1st attempt at a green monster!

1 banana
1c Almond Milk
.25 c Almond Meal
.25 c Goodbelly Splash
1.5c arugala
2 Pedialyte Ice Pops, Wild Berry

Sooo…I substituted with weird things
Almond Meal for Almonds
Goodbelly for Berries
Arugala for spinach
Pedialyte for ice cubes
Immersion blender for blender

Result: decent!

After a year or so of reading blogs, I decided to take the plunge and try my first Green Monster!  Bloggers always say, “it looks disgusting, but tastes amazing”.  Honestly, I just didn’t believe it!  Well, this morning, I decided to do it!  I made a Green Monster.  I was so scared to take the first sip, but guess what?  It is delicious, and I looooooove the green color (green is my favorite color).

a few pieces of frozen honeydew
one frozen banana (pretty brown)
handful or two of baby spinach leaves
some splashes of almond milk

My life is changed forever!

This morning I ran out of milk, so I decided to add a reduced-sugar cranberry juice cocktail to my smoothie instead. This is the recipe I created:

2 cups of spinach
1 banana
1/2 cup blueberries
2-3 large strawberries
1/2 cup Old Orchard Healthy Balance cranberry juice cocktail

Blend until smooth and enjoy!

Earlier this year I discovered Green Monsters, delicious fruit smoothies turned bright green by blending in veggies. My veggie of choice: baby spinach. It sounds awful, but they’re absolutely delicious. You don’t taste the veggies at all. Just the yummy yummy fruit. I was running low on baby spinach this time, so it’s a bit lighter green than usual. I usually just throw in whatever I have in the fridge/freezer or whatever I feel like that day.

This particular green monster has:

1/2 frozen apple
1/2 frozen banana
handful of baby spinach
what was left of the Del Monte peach fruit cup in the fridge
lemonade (and a bit of iced tea)
a few ice cubes

Blended into smooth deliciousness and poured into a Guinness glass!

I first used lemonade one day because I was out of my almond milk, and I loved the way it turned out. Sometimes if I remember to make it and put it into the fridge the night before I’ll throw in a cup of iced tea for a little wake-up in my morning monster. I particularly like chai tea with the frozen bananas.

Plus it’s fun to freak people out with the bright green color!

I’ve never had a green monster before. I’ve made my own smoothies with fruit and yogurt, but I never thought to add spinach or veggies (which is odd because I love the Naked Machine drinks. Huh).
I’ve been feeling really run down lately and came across your blog by way of the WW message boards, and after reading everyone’s recipes, I thought I’d give it a whirl. Here’s what I came up with:

1/2 C Frozen Blueberries
1 C Frozen Green Grapes
1 Cup Frozen Spinach
1 Peeled pear
1 Banana

It was a little bland, which I think probably had to do with the banana being a little under ripe, and next time, I’ll probably add honey or Agave nectar, but otherwise, it was pretty good, and I hope I can work my way up to adding different things like ground flax seeds or chia seeds. 🙂

A friend on Facebook kept talking about her Green Monster. One day I decided I would try it too, and I’m glad I did. I didn’t add anything fancy, just some:

1cup almond milk
2 handfuls of baby spinach
5 medium/large strawberries
1 frozen banana

I threw it all in my blender and let her go! Mmm Mmm good! 🙂 Even my teenaged daughter is getting in on this!

  * Spinach
   * 1 banana
   * Almond Milk
   * Flaxseed
   * Raw Chocolate Covered Mulberries
   * Mint Leaves
   * Cinnamon

After reading good things about Green Monsters, I was inspired to try my own. I added Raw Chocolate and Mint to mine so it tasted a bit like a blended Aero – yummy! I am excitied to try more recipes from around the site, after just one of these I am already feeling the energy! Great idea Angela 🙂

Full post on my blog: http://thebettylife.wordpress.com/2011/04/01/blend-it-like-betty-green-monster/

GREEN food day (St. Patrick’s Day) was coming and I thought this recipe was perfect (plus I had some left-over spinach in the refrigerator)! This smoothie is so sweet and as long as you can get past the GREEN color, it is actually one of the best smoothies I have ever made.

Green Frog Smoothie
2-4 cups spinach or other greens (I use mixed spinach and arugula)
1 banana
1/4 cup crushed pineapple
1 tbsp Honey
1 Vanilla Yogurt

Fill food processer (works MUCH better then a blender) with greens and a few tbsp of water. Pulse to blend until the greens turn to liquid greens. Add in banana, pineapple, honey and yogurt and continue to blend until smooth. Pour into the glass and serve!

http://momscrazycooking.blogspot.com/2011/03/this-weeks-cravings-linky-party-20-go.html