Green Smoothies Explained

Purple Leaves
 one of my purple "green" smoothies

When some people hear "green smoothie" they think of a smoothie that's green but the "green" doesn't just refer to the color. In fact, many of my green smoothies are purple or brown. The "green" refers to the greens in the smoothie.

Generally, a green smoothie contains greens, fruit, and sometimes vegetables and other ingredients. The purpose of the fruit (along with the nutritional value) is to cover up the taste of the bitterness from the greens. Some people say the greens/veg should be 40%. Some say 60%. I'd say that you should start with the amount of greens/veg that you feel comfortable with. If you start out with 60%, you might think it's disgusting and give up on green smoothies altogether. Start out with more fruit and as time goes on, your taste buds will adjust and you'll find yourself actually wanting more greens and veg in your smoothie! So even if that means starting out with just a few leaves of greens in your fruit smoothie--that's okay. Don't be discouraged--you will get there!

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