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 4 years.
My youngest started on green smoothies as a toddler, and at the age of seven, not only does he ask for them every day but he now suggests new combinations to try out!
Children Ask To Eat Green Vegetables?
When was the last time YOUR children
ASKED to eat their green vegetables?!
You and Kermit may have thought that...
'It's Not Easy Bein' Green'
(click for song)
But, I've found that it IS EASY
when you are making
fabulous tasting green smoothies!
Green Smoothie Recipes For Kids!
And those young at heart! ;-)
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...All Kid Tested and Approved!
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 both children and adults lose weight safely! Green smoothies are a healthy addition to any diet, and will help bring your body into balance, no matter what that means for each of us individually.
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 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!
Green Smoothie or Green Juice
Which is better?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byGreen juice is much easier to drink. I really don't like chunky drinks!
Green smoothies are SO much healthier. What is the point of getting the nutrition unless you are getting the fiber with it?
NTxWriter says:
Green smoothie! I blend mine up well in my Vitamix and so I still get the pulp from the veggies but it is a smooth drink too.
Posted September 27, 2011
RawBill says:
I prefer smoothies to juice and have at least one smoothie every day. These mostly contain greens of some sort. Right now, I have Kang Kong for today's smoothie. The fibre is important in my opinion.
Posted April 18, 2011
Miss_Organic says:
It can really wreak havoc on your blood sugar if you just drink the juice. You really do need the fiber to go along with it.
Posted March 04, 2011
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!
Smoothie Recipe Books!
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.
My Green Smoothie Lenses
Give them ALL a try!
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)!
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RecipePublishing
Jul 28, 2011 @ 1:59 pm | delete
- Oh how yummy and nutritous!
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tvyps
May 17, 2011 @ 3:02 am | delete
- Cool lens! Lensrolled to my EASY BANANA STRAWBERRY BREAKFAST SMOOTHIE lens!!
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tvyps
May 17, 2011 @ 3:01 am | delete
- Cool lens! Lensrolled to my EASY BANANA STRAWBERRY BREAKFAST SMOOTHIE lens!!
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RawBill Apr 18, 2011 @ 7:41 pm | delete
- I love all sorts of green smoothies, three are too many to mention, but how about this one. A few hand fulls of Kangkong, some fennel (but not too much), six lady finger bananas, six dates and a couple of cups of blueberries. Might be lunch today I think!
Only four more days until I spend the week with the Boutenko family at their Joy For Life retreat here in Australia! Can't wait!
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Rusty-Quill
Mar 30, 2011 @ 11:17 am | delete
- Love green smoothies - and surprisingly so do our kids - who knew, a way to get kids to actually want greens! :)
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