{"id":1078,"date":"2011-08-22T08:14:42","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T14:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/?p=1078"},"modified":"2011-08-22T08:15:14","modified_gmt":"2011-08-22T14:15:14","slug":"angelas-classic-green-monster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/?p=1078","title":{"rendered":"Angela’s Classic Green Monster"},"content":{"rendered":"

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[From this post<\/a> on Oh She Glows]<\/p>\n

During January 2009, I felt a huge void in my life. I was unhappy with my career and I was often up late at night until 3 or 4 in the morning worrying about work. I dragged all day long and I was turning into someone I didn\u2019t recognize anymore. I started blending green vegetables in my blender after reading about Kris Carr\u2019s<\/a> green juices. While I didn\u2019t have a juicer, I did have a blender<\/em>, and I was excited to blend my green \u2018juice\u2019 any way that I could.<\/p>\n

In my Story of the Green Monster<\/a> post, I explained:<\/p>\n

Determined to feel alive<\/strong> once again, I crammed the healthiest foods into my blender and I blended my little heart out. Of course, the first few attempts looked horrific and they tasted no better. But, I didn\u2019t care. I drank every last drop of those <\/em>green monsters<\/em><\/a> before I made the long commute to work each morning. The green monster not only gave me energy, but it represented something much deeper than that- inner peace and self-love. I knew that the stress I had put myself through over the past few years was nothing short of damaging to every cell in my body. I created the Green Monsters as a way to take time out for my health<\/strong>. Even if I knew it was going to be a hellish day, drinking my Green Monster in the morning provided me with a sense of calm in my life.<\/em><\/p>\n

This was one of my first concoctions:<\/p>\n

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No almond milk, just kale, an English cucumber, and baby carrots<\/em>. lol. It was scary to say the least!<\/p>\n

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Thankfully, my Green Monsters have improved greatly since those initial days.<\/p>\n

On January 26, 2009, I gave my two weeks notice at my job. It was a very, very bad week for me and I was at an all-time low in my life. I drank those green monsters every single morning despite everything going on. I imagined that I was Popeye with superhuman strength. And boy did I need it.<\/p>\n

I still receive a lot of emails and tweets from people who have just tried their first green monster. Many people have challenged themselves to drink Green Monsters in 2011 and I\u2019m always excited to hear about other\u2019s experiences! The most frequent message I receive is, \u2018I thought they looked so gross, but they actually taste so delicious! Now I am hooked.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

I am also asked a lot what my classic go-to recipe<\/strong> is so I thought it would be fun to do a post on my most frequently enjoyed Green Monster recipe.<\/p>\n

This is a recipe that I keep coming back to again and again and it never fails me.<\/p>\n

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Classic Green Monster<\/span><\/h3>\n

Yield<\/strong>: 1 serving\/2 cups<\/p>\n

Ingredients:<\/span><\/p>\n