I Drank a Green Smoothie!

I did it!  I climbed my own personal Mt. Everest of healthy, whole-food eating:  I drank a green smoothie!  Complete with 3 big leaves of curly kale.

You should know that I don't particularly like juice, fruit or vegetable, and don't even like to smell V-8.  I've seen Green Smoothies and read about their health benefits a lot recently (but also know that people also believe too many of them can be unhealthy, of course), but I couldn't get over their color.  I tried, once before, with a store-bought Naked green smoothie but just couldn't.

But I wanted to, realizing it was quite a milestone these days, or even just so it wasn't a big deal to me anymore. So today, I made one--no pears, not too many bananas, a lot of mango for sweetness and flavor, only one kind of green vegetable.  And I drank it!  And I might drink the rest tomorrow.  It wasn't that bad (or that green--I find the color bothers me much more than the taste.  Well, unless there are pears or too many bananas--I don't really like those in any smoothies.).  But I don't think I could ever do a 21-day green cleanse like some famous people.

Mama says to get opaque glasses so I can't see what I'm drinking!

(But not to dwell on the green, I didn't take a picture.)

BTW, I believe if I were more clever, I could have written this whole post to Katy Perry's tune . . . "I drank a Greenie and I  liked it!"
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Green Smoothie


3 leaves kale
1/2 cup water
1 1/4 cups soy milk
1 1/2 cups frozen fruit
1 ripe banana
1-2 tablespoons honey

Blend kale, water, and soy milk for 30+ seconds.  Add fruit, banana, and honey and blend for 60+ seconds, adding more liquid for desired consistency.

Enjoy in a dark-colored glass!

Mommy Hungry adapted from Heather Bruggeman (and more from her onsmoothies here)