Green Breakfast Smoothie for Beginners like me! -dairy free

[Jamberie]

I decided I needed to get some more 'greens' into me and I thought "Green Smoothies" would be a good way to do it. When I was researching different recipes I found they weren't quite specific enough (ie a bunch of greens, some water etc) and as I am new to green smoothies, I wanted a foolproof recipe that doesn't taste 'green' & kept me full until at least morning tea. I think this one fits the bill -even my 2 year old loved it!


Name of Recipe:        Green Breakfast Smoothie
Number of People:     1 or 2
Ingredients:

150g banana (or 1 large or 2 small)
30g greens (for beginners silverbeet with white stalks removed or baby spinach are not too strong)
20g blueberries (roughly a handfull)
160g pineapple (peeled but you can leave the core if you choose)
100g ice (if the fruit are not pre-frozen)
200mL cold water (variable according to your taste)
130g pear (or one pear) -this is optional

Preparation:

*Put banana, greens, blueberries, pear, pineapple & ice (if using) in TMX bowl and pulverise 30secs/speed8

*Add approximately 200mL cold water and pulverise for 1min/speed8


Tips/Hints:
*I like to use cold fridge water
*When adding the water I add enough to reach the 1L mark inside the bowl.
*This amount gives me 1 large glass, DH 1 smaller glass and DD (age 2) 1/2 a glass.
*As we have more and more of these 'green' smoothies, I intend to cut down on the sweet fruits and add things like LSA and other "superfoods".

[Amy :-)]

Jamberie, I completely agree with you. I have been thinking about trying green smoothies for a while but I also wanted a foolproof recipe to try, at least for my first one! So I am very tempted to give this a try, thank you

[goldfish]

Looks pretty good to me, Jamberie!!  Well done and thanks for posting!!

[Jamberie]

Looks pretty good to me, Jamberie!!  Well done and thanks for posting!!

Thanks GF , now that I'm on holidays I've got time to post recipes!

Jamberie, I completely agree with you. I have been thinking about trying green smoothies for a while but I also wanted a foolproof recipe to try, at least for my first one! So I am very tempted to give this a try, thank you

Amy, I think you could serve this one in an opaque drink bottle of some sort and you wouldn't know it was green!

[Amy :-)]

That will work well for me then Jamberie!! Thanks!!

[Amy :-)]

This is SOOOOO yummy Thanks Jamberie, you've converted me to green smoothies!
I added a tablespoon of almond meal to my smoothie because I noticed there is no protien in it. I think I will play around with it a bit more with proteins, try different nuts and maybe add an egg. But you were right, can't taste the spinach at all! I was even tempted make another one

Here is a photo with a matching green curly straw

[Jamberie]

I'm so pleased you liked it Amy!
Yes, almond meal would be a great addition for protein....how www the texture with the almond meal?

[Amy :-)]

The texture with the almond meal was fine Since I only added a tablespoon it didn't make it much thicker at all.
LSA would be another good addition, like you mentioned in the recipe, and maybe some wheatgerm or ground chia seeds?
Now that I've found a base recipe that I really like, the possibilities are endless!
Thanks again Jamberie!

[Jamberie]

Would you believe I ran out of greens this morning for my green smoothie! I added two tablespoons of almond meal and DH and I couldn't tell the difference...will certainly add that in the future.
Yes, I'm pleased with this one as a base too...keep us posted on your variations for if we need inspiration

[judydawn]

I've been trying DH on a liquid breakfast lately as he is taking too long to feed himself but I am trying not to take all his independence away from him by feeding him every meal.  I sort of did a version of this one today - surely a good substitute for a bowl of cereal which has always been his preferred breakfast?

80 g banana
80 g pineapple
10 g blueberries
2 apricots
2 weetbix
270 ml milk

Enough for 2 serves and he drank it 

[Amy :-)]

Sounds good to me Judy! Well done

I had another one of these this morning, I've been adding an egg for some protein

[Jamberie]

That sounds great Judy....like a home made Up'n Go without additives 

[judydawn]

Sort of but this one is more like the Up 'n Go Jamberie - he had that one earlier in the week.

[Jamberie]

Oh yum! I love the convenience of Up & Go, but don't like the idea of the food being so heavily processed...I'll definately give that one a go soon, thanks for the link

[Wonder]

I have a green smoothie most days for breakfast but find I just add whatever I have on hand so no help with the recipe or specific quantities. I do find if you add a banana it masks the taste of most greens and mango is similar, I'm not a big fan of bananas so only add them if they are going brown in the fruit bowl. I also make up a container of flaked almonds, Chia seeds, Linseeds, sunflower seeds and add 3 dessert spoons to each smoothie so I get the goodness of the nuts and seeds everyday without needing to add them to anything else.

This morning I used  a baby romane lettuce, 3 large stalks of Kale, a stalk of celery, 2 cups of water, pulp of about 1/2 mango, 1 banana, 1 small white peach, a nectarine, a peeled orange and half a peeled lemon and blended on speed 10 for 4 minutes, it was super smooth and I couldn't taste the greens at all. It was quite thick with the banana and mango and the chia also thickens it a little on standing. All up it made over 1 ltr and I drank it in about 1/2 hour.