OMG I just needed some recipe to try Ange´s Green Monster so I looked all over my frige and found some goodies that just made the best breakfast I could ever wish for all stuffed with great fresh vits try it and love it.
-1 cup spinach organic grown
-freshly squeezed orange juice (as much as you like )
-coconut water or you can change it for coconut milk as well(its packed with great benefits)
-yummy seaweed
-fresh horsetail grass
-1 small yellow carrot and 1 orange  for the ol´ classics
-..and for some spice you can add cinammon
ENJOY!!

I went raw in August 2009 after reading a tiny blurb in a women’s magazine about digestive enzymes. I didn’t know it was a ‘movement’ or ‘hip’ or that there were raw foodists or celebrities eating raw, or ANYthing. In fact, I didn’t think much of it other than I knew my tummy could use some ‘correcting’. So I went beyond the article’s suggestion of 60-70% raw and just jumped in nearly 100%. It was the summer and I had tons of fresh fruit and veggies and within a couple of days I felt so different. Refreshed, energetic, happy.

I went online to try to learn more and discovered a whole WORLD of raw. WOW. I slowly began trying some raw food recipes and broadened my skills – sprouting anyone? I was reluctant to do the whole green smoothy thing, at first anyway. Eventually I did try my hand at them and they have been a STAPLE ever since. I drink anywhwere from 32-64 ounces a day. They vary depending on what is on hand, but for the most part consist of:

2-3 cups of water
2 or 3 heaping handfuls of spinach
juice of a lemon and/or orange
a banana (sometimes frozen first)
a small amount of stevia or agave

Alternatley I will add strawberries, carrot, zuccinni, sprouts, pineapple, apple, pear, fresh cranberries, maca, lucama, mesquite…etc etc. The list goes on and on and on in terms of what I may or may not add. It just depends on what I have on hand and what I feel like at any given time. Green smoothies are versatile and easy and so YUMMY!

Hi Angela!!! I just wanted to show you the blog I wrote today purely dedicated to our beloved Green Monsters!!! 🙂 I’ve been drinking one just about everyday for a while and I had to share them with my brand new blog. http://livewellfit.wordpress.com/

Jenn’s Fav:

1 cup almond milk 4-6 cups spinach 1 banana 2 tbsp. peanut butter ice Special addition: 1 scoop of Shakeology. My new fav nutritional powder that Beachbody has created. Such delish and wholesome stuff.

Hi Angela! You really inspired me with your green monsters. I got really excited and went to the store to pick up some organic veggies. Surprisingly, this tasted like a tangy sweet kool-aid! I dont know if this would qualify as a green monster, but I wanted to share anyway since it was really delicious. I juiced a carrot, 2 cups of red kale, half of a pear, a whole apple, a whole lime, half of a red beet, and a serving of Greens Superfood powder. It was so yummy and I loved drinking it out of a fancy glass. I can’t wait to try more!

Thanks again for being such a positive inspiration and introducing a delicious way to incorporate so many nutrients into one glass every day!

Kind regards,
Karoline

I have been reading Oh She Glows for almost a year now, and have always read about Angela’s green monsters. To be honest they always sounded a little gross to me, haha, but with the new year I have been trying to embrace my healthy lifestyle change in a deeper, more meaningful way. Not just to lose weight and get skinny, but to really get healthy and love and appreciate my body.

And so I tried the green monster…. I have had one every morning for 2 and a half weeks now, and I am getting addicted! I am still experimenting a little to find different flavors I like, but the one I LOVE and keep going back to, is my chocolate strawberry shake!! It tastes to me just like a creamy chocolate-strawberry milkshake, and WAY too good to be healthy!

4 cups raw spinach
1 tbsp chia seeds
1/2 scoop chocolate whey protein powder
1-1 1/2 cups frozen strawberries
1/4-1/2 cup frozen blueberries
1 cup skim milk
1/2 cup cold water

The Motoamy Green Monster

This is my summer breakfast stand-by as well as a great recovery breakfast after a long night of ____ (insert escapade here). Recently I hosted a taco crawl in southeastern Connecticut and although I didn’t overdo it in terms of taco volume, I definitely ingested things my body was not used to, nor ever wants to ingest again.

Ingredients

• 1 cup of spinach
• 1/4 cup of greek yogurt (plain, non-fat)
• 1 small banana (fresh or frozen)
• 1/2 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
• 1 heaping scoop of Amazing Grass Green or Chocolate Super Food
• 1 tbsp ground flax seed
• Ice

Directions

Blend spinach, non-fat greek yogurt, banana, almond milk and Amazing Grass. Add ice and blend for about a minute. Pour and enjoy!

I was looking for the perfect post-gym green monster, and after several weeks of attempting new ingredients, I came up with the perfect protein green monster with a pumpkin twist!

Try out my Pumpkin Protein Punch Green Monster!

1 banana
1/2 cup of almond milk
2 cups of spinach
1 cup of kale
2 Tbs flax seeds
1/2 cup of pumpkin puree
1 scoop of Pure Protein powder
1 scoop of Amazing Grass Green Superfood
*Add ice & water accordingly, to allow for your preferred smoothie consistency! I also like to add a handful of organic granola to the top of my finished smoothie, just to kick it up a notch!
Hope you enjoy! 🙂

On my trip to Singapore, I was experiencing green monster withdrawals; when will someone create a travel-sized non sharp blender? Maybe a green monster revolution where everyone sports “green monsters” like people now sport Starbucks?  Until then….

Anyhow.  My answer to the green monster absence was the following:  a daily dose of coconut water from a fresh coconut and Green Monster beer from the Red Dot brewery.  The Green Monster beer is infused with spirulina!

Maxine