When I was in Mexico recently I was served a smoothie of CACTUS, celery and orange juice. It was so surprisingly delicious that I’ve been won over. And I felt great too.
Lots of people recommend getting a fancy blender to make the healthy green smoothies. (That simply means a fruit smoothie with any number of greens mixed in.) I’m sure the fancy blenders work great. I watched at least 20 videos of some smoothies made in the Vitamix and OmniBlend on youtube. But I don’t yet have one and I don’t like living with excuses.
Thankfully, I came across a video of a lady who makes green smoothies with a cheap blender. She inspired me to get started now while budgeting for a fancy blender for later.
So, watch this precious video of my 2 year-old’s first experience with a green smoothie. It’s just banana, apple, spinach, water and ice. It’s a tame way to start and we’ll work up to adding more stuff soon.
By Marla Finley
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He’s so sweet. Not crazy about the lopsided haircut though. Glad you think it’s cute.
How CUTE! I agree with Grant…they are DELICIOUS! And so GOOD for you. There are no worries that Grant is going to get his allotment of GREENS! GO Grant!
) It chops everything right up…there are no surprises when drinking your smoothie 
I drink one every morning filled with kale, spring mixes, arugula, collard greens, cucumber, blueberries and molasses….LOVE IT!
Tip..I freeze some of my greens to use in place of ice…it makes it less watery and thicker. OR just freeze the stalks from the collard greens and kale (the ones you don’t use when you make collard green wrap sandwiches or kale chips), they thicken it right up! YUM!
A side note: I LOVE the Blend Tec Blender. It is the Cadillac of blenders
Thanks for sharing Grant’s video!
Ashly
Do you have recipes of green smoothies on your blog, Ashly? I’d love to see them. We had 2 successes yesterday and one flop today. What makes the better blender better than a cheap one?