Sensational Smoothies

Here are a few more of our favorite juice recipes. My favorite is the Pineapple Spice Cake and Bill really likes the Sweet and Sour Smoothie. The nice thing about juicing/blending is that there is a recipe to suit everyone's taste buds.

EASY GREEN SMOOTHIE #1

6 kale leaves                                                                     

1 banana                                                      

1 apple

Sliver of ginger
2 cups water
Yields: 3-1/2 cups

EASY GREEN SMOOTHIE #2

2 cups kale                                                   

3 cups Romaine                                           

1 mango

1 apple
1 cup water

FRUITY SPINACH SMOOTHIE

This is one of our favorite smoothies.

2 bananas OR 1 banana + 2-3 dates              

4 oranges, peeled and seeded                

4 cups packed spinach
4 cups strawberries
1/2 cup water

Yields: 6 cups

SYLVIA’S CARROT-ORANGE JUICE

4 carrots                                                        

4 oranges
2 stalks of celery      
Sliver of ginger                                         

Yields: 2 cups

MANGO-KALE SMOOTHIE

2 mangos                                                      

3 packed cups kale 
1 sliver ginger
1 cup water

Yields: 3 cups

PINEAPPLE SPICE CAKE

I love the texture, not to mention the flavor, of this smoothie.

1/2 pineapple                                                

1 mango                                                        

2 bananas                                                      

Sliver of ginger  
1/4 tsp cinnamon                                            

1/4 tsp nutmeg
2 cups spinach or Romaine
1 cup water
Yields: 6 cups

(This recipe is a slight revision of the Pineapple Spice Cake Smoothie recipe in Green Smoothie Revolution by Victoria Boutenko, North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, CA, 2009, page 70.)

SWEET AND SOUR SMOOTHIE

1 banana                                                         

1 cup raspberries                                         

8 leaves Romaine  
1/2 cup baby spinach
3 Medjool dates, pitted
3/4 cup water

Yields: 2 cups

(This recipe is a slight revision of the Pineapple Spice Cake Smoothie recipe in Green Smoothie Revolution by Victoria Boutenko, North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, CA, 2009, page 124.)