Kids Ask For Green Smoothies!
How do I know? Empirical evidence! I have three children, including a teenager, that have been taste testing my green smoothie recipes for the last 3 years.
My youngest started on green smoothies as a toddler, and at the age of six, not only does he ask for them every day but he now suggests new combinations to try out!
WHAT IS a Green Smoothie?!
Green smoothies are basically just fruit smoothies that contain fruit, water, and leafy greens or green herbs such as lettuce, parsley, or even carrot tops! A green smoothie is a whole food drink, rather than just juice. There are many benefits to consuming a whole food drink over a simple juice. With a smoothie, you get ALL of the food, the nutrients, and all the insoluble fiber. All the nutrition, flavor to fill you up, and insoluble fiber to keep your digestive track clean!They also fill you up in a healthy way, making them great for breakfast and snacks. And the oddest thing about green smoothies is that they can help put weight on to underweight children or adults, AND green smoothies can help overweight children and adults lose weight!
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5 Tidbits About Green Smoothies

- Green Smoothies provide you with all the building blocks your body needs for optimal health and development in every sip. They can provide you with the energy to get going in the morning, or the pick me up you need in the afternoon to face the evening ahead.
- Green Smoothies are quick and easy to make! Cut a piece of fruit into a couple of pieces, rinse a couple of lettuce leaves to throw in, and some water, and blend. That's it! And clean up is a snap too. Rinse with warm water and let dry.
- Green Smoothies can include any green leafy vegetable or green herb, and any type of fruit. This makes it a fantastic food for everyone to enjoy!
- Green Smoothies are for every age! Everyone from toddlers to great grandparents can enjoy and benefit from green smoothies. Green smoothies are great for balancing out the changing hormones of teenagers, excellent for getting through menopause, and fantastic for balancing out those monthly mood swings. Green smoothies are also a great way to build muscle, trim down your waist line, aid in your digestion, and help reduce allergies.
- Green Smoothies provide us with valuable insoluble fiber. Insoluble fiber is an important part of our body's cleaning system. That lovely fiber goes through our system dutifully locking up any toxins they encounter in our body... and yes, it goes looking in all the dark alleys and the tops shelf of all the closets, figuratively speaking.
Books Your Blender Will Love!
(Ummm... No, the book is NOT supposed to go into the blender.)
Green for Life
I love this book! I ordered one for my mom and a bunch of friends too! I consider it the Bible of Green Smoothies!
Green Smoothie Revolution: The Radical Leap Toward Natural Health
Another green smoothie book by my favorite green smoothie source.. Victoria Boutenko!
Greens Can Save Your Life
Okay, so this one is a DVD.. it is an excellent engaging documentary explaining the benefits of green smoothies and how to make them. Recorded lecture given by Victoria Boutenko from 2005.
Green Smoothie Tips
Little stuff that makes a difference!

- If you want a creamy type smoothie, add banana or mango as part or all of your fruit!
- If you use banana, your smoothie will solidify as it sits, into a pudding like consistency. Different texture, great taste! Eat with a spoon, or put back into the blender.
- Feeling dry or staticy, add a tablespoon of raw coconut cream to your smoothie!
- Craving potato chips? Add a stalk of celery to your smoothie! Celery is full of naturally balanced sodium...just the salt your body is needing!
- Feeling a bit run down? That stalk of celery will help oxygenate your blood, waking you right back up. No chemicals needed, and no drop when it runs out!
More Green Smoothie Tips!

