A friend of mine drinks this shake and swears by it, i dunno up to you to see if you wanna try it:
1 cup blueberries
2 cups frozen spin, thawed
1/2 cup frozen broccoli, thawed
1 cup finely chopped apple
1 packet Stevia (~2 packets Splenda)
blend this all up with a tiny bit of water, adding ice cubes slowly to preference of consistency.
He drinks this along with an egg/egg white/veggie omelet each morning.
Hope this helps!
Yes, they’re called green smoothies and they are by far the best way to get your veggies, but you need a high powered blender like a Vitamix to totally pulverize the dense fibrous mass of leafy greens and release the nutrients. But you will be able to eat a lot more nutritious veggies per day then trying to eat them raw if you blend them and you will also get the fiber you need. Trust me, it’s much easier eating 4 leafs of lacinto kale blended then trying to chew them.
Also, if you take out the fruit, they are an excellent way to get your fiber and veggies on the Anabolic Diet or other no-carb diets.
My God, reading this post about made me about loose my dinner from 2 hrs ago. Fiction, you have more ability to stomach nasty stuff than I do ; p gag, hack and cough
[quote]Fiction wrote:
. . . . I had 5 oz of frozen spinach, a cup of frozen collards, a half cup of frozen kale, a kiwi fruit, a handful of almond and walnuts, a tablespoon of peanut butter, two scoops of chocolate whey, and some green tea.
It didn’t taste great, but I was able to choke it down.[/quote]
i used to drink lots of vegetable juice, best advice is if you have a juicer and are making fresh vegetable juice is to always start with carrot juice and a little bit of apple as the base, and add the rest to that, i have loads of fresh vegetable juice recipes if anyone wants them.
A good article I read on well ‘juicing’ it talks about the best vegetables to include, the article also includes tips on things related with vegetable shakes. One thing I would remember though is that at the beggining these shakes may not be that palatable and will probably require sweeteners like carrot juice, but after a while you’ll find that they become more palatable and probably will start leaving pulp inside the shake.
[quote]Vonael wrote:
http://paleochix.com/?p=567
A good article I read on well ‘juicing’ it talks about the best vegetables to include, the article also includes tips on things related with vegetable shakes. One thing I would remember though is that at the beggining these shakes may not be that palatable and will probably require sweeteners like carrot juice, but after a while you’ll find that they become more palatable and probably will start leaving pulp inside the shake.[/quote]
You should always leave the pulp…Blend the veggies DONT juice them. The pulp gives you the fiber you need, especially if you’re on a low-carb diet. You also need a fairly high powered blender to make proper green smoothies
[quote]joeker wrote:
[quote]Vonael wrote:
A good article I read on well ‘juicing’ it talks about the best vegetables to include, the article also includes tips on things related with vegetable shakes. One thing I would remember though is that at the beggining these shakes may not be that palatable and will probably require sweeteners like carrot juice, but after a while you’ll find that they become more palatable and probably will start leaving pulp inside the shake.[/quote]
You should always leave the pulp…Blend the veggies DONT juice them. The pulp gives you the fiber you need, especially if you’re on a low-carb diet. You also need a fairly high powered blender to make proper green smoothies
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Potentially stupid question…Are you saying that if there is pulp in the blender after you are done blending the shake, to eat the pulp after? And how well do almonds and walnuts typically blend in with the veggies?
My spin is to juice your veggies, and eat your fruit.
Less chance of getting concentrated sugars.
That said, an apple and half a lemon go a long way in sweetening veggie juice.
Carrots and beats work, but these may not be as advisable day in and day out for some. An apple a day has no carry over to a carrot a day.
Also, blending fruit into smoothies leaves the fibre intact rather than juicing as joeker mentioned.
I like this thread, very relevent to my interests. I have tried canned spinach and never again will i do that. lol
What i do find that works for me so far is fresh spinach added to a shake basically makes it green and nothing else is terribly different from how it normally tastes. I’ve added in up to 3 cups and it was still okay.
I will have to try some other vegies and see what works and what doesn’t.
[quote]SouthernIron87 wrote:
[quote]joeker wrote:
[quote]Vonael wrote:
http://paleochix.com/?p=567
A good article I read on well ‘juicing’ it talks about the best vegetables to include, the article also includes tips on things related with vegetable shakes. One thing I would remember though is that at the beggining these shakes may not be that palatable and will probably require sweeteners like carrot juice, but after a while you’ll find that they become more palatable and probably will start leaving pulp inside the shake.[/quote]
You should always leave the pulp…Blend the veggies DONT juice them. The pulp gives you the fiber you need, especially if you’re on a low-carb diet. You also need a fairly high powered blender to make proper green smoothies
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Potentially stupid question…Are you saying that if there is pulp in the blender after you are done blending the shake, to eat the pulp after? And how well do almonds and walnuts typically blend in with the veggies?[/quote]
I can’t really answer the pulp question, but almonds and walnuts are pulverized by the blender after roughly 30 seconds. I keep the blender on Ice Crush for 1 minute just to make sure everything is nice and liquid.
Just to add my 2 cents since I just had a “green smoothie” as part of my dinner…
First of all, two thumbs up on the need for a uber-powerful blender. I bought a vitamix about two months ago after many failed attempts at blending raw veggies with lesser blenders. Probably the best investment towards my health and well being I ever made. Makes great protein shakes and many other healthy foods too if you are not pressed for time, and there are other brands if the vitamix selection is not to your liking.
Outside of spinach I’ve never had much luck incorporating veggies into protein shakes, so I’ve just split them up into separate drinks. You need so little water to mix protein powder these days; it is easy to quickly slam down your liquid protein and then move on to the vegetables rather than fighting to make them taste good together.
Best part about veggie smoothies for me is that I am now ingesting vegetables that I wouldn’t normally eat and/or want to prepare. For instance, while I was making my dinner tonight I sipped on a combination of romaine lettuce, celery, swiss chard, ginger, the juice from half a lime, 1/32 of a tsp. of stevia, and about 27 oz. of water. Pretty easy when you can just throw them all into a blender, mix, and consume. Since I got this blender I’m eating more chard, kale, and cabbage then I ever have in my life. It really expands your vegetable choices.
A couple of quick hints:
I also have a good juicer that I love but it is really best suited for certain things - apples, carrots, cucumbers, watermelon, sweet potatoes, and pineapple all come to mind. The blender is more versatile and if I could only have one I would pick the blender, but on a hot day it is tough to beat freshly juiced cucumber-watermelon juice. Excellent for rehydrating during a workout also, but I’m getting a bit off topic.
I recommend learning to cook or prepare veggies in a way that makes you like to eat them… seriously. Life will get easier and more delicious.