried red leaf lettuce and I didn't like it either.
P.s. All of the above greens are organic.
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