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I want to eat more vegetables. Hiding them inside a delicious fruit smoothie seemed like the most logical way. I decided to start with the powerhouse of green vegetables, spinach. Last week I whipped up a blend of spinach, blueberries, and an orange. It turned out fair; while decent enough to drink, it had a pretty strong spinach taste. Don't get me wrong, I ain't no spinach hater. I enjoy a good spinach salad and I like it in pasta, but when sipping a refreshing smoothie, spinach flavor is not what I desire.
So today I mixed up my mixture (haha) and ended up with a great tasting spinach packed drink.
Smoothie Score!
Here's what was in it...
- a banana
- handful of blueberries (frozen)
- couple handfuls of strawberries (frozen)
- lots of baby spinach
- splash of orange juice
- yogurt
I'm Joe Hall's sister and was browsing thru after he was tagged in the Darla post on facebook. I hide spinach too. You can blanch spinach and freeze it in individual portions and then throw it in smoothies when you're ready for it. I don't think you lose too much of the nutritional vitamins (but I could be wrong) and I never get a spinach taste in my smoothies. Of course I'm also a sucker for using chocolate almond milk as my base instead of yogurt. :) And I must confess I am not a health nut, just love smoothies.
ReplyDeleteEmily,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment. I am just now seeing it and so for the delayed response I apologize. What fab tips you given me, thank you- I will give them a try!!