{"id":662,"date":"2010-04-06T15:07:54","date_gmt":"2010-04-06T21:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/?p=662"},"modified":"2010-04-06T15:07:54","modified_gmt":"2010-04-06T21:07:54","slug":"kristens-green-monster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/?p=662","title":{"rendered":"kristen&#8217;s Green Monster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-663\" title=\"IMG_6549\" src=\"http:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_6549-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6549\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_6549-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_6549-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>That\u2019s right, I am attempting to join the \u201cGreen Monster\u201d movement.\u00a0 I only say attempting, because I can\u2019t guarantee I will always remember to make sure there is spinach left in the fridge for the next days shake, but I\u2019m going to give it my very best effort.<\/p>\n<p>What the heck is a Green Monster you ask?\u00a0 Well, basically, it is your normal breakfast fruit shake, but add in 2 cups of fresh spinach and 1 tbsp of flax seed.\u00a0 The movement was started by Angela from Oh She Glows, and she\u2019s Canadian!<\/p>\n<p>Today was day 3 of the Green Monster for me, and while I haven\u2019t yet noticed a difference in my energy level or the appearance of my skin, I can rest a little easier knowing that 2 cups of dark leafy greens will only do me good.<\/p>\n<p>Day One\u2019s Green Monster recipe:<\/p>\n<p>1 whole banana<br \/>\n1 cup frozen Strawberries<br \/>\n1 cup 1% milk<br \/>\n2 cups spinach<br \/>\n1 tbsp flax seed<\/p>\n<p>Tossed it all into the \u2018Magic Bullet\u2019 and away we go!\u00a0 Outcome, actually pretty tasty.\u00a0 I have been altering the recipe a little each day, to find one that I really enjoy, and I am hoping to soon find one that actually LOOKS green, not a slightly reddish drink with green bits in it.<\/p>\n<p>And then share your experiences and recipe\u2019s with me, we\u2019ll get green together!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That\u2019s right, I am attempting to join the \u201cGreen Monster\u201d movement.\u00a0 I only say attempting, because I can\u2019t guarantee I will always remember to make sure there is spinach left in the fridge for the next days shake, but I\u2019m going to give it my very best effort. What the heck is a Green Monster [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reader-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=662"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":664,"href":"https:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions\/664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenmonstermovement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}