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Green Machine Smoothie

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Detox Cred: Starting the day with this nutrient-dense elixir is a delicious way to charge your system with nutrients. Dark leafy greens are extremely alkalizing, meaning they foster a more neutral body environment for better functioning enzymes, compared with acid-forming foods like meats and dairy.
Whole Living, January/February 2012
  • Yield Serves 2
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Ingredients

  • 6 romaine leaves, chopped
  • 4 kale leaves, chopped
  • 1/2 cup fresh parsley sprigs
  • 1/2 cup chopped pineapple
  • 1/2 cup chopped mango
  • 1 inch fresh ginger, peeled and chopped

Directions

  1. Combine romaine, kale, parsley, pineapple, mango, ginger, and 1 1/2 cups water in a blender and blend until smooth.

Recipe Reviews

  • azhura
    14 Feb, 2012

    I didn't have the mango, but I added in two nectarines, 3 golden delicious apples, two handfuls of green grapes, and two heads of iceberg lettuce (for moisture) and it was perfect.

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  • sweetpencil
    7 Feb, 2012

    I tried making this! Haha - it was tasty - I just need a better blender : check it out : http://www.sweetpencil.com/2012/02/what-is-this-green/

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  • Runnergirl1
    1 Feb, 2012

    This was good. I substituted about 3/4 cup of tropical carrot juice (no added sweeteners) for some of the water and it was quite good. Might even make it a breakfast staple!

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  • Drespes2
    31 Jan, 2012

    Loved it, tested even better when I added ice.

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  • cindyswett
    7 Jan, 2012

    At first I was leery of the bright green color but after a few sips it was really good and filling. I used fresh mango and pineapple. I liked it so much I had it again the next day to use up the rest of my kale.

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  • kbouissey
    5 Jan, 2012

    I will have to try putting this thru the juicer as well, because I also felt like I was chewing my smoothie. My mango was rotten, so in a pinch I used a banana, which was tasty. I'm not totally turned off from this drink, it will just take some time to get used to.

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  • jenniealice
    4 Jan, 2012

    (it was more like chewing down a smoothie than drinking it) I felt healthy for consuming my serving in the morning, but didn't particularly like it. No one else in the house would touch it due to the color!

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  • Pamela12
    3 Jan, 2012

    After I put the whole thing through my juicer this was excellent.

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