Now, I’ve made a lot of smoothies in my day. My typical recipe was a small can of chunked pineapple, a variety of frozen fruits, a container of lite vanilla yogurt, and enough orange juice to smooth it out. My problem with smoothies is that they are time consuming for me in the mornings and I lose patience – plus lite yogurt is full of all kinds of things bad. I’ve been reading about the Green Monster Movement (and see all kinds of people’s sites where they’ve had a green monster) and decided to try one tonight. I’m having another blah day. I had to come home from work at the midday to relieve my husband who was home with one sick kid. The other kid was fine yesterday and this morning, but ended up getting sent home as her fever went up again. My level of sadness and frustration about my kids not feeling well is killing me….and it’s just fever. Nothing you can do about it.
Except be peaceful.
And quiet.
And present.
And as healthy as we possibly can.
I kind of snacked through my day (but nothing horrible). I gave my kids leftovers for dinner and decided to try my hand at a Green Monster. It was delicious! Mine contained a huge handful of spinach, about a cup and a half of frozen fruit including strawberries, mangoes, and blueberries, the juice of half a lemon, a drizzle of agave nectar, and a cup of almond milk. I blended and blended, poured, drank, and it was delicious! It ended up being a bit more of a blue monster (sorry about the photo, I used my iPhone) but it was great. Filled me up, and made me feel really good about that choice I made for today. Thanks to ALL who have inspired me to do something different with my smoothie routine!
I have been drinking Green Monsters for a few weeks now (since I saw them on your blog) and I am in love. As a result, I have consumed more spinach in the past month than I have consumed in my entire life – seriously! Every morning I wake up craving a Green Monster and usually end up having another at night as well. Thanks for introducing me to this wonderful idea!
Here H1N1 was going around, but, fortunately, all I had was a silly cold. Still, I needed to get past it quick so I was having Theraflu every night to bust out my symptoms. Drinking a whole glass of medicine-y liquid is boring, so one look at my Vitamix and I knew …. Thus the Cold Busting Green Monster was born!
Hello fellow Green Monster Drinkers! I am a raw foodist (about 90%) who loves her green smoothies. I have been vegan for quite sometime and raw for about 4 months. I made these changes to overcome my own health challenges and loving the changes… I love being vegan and loving being raw as well!
I am very new to the Green Monster Movement, but I love it. I am trying very hard to become the healthy woman that I was created to be. I look forward to reading more on this blog and Oh She Glows. I love the feeling of being active in my own health.