Green And Gone Smoothie

jenoz, are you refering to Dr. Mercola's typing? He eats meat and doesn't recommend a vegan diet for the protein type. Greens have protein as amino acids! Those are the building blocks of protein.

This recipe looks great and I would love to make it if I could get a ripe, fresh pineapple around here, or mint leaves! I'll have to work on that.

I LOVE this smoothie, but can anyone suggest how to add protein to it? I'm a protein metabolic type and need a high-pro breakfast every day. This makes a good snack for me, but not a first meal.

This recipe is great! I adapted it to suit my tastes. Now I've been playing with it and I've had it every morning for the last two weeks! I didn't like the ginger, so I leave that out, and instead of banana (I don't like bananas in smoothies), I use a kiwi. Also, so that I don't have chunks of kale, I put the kale in the blender by itself. I add some apple juice or fresh squeezed orange juice, or whatever I have on hand. I blend that up until there aren't any chunks left. Works every time! Oh, and instead of water, I use ice cubes so it gets nice and cold! Thanks for this recipe!

Green smoothies are what get me through the mornings! Glad to know there are more out there enjoying these delicious, nutritious breakfast smoothies! Beats the effects of coffee every time.

This is the first thing I had as a raw foodist and still have everyday I love it...

This is great!!!! I made this today!!!! Wow!!! I'm hooked. This has been my first green smoothie!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

Hi I made a kale smoothie this morning and it had lots of small bits that were hard to drink. It didn't taste bad though. I used kale and honey dew. I like the idea above about freezing the kale and am going to try that next time!

Hi there...I am so so stoked that this smootie was the first green one I tried...I just had this block with green smoothies for some reason and every time someone wanted me to try one I just sorta freaked... :) Don't know what was going on there.... I think its the colour in a liquid form. Wheat grass scares me. I don't know why I have such a major reaction against greens in liquid forms. Anyway...THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU for this smoothie...I am now a convert to green drinks and smoothies...its was an amazing tantilisation of the taste buds....

Lexi Loo x

Does freezing the kale do anything to it nutritionally - on the enzyme level? I eat loads of kale - it's a new love - and I made my first green smoothie (ever! i usually juice my greens) today and I'm still sipping it at work right now. I have a high-powered blender (the KitchenTech), but there are still little shreds of kale in the smoothie. I did go heavy on the kale though, almost a full head, deveined, along with three mangoes, a lemon, and about two cups of water - made just over one full liter.

How many days will this keep. Only my husband and I will be eating it and I want to make sure that it will stay for 2-3 days. I hear talk about oxidation??? (forgive me, for I am extremely new to this.

Cheynems, yes freezing kale to me makes it sweeter. I do the same as above in freezing it and I can really tell its sweeter. This is a great breakfast smoothly to kick off the day! Thanks!!!

THIS IS fabulous. Delicious, sweet and green!!!!! I LOVE IT!!! Thanks a million!!! Blessings!

I cant thank you enuff for posting this...I make it almost everyday, and I always look forward to it. Its my absolute favorite smoothie EVER!!!

I made this for the first time and its wonderful. It's deffinatley a keeper. Thanx for sharing!

Oops! Sorry for the misspelling! I meant "leaves" NOT "leafs"! My bad.

No, Logan, there's no problem with this. Victoria Boutenko explains this seeming conflict in "Green for Life", and as the person who started the green smoothie revolution, she is very research based. Basically, she says that green leafs (lettuces, kale, collard, dandelion greens, lamb's quarter, purslane, stinging nettle, etc.) are not actually vegetables (with regard to food combining) and can be combined with fruit with no problem at all. I personally go by food combining rules as much as possible and have found that green smoothies pose no problem at all.

Blend away!!

newbie here. Is,nt this a conflict with food combining? fruit and kale.

Also a good substitute for pineapple- a whole peeled orange. Just peel and throw it in. If you have a super-powerful blender (K-Tec or Vitamix), it won't matter if a few seeds get in. You'll never be able to tell.

Great comment about freezing the kale lauraj!

I would recommend plenty of raspberries as a substitute for pineapple. Raspberries go well with kale drinks. With kale, I chop the fresh leaves up well (deveined) into tiny pieces and fill a gallon freezer bag with the leaves. Push out any air before you seal. After frozen, QUICKLY grab handfuls of kale and then you can literally crumble with your hands the frozen kale into your blender. Crumble it with your hand, but work fast before the kale thaws (or it won't crumble). This makes for a smoother overall smoothie. I just store the kale in the freezer. I would also recommend juicing some of these ingredients for those who cannot stand extremely thick smoothies. Kale also goes very well with pears and rasberries and bananas, all in one drink.

okay i tried this yesterday and it tasted really good except i probably put in too much ginger and the pineapple started to itch my skin. It seems i maybe allergic.. Any other substitue ideas.also, can you make it and store or should you do i fresh every day. ir eally dont have the time to do it fresh every morning due to works schedule and family.

i tried this smoothie this morning and it was absolutely delicious! yummy!

Try add the kale 'dry' and add a little bit of water at a time through the blender lid while blending. Stop adding water once things start moving and let it go for a bit, until well blended up. Add remaining ingredients and more water. Also, removing the hard stalk and veins from the leaves of kale helps a lot. Kale took me a while to get the hang of but worth it as there is no Vita Mix in my future...Good luck!

Realize I said juicing kale but I meant blending - sorry.

OK I have to be honest, I made this and it tasted horrible to me. It was very thick and chunky. It was my first try at juicing kale and i'm wondering if i did something wrong. I really need to find a green smoothie that I love quick. I need to break my habit of fruit smoothies very soon.

Any suggestion for replacing the pineapple with something else? (I'm allergic.)