I know what you're thinking, "a green smoothie" how is that tasty. But stick with me for a while. Earlier today I wanted to eat a nice, juicy burger with fresh french fries but didn't want the calories. I also by passed Popeye's and Burger King to name a few fast food choices. The funny thing is I came home from my walk and decided to just grab some fruit and water. Over the weekend I bought a big bag of turnip greens which i had been craving for a while. A long time ago, a fellow Facebooker posted a healthy smoothie that had Kale in it but I was like 'nah" that's not gonna work. Anyway, flashforward to today.
I saw that I still had a lot of greens left and wondered what would I do with it. I knew I could make another bath of turnip greens or I could put it with some beans or in a veggie soup. I was curious about how it would taste in a smoothie. So I took a few ingredients which I whipped up in mere seconds with my blender. Mind you my blender is not an over priced one, it is one I got on sale at Kmart a few months ago.
Pam's Green Smoothie:
1 cup of turnip greens
1/2 banana
1 tablespoon of blue berry flaxseeds
1 tablespoon of plain non fat greek yogurt
Water
1 teaspoon of raw honey
1 small apple
Instructions:
Wash all ingredients, then cut the apple and place in the blender, add the greek yogurt, blue berry flaxseeds, water, banana, raw honey with the turnip greens on the top. Blend on high for 5 minutes. When finished serve in your favorite container.
Calories: 267
Fat Grams: 3 grams of fat
Happy eating! I will put this one in my rotation for the new year. It was delightfully nice. No bitterness. I think the apple and banana balances out the bitterness of the greens.
Pam
