I had my first green monster today and all I can say is oh my gosh it was delicious!!! What is a green monster you might ask? Read more about the movement here. Angela's other site, Oh She Glows, is awesome too if you are interested in healthy recipes and fitness tips. Anyway, I found this recipe on she-fit.com and had all the ingredients on hand so I decided to give it a shot. Wow, you can't even taste the spinach! It was very filling and I can't wait to have another one tomorrow!!
Also, my husband saw it he kept saying, "GROSS!!" so I convinced him to have a drink so he at least had the backup to say it was gross. It wasn't his favorite but he did say had I put it in a solid colored cup where he could not see the green smoothie, he would've liked it! And that's coming from one picky eater!
Recipe from she-fit.com via Green Monster Movement
2 cups of spinach
1 cup of almond milk
1 frozen banana
6 cubes of ice
a dash of stevia to taste (I used raw sugar)
Any sort of smoothie thing with banana - count me in! I think you're right about the colour putting people off.
ReplyDeleteI've never tried the green monster, but I always used to stick a handful of spinach into my smoothies and they were practically tasteless. I kinda like that it's green, but I can see why it'd be a little off-putting.
ReplyDeleteI take it your husband is a pretty picky eater, eh? :)
Not you too!
ReplyDeleteguess I'm the only one in blog world that hasn't had one yet. Thanks for sharing your recipe :)
ReplyDeleteOkay, this is looking good to me. And sounding good too. Cracks me up that your man was so trepidatious ( spell ?) Love your blog... you have some fabulous taste, friend. Come back and see me one of these days. I know it's hard, but try.. Love, Keri (a.k.a. Sam)
ReplyDeleteSounds great!! We do lots of smoothies in our house... great way to get my kids their fruit and veggie servings for the day!
ReplyDeleteBlessings-
Amanda
It definitely looks cool, but I'm not sure about the spinach. Still, if you say its good, I'd try it.
ReplyDeleteHave a fab day daaahling.
*kisses* HH
Sounds interesting! A healthy Monster!
ReplyDeletekiwi made me something similar this morning... he is quite the health nut these days!
ReplyDeleteit actually didn't taste that bad. here's to health in 2010!
I love the green machine juice from Trader Joe's. I unfortunately do not like bananas so the smoothie does not sound like something I would like, unless the almond flavor is more prominent that the banana.
ReplyDeleteThe green monster does hurt my eye. But I bet it tasted fabulous.
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oh so healthy though have a great weekend so pleased you got to visit Charleston as well lol Rebecca
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