Green Smoothie

51 Reviews

Prep: 10 min
Ready In: 10 min

“This doesn't even taste green! Feel free to play with the ingredients. I'm not sure how well other greens go in this smoothie, but the taste of kale is really easy to cover up!” - by WhitneyLW

Ingredients

1 banana, thickly sliced, frozen
2 cups chopped kale
1 tablespoon flax seed meal (optional)
1 tablespoon coconut oil (optional)
1/4 cup milk
1/3 cup orange juice

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Original recipe yields 1 smoothie

Directions

Place the banana, kale, flax seed meal, and coconut oil into a blender, pour in the milk and orange juice. Cover, and puree until smooth; serve.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (1 total)

Calories
397 cal
20%

Fat
19.6 g
30%

Carbs
53.8 g
17%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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Lil Red

Apr. 1, 2010

"I am a huge fan of smoothies and have found tons of easy variations. I wash and freeze the kale. Once frozen it breaks into such small pieces it blends great!..." See more"

plumsumm

Jun. 5, 2009

"wow, this was great. i made it for my 2 year old thinking it would be healthy, but never thinking i would drink it and i ended up loving it as much as my son did. the only thing i did different was i ..." See moredidn't freeze the banana before blending, instead i made popsciles out of it. Great summer time treat and healthy too."

Rose Bovard

Sep. 13, 2010

"I will definately try this as I have bone cancer that metastisized after breast cancer 8 years ago. Kale is just one of the top foods I am supposed to eat. Like the idea of freezing it as it always s..." See morepoiled before I could eat the very large bunch."

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