Beverages

Green Smoothie

Makes about 5 cups

Green Smoothie

Makes about 5 cups

A delicious way to get more healthy greens into your diet – you will be so surprised at how good they taste!

Nutritional information per serving (1 cup): Calories 95 (27% from fat)
carb. 17g
pro. 2g
fat 3g
sat. fat 0g
chol. 0mg
sod. 56mg
calc. 58mg
fiber 3g

Ingredients

1½ cups filtered water 1 banana, quartered 1 frozen banana, cut into ½-inch pieces 1 apple, cored, cut into 1-inch pieces 1 tablespoon flax seed oil 8 loosely packed cups of mixed fresh greens (e.g., chard, parsley, spinach and kale), roughly chopped

Preparation

Put water, banana, frozen banana, apple and flax seed oil into the blender jar. Run on High for about 15 seconds. With the blender running on High, remove the pour lid from the blender cover and add the greens a handful at a time, until well blended and smooth, about 1½ minutes. Serve immediately.