- Don't forget your art classes and color wheels!
RED + GREEN = BROWN
Great experiment for the kids, not so appealing to look at. It still tastes wonderful. Hide it in a dark colored glass and enjoy! - Rotate your greens! If you eat the same kind of green over and over, you will naturally lose your appetite for it. Check out Victoria Boutenko's material
for a detailed explanation.
- If your greens are wilting, treat them like cut flowers! Trim an inch or so off the bottom, and put them into water. They will suck up the water and perk right back up!
Children Ask To Eat Green Vegetables?
When was the last time YOUR children
ASKED to eat their green vegetables?!
'It's not easy bein' green'...
Unless you go GREEN like this!
Easy and Dazzling!
"Bein' Green" and More Muppets
The Muppet Show: Music, Mayhem, and More! - The 25th Anniversary Collection
Our favorite Muppet music collection! The kids and I all love this album!
Favorite Songs From Jim Henson's Muppets
Fantastic sheet music book! The songs are:
AB/C/DEF/GHI, C Is For Cookie, Dream For Your Inspiration, The First Time It Happens, Fraggle Rock Theme, Green (Bein' Green), Happiness Hotel, It's Up To You, Mah-Na Mah-Na, Movin' Right Along, Muppet Babies Theme, The Muppet Show Theme, The Rainbow Connection, & Rocket To The Stars
The Muppets - A Green and Red Christmas
Muppets for Christmas? What could be more fun?
A Christmas Together
Add John Denver to the Muppets for wonderful music and memories at Christmas.. or anytime!
The Muppet Movie - Kermit's 50th Anniversary Edition
Who could forget the original Muppet Movie? Share it with your kids over green smoothies today!
My Green Smoothie Lenses
These simple recipes will make it easy to start making green smoothies, and have tasty results that even toddlers love! My kids have taste tested each of these recipes, and love them.Give them ALL a try!
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Apple and Romaine Green Smoothie
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My children love this apple and romaine green smoothie recipe! This was the recipe that won them over. Sometimes finding a familiar flavor is all you need to get past the hurdle of appearance. When I first started making green smoothies, my kids tho...
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Pear and Parsley Green Smoothie Recipe
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Having suffered from vitamin deficiencies most of my life, and the doctor's being at a loss to provide me with any answers, only more questions... I have discovered my own best way back to health. Although most people seem to be concerned with losing...
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Banana and Romaine Green Smoothie Recipe
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Banana green smoothies are an excellent raw food green smoothie! A tasty and simple green smoothie recipe to start off a weight loss diet, or a lifelong quest for health. Expensive and hard to find ingredients are not needed in this green smoothie re...
My Green Smoothie Recipes
from other places on the web..
my kids LOVE them!
- Mango Parsley Green Smoothie
- This simple mango and parsley green smoothie recipe is great any time of the year. My children love the sweet flavor of the mango, and the ingredients are quite inexpensive. The dark green parsley is full of nutrients, making this a great green smoothie for weight loss, weight gain, or just maintaining excellent health!
P.S. If you take just one thing from this lens...

I hope that you will find
an easy way to
add fresh green vegetables
into your diet
in a fun and tasty way!
A little bit about SparkleChi!
I love green smoothies. They make me feel great, and help keep my waistline trim.I homeschool my three children who range in age from 6 to 16 years of age, and green smoothies give me the energy I need to keep up with all of them! Even when they are usually running in three different directions!
I also keep several internet businesses running.
I love to continue my own education, and can often be found studying a new subject.
My user name, Sparkle Chi, came about after I started regularly drinking green smoothies. It describes who I am now! Full of creativity and life (Sparkle), and full of energy (Chi)!
Green Smoothie Recipes For Children!
Are you searching for a collection of green smoothie recipes your kids are guaranteed to love? Try out some of the fun recipes from this book!
Green Smoothie Recipes
for Kids
- Popeye's Favorite Smoothie
- Orange Essence
- Fruity Avocado Smoothie
- Persimmon Paradise
- Enter the Dragon
- The Emerald Isle
- And More...
Smoothie Recipes!
Fantastic Smoothie Recipes by other people..
- Amazing Smoothies
- Over 200 smoothie recipes! Everyone is sure to find at least one smoothie recipe in this book to fall in love with! Smoothies for weight loss, smoothies for children, smoothies for excellent nutrition, and more.
- Kristen Suzanne's Raw Food Recipe Books
- Amazing And Delicious Raw Vegan Recipes For Raw Smoothies, Desserts, Entrees, Soups, Salads, Sides, Snacks, Juicing, Holidays, Dehydrating, Hemp, And Tips For Adopting The Vegan Raw Food Lifestyle. Recipe Books Include Introduction To Raw Food For Beginners.
- Lose Weight Fast The Gourmet Way With Smoothies
- A Unique And Delicious Diet And Weight Loss Plan Created By A 5 Star Chef, Incorporating A Huge Data Base Of Gourmet Smoothie Recipes And Professional Indepth Instruction.
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- djoneshappy djoneshappy Nov 24, 2009 @ 6:03 pm
- Just looking around for information on apple juice recipes when I stumbled upon your page, excellent lens I must add, I more the wise as a result.
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- LotusPetalYoga LotusPetalYoga Aug 18, 2009 @ 10:02 pm
- hey this is a great lens, 5 stars and Im going to add it to mine - how to get your toddler to eat vegetables. I have some green smoothie recipe on there as well.
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- KU KU Jul 11, 2009 @ 5:50 pm
- Vitamix is the best. Go to www.simplelivefoods.com and you can get free shipping.
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- RawBill RawBill Jun 7, 2009 @ 6:03 pm
- Great Lens! We have green smoothies everyday in our home too. Gotta love the VitaMix! :-)
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- Janiece Janiece Mar 6, 2009 @ 11:50 pm
- Thanks for joining Delicious Vegetarian Recipes!
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