Paleo Plan

Green Smoothie

Makes 2 smoothies.

Approximate preparation time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 apple
  • 1 pear
  • 1/2 tsp freshly grated ginger
  • 2 Tbs flax seeds
  • 6 large kale leaves (take out woody stems), or 2 handfuls of spinach
  • juice of 1 small lemon
  • 1 cup water

Instructions

  1. Quarter apple and pear, remove stems and seeds and put in blender.
  2. Add remaining ingredients to blender and puree. Add more water if needed.

Add fresh fruit, cucumbers, slivered almonds, coconut, fresh herbs or different dark leafy greens for tasty variations on this recipe.


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14 Comments

  1. PWheels

    Ours came out a little thick, so we watered them down to make them drinkable. Might want to use at least 2 cups of water!

  2. Kathyb

    Seems like a lot of sugar. My doc recommends that I limit sugar while on the plan. This is getting very confusing!

  3. shoestrings

    Its a little odd at first but its okay, Im going to try to play with this recipie. Id use 1/2 an apple no pear and mmaybe throw in some blue berries? Ill see!

  4. Fluffy

    I’d add a carrot or two to the mix in place of the pear, but otherwise sounds tasty.

  5. dan

    can i use sugar free dairy free coconut milk instead of water? is that still paleo?

    • Neely

      dan – Yep, that’s pretty Paleo, although there are a ton of ingredients in the stuff in the carton. You could just use watered down (if necessary) coconut milk from a can?

  6. Becky

    I have to admit, I was a little worried. I left out the apple, because I was only trying to make enough for one breakfast and I still made too much. I have to admit, I absolutely loved the taste. I only used 1/2 cup of water because I wanted the thickness. It was such a luxurious smoothie. Now I’m excited to try some new comboes like apricot and spinach with a dash of basil or rosemary.

  7. steve

    I added a bit more ginger and a bit more lemon juice and 10 ice cubes and its so good….

  8. stevie

    I am going to try this tomorrow but think im going to use coconut water instead of normal water

  9. cjminott

    Replace most of the water with ice. Mine was actually quite warm so I added some.

  10. Ian Williams

    Could Add some cucumber too. Brings a bit of water and a lovely freshness. Cucumber rocks in smoothies

  11. jmgremillion

    Pretty tasty – I usually do either apple or pear and it works out well. I use boxed coconut milk for some liquid (or a little canned coconut cream) and it definitely needs ice!

  12. Erin

    Can you use chia seeds instead of flax seeds??

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