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Glowing Green Smoothie

Kim Snyder's Glowing Green Smoothie, filled with healthy greens like lettuce and spinach, and sweetened with apples and pears, is a great way to start your day.
Glowing Green Smoothie

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Dietary Interests: Gluten-Free , Heart Friendly , High Fiber , Low Calorie , Low Sodium , Mediterranean , Nutritarian , Paleo , Vegan , Vegetarian

Yield:

5 servings (1.8 l)

Total Time:

11 Minutes

Print:

8.5x11

Difficulty:

Simple

Save To:

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Yield:

5 servings (1.8 l)

Total Time:

11 Minutes

Print:

8.5x11

Difficulty:

Simple

Save To:

Recipe Book

Yield:

2.5 servings (600 ml)

Total Time:

11 Minutes

Print:

8.5x11

Difficulty:

Simple

Save To:

Recipe Book

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups (360 ml) water
  • ⅔ pound (300 g) romaine lettuce, about 4 cups
  • 1 ½ cups (45 g) fresh spinach
  • 3 (205 g) celery stalk
  • 1 medium (120 g) apple, cored, halved
  • 1 large (120 g) pear, cored, halved
  • 1 medium (110 g) banana, peeled
  • ½ lemon, peeled

Directions

  1. Place all ingredients into the Vitamix container in the order listed and secure the lid.
  2. Run the Smoothie Program or start the blender on its lowest speed, then quickly increase to its highest speed. Blend for 40-50 seconds, using the tamper to push ingredients toward the blades.

Chef's Notes

  • If all ingredients don't fix into the container, simply start the blend and add them through the lid plug opening.

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups (360 ml) water
  • ⅔ pound (300 g) romaine lettuce, about 4 cups
  • 1 ½ cups (45 g) fresh spinach
  • 3 (205 g) celery stalk
  • 1 medium (120 g) apple, cored, halved
  • 1 large (120 g) pear, cored, halved
  • 1 medium (110 g) banana, peeled
  • ½ lemon, peeled

Directions

  1. Place all ingredients into the Vitamix container in the order listed and secure the lid.
  2. Run the Smoothie Program or start the blender on its lowest speed, then quickly increase to its highest speed. Blend for 40-50 seconds, using the tamper to push ingredients toward the blades.

Chef's Notes

  • If all ingredients don't fix into the container, simply start the blend and add them through the lid plug opening.

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup (180 ml) water
  • ⅓ pound (150 g) romaine lettuce, about 2 cups
  • ¾ cup (22 g) fresh spinach
  • 1 (65 g) celery stalk
  • ½ medium (60 g) apple, cored
  • ½ large (60 g) pear, cored
  • ½ medium (55 g) banana, peeled
  • ¼ lemon, peeled

Directions

  1. Place all ingredients into the Vitamix container in the order listed and secure the lid.
  2. Run the Smoothie Program or start the blender on its lowest speed, then quickly increase to its highest speed. Blend for 40-50 seconds, using the tamper to push ingredients toward the blades.

Chef's Notes

  • If all ingredients don't fix into the container, simply start the blend and add them through the lid plug opening.