{"id":1518,"date":"2019-05-09T17:22:02","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T21:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/?p=1518"},"modified":"2023-02-20T16:43:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T21:43:21","slug":"3-tips-to-get-your-family-hooked-on-green-smoothies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/recipes\/3-tips-to-get-your-family-hooked-on-green-smoothies\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Tips To Get Your Family Hooked On Green Smoothies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Green smoothies are the beginning
\nand the end for many people.<\/p>\n

The beginning because it\u2019s often the easiest way to start incorporating more raw food into the diet. The beginning because once you feel the immediate buzz of energy you\u2019ll want to replace your morning coffee ritual with the green smoothie. The beginning because it\u2019s easy to prepare. The beginning because it\u2019s highly transportable and a quick way to get the whole fruit, vegetable and fibre into the body.<\/p>\n

The end because if you\u2019re not used to drinking green vegetables it\u2019s a pretty foreign idea. The end because if it\u2019s too full of kale it may be too chunky to swallow. The end because it\u2019s dark green and looks like swap juice. The end because if you don\u2019t know how to make it taste delicious you\u2019ll never want one of these again.<\/p>\n

Follow these simple tips to ease your family onto the green smoothie revolution.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Start with neutral or pleasant tasting greens.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A cucumber is perfect. It is high in water content, mildly flavoured, packed full of B vitamins and blends up easily. Mint leaves are another favourite of mine. They are super green and packed full of chlorophyll, yet they have a lovely pleasant minty taste which enhances the drink\u2019s flavour. Save the Kale for the hardcore or the more experienced green smoothie connoisseur.<\/p>\n

Make it sweet.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s kind of a cheat\u2019s way of doing things, but hey, we want results. If it gets your family happily downing glasses of the green stuff then it is a good start. You can always wean them off the sweetness as time progresses. Start with a frozen banana. Make the smoothie on a base of coconut water which is naturally sweet. Don\u2019t have a young coconut handy? try some liquid stevia drops with filtered water. Grapes are another good way to increase the natural sweetness. Or add a little apple juice. I\u2019d recommend just one of these sweet boosters at a time. Mixing grapes, bananas, stevia and coconut water might be a little too sweet.<\/p>\n

Blend it well.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A good quality high speed blender is a must. I started this green smoothie revolution years ago with the worst blender out there. I\u2019m pretty hard core so I would suffer on stoically swallowing chunky lumpy drinks, sometimes with a fork. Then I got an excellent blender and life changed. But with or without the powerful blender there are some tips to make it more texturally pleasing \u2013 more like a drink. If you are using kale, then remove the hard spine and throw that away. If you are using ginger, you may want to grate it first with a micro-plane. If you are blending up large or hard vegetables like celery, chop them into smaller bits. And finally, let your blender whir for a good two minutes if your vegetable choice is robust or your fruit is frozen.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s about it. Check out my\u00a0e-book<\/a>\u00a0for heaps of beautiful simple smoothie recipes or get started by making my zingy ginger green smoothie with the recipe below. Go easy on the ginger or omit if it\u2019s for the kiddies.<\/p>\n

Not so Green Smoothie Recipe with Buzz<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n