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hhmmm…this sounds like something I may need after the weekend! I have friends in town and birthdays to celebrate…..are you starting right away? I would start monday morning…
Im might can join on Monday too! Im going home for spring break that week so Ill decided once i get home whether or not i think I can do it!
Yay! I was thinking of Monday morning, too. I need time to get all my ingredients, and Mondays always seem like the best tme to start. I think this will be great. I’m looking forward to it!
I WOULD ALSO LOVE TO START ON MONDAY BUT IM A NEWBIE SO RECIPES AND ADVICE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. WHAT ELSE CAN WE EAT OR IS IT SMOOTHIES ALL DAY?? LOTS OF HELP NEEDED!
I too wish I had the Green for Life book! Im going home this week so maybe my mom will buy it for me. I think im going to have 2-3 smoothies (I make my smoothies about 3-4 cups) or more just depending how active I am. I like to put bee pollen and ground flax in my smoothies. Sometimes I add cinnamon or cayenne. I think ill try to vary my greens a lot. But really i don’t know what I should be including.
Hey Earth Hugger and Juicy! Since you two are the only ones posted on here that are in the midst of or have just completed a green smoothie cleanse, can you tell us about how much you drink everyday? What essential nutrients you make sure to include? It seems the rest of us about to start this are all sort of wondering the same thing! Also, Juicy – how long did you do your cleanse? What results did you see/feel at the end of it?
I’m planning on reading “Green for Life” today, so I’ll try to post again later on with some of her advice, favorite recipes, etc!
Hello there!
SO, I read Victoria Boutenko’s “Green for Life,” and for those of you that haven’t read it and are starting this Green Smoothie cleanse with me on Monday, here are just a couple of pointers she gives:
1. Try to include as many variety of greens as possible into your smoothies. This includes (but is not limited to) greens like arugula, spinach, romaine, collard greens, bok choy, chard, endive, kale, mustard greens, broccoli as well as herbs like basil, cilantro, parsley, mint, and fennel. You can also include alfalfa and sunflower sprouts. Mixing up your greens will also help prevent you getting sick of your green smoothies!
2. She recommends adding 1-2 tablespoons of ground flaxseed to the smoothies, as flax seed is a great source for omega-3 fatty acids and both soluble and insoluble fiber.
3. Other than that, there are endless smoothie recipes you can do. I find this site to have a great number of recipes (just type in “green smoothies” in the search box). But here are some of Victoria Boutenko’s recipes that I thought sounded yummy:
6-8 romaine leaves
1 cup red grapes
1 medium orange
1 banana
2 cups water
1/2 bunch spinach
4 apples
1/2 peeled lime
1 banana
2 cups water
And for a savory smoothie:
2.5 cups spinach
1/2 bunch cilantro
1 clove garlic
1/2 red bell pepper
1/2 lime
1 tsp stevia
3 roma tomatoes
2 cups water
Here are two smoothie recipes from Sarma Melngailis as well, if you want to get a little fancier. The following I copied from some of Sarma’s posts at www.welikeitraw.com:
Pink Grapefruit
Cucumber
Cilantro
Lime
Pineapple
Agave Nectar or stevia
Vanilla Extract
BIG pinch of Cinnamon
Pinch of salt
1 grapefruit, peel cut away
2 lemons, peel cut away
2 limes, peel cut away
2 cucumbers, peeled n chopped
1 splash aloe vera juice
2 tablespoons thawed E-3 Live or powdered crystal manna
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons liquid stevia, or 4 to 5 packets powder stevia
A squirt of green tea extract
1 heaping tablespoon green powder
A wee pinch of Himalayan crystal salt
Now, stop here and blend the above to get your liquid base going
I look forward to tomorrow!!! I really need it after this weekend. Thank you boulderbug for putting those recipes in this thread!!! It will help me to get started. Good luck to everyone that’s joining….”see” you on here tomorrow sometime :) Cheers
Samilicous, personally I think it’s whatever is right for your body. I’m going to try just to stick to the smoothies, but I may have some whole fruit if I feel the need for chewing. I certainly don’t think there’d be any harm in it! You should do what feels right to your body.
So I just bought a GIANT bag of mustard green because ive never had them and they always say vary the greens you eat. Anyway I was hoping to put them in my green smoothies but I tasted them and they taste just like spicy mustard! Ugh how is that ever going to work in my smoothie….has anyone ever made a mustard green smoothie?
Oh no! I did the same thing! I bought a bunch of mustard greens. I can’t remember if I put them into my smoothies this morning or not (I was kind of grabbing greens and fruits with no particular recipe in mind). I’ll have to do some research to see if there’s an acceptable smoothie recipe out there for them.
yes i made an aweful smoothie i could hardly stomach! I put way to much celery, i put in the whole bunch! Then I added some frozen raspberries that were probabl too old because they had lost most of their flavor but it was about the only fruit my parents had at there house besides some sad looking apples. So i added those too, it was still so gross so I went and bought some more fruits and greens. When I got back I added an orange and banana to it then some spinach a ton of honey (way more than ive ever added to a smoothie) and i finished with some ground flax. Then it was semi-good. But man never again will i add so much celery!
I have yet to put any mustard greens in my smoothies but I think ill put some in tomorrow. But I think they would be nice mixed in salads with other greens. To me they taste like a spicy brown mustard, and thats why I think they would work nicely in a salad. They might work in a raw soup too but Ive never made a soup before.
I would add the tahini just to get rid of it if you wanted, ive just read that oil and lots of nuts just slow the detox process.
chakra essence it might just be me who thinks they taste of spicy mustard. I got my brother to eat some telling him they taste of that but he didnt really agree with me saying it had maybe a slight mustard taste.
Day Two! Great to hear how everyone is doing. Day 1 was fine for me – I just had a really bad headache that started in the evening, and it’s still continuing today. I’m confident it will go away. My smoothie this morning is my favorite one so far! It makes about 1 liter: 1 whole bunch of spinach 2 bananas 1+ cups of frozen mixed berries splash of agave nectar 2 heaping tablespoons of dried cacao/goji berries (I found this raw mix at my food coop) water
I think that’s it…
Have a great day, everyone.
Congrats to those on day 2!!! so here’s my thing…I wake up yesterday excited to begin this and as I am making my smoothie for the day I break out in fever and cold sweats!! so I stayed home from work and still tried to slowly drink my smoothie…this worked well b/c when i am sick i hate to eat…..but then i also had a date (first date so i did not want to cancel no matter how crappy i felt)...i nibbled on some cooked food….today i am trying again but still feel really sick…kind of like a big truck ran me over!!!......i have camu camu at home but do you guys have any recomendations as to things i can add to the smoothies to help pass this flu out of me???
hi guys, i m still new and blur about this. for a start, i think i will start with cleansing and detox …have a question :
1. When and how many times a day? 2. izzit really taste nice?????