Last weekend Mama Kelly and I had our monthly overnight visit and I brought my brand new Blendtec Blender along with a variety of fruit and fresh greens to make our first batch of Goddess Smoothies (or better known as Green Smoothies). Another friend of Mama Kelly’s made a surprise visit and she agreed to be another guinea pig to give the green smoothies a try, along with Mama Kelly, her hubby and two daughters.

I had four different green smoothies to make and estimated amounts of ingredients to make half the amount of the recipes.

The first smoothie we tried was 1 apple, a few Romaine lettuce leaves and 1 cup of water (recipe called for 2 cups). This is the combo that is recommend for beginners. This combo had a rather strong “green” aroma, and no one liked it. I thought it was ok, but it wouldn’t be one that I’d make too often and if I did would also add other ingredients. I’d rather save the romaine lettuce for a big salad.    If I did romaine again – I would definitely try it with a sweeter larger apple or maybe with 2 apples, and maybe add another fruit also (like a few strawberries).

The second green smoothie included 1 banana, a few strawberries, a big handful of baby spinach, and 1 cup of water (recipe called for 2 bananas, 1/2 cup strawberries, spinach and 2 c water). This one was very tasty and no one knew I had added spinach.

The third green smoothie was 1 banana, a handful of blackberries, a handful of fresh parsley, and 1 cup of water. This one came out purple which was very cool. It was very, very tasty and every one enjoyed it too.

The fourth green smoothie was mango and a little of all three greens I had on hand (romaine, spinach, and parsley). It think it would have been very tasty IF the mango had been ripe enough. But it was on the hard side when we peeled it and after blending it into the smoothie the taste was too bitter. But under the bitterness there was definitely potential good taste.  I will be giving this combo another try with a riper mango.

I took the leftovers of all the green smoothies (except the last one because it was too bitter) and combined them in the green smoothie container I had to keep for the next day because I didn’t want to waste all those fresh ingredients. I was pleasantly surprised that the combo was very tasty.

Green smoothies can be made with ice and\or very cold water and I think that would have improved the taste for everyone else. Personally I don’t like anything too cold that I drink, so the water out of the tap was fine for me.

After tasting all these green smoothies with fruit, I am looking forward to experimenting more with various combos. I also really want to try some savory combos, using just veggies, herbs and seasoning combined with hot water. I think I would enjoy these a lot. 

I’m looking forward to incorporating green smoothies in my diet and eventually on a daily basis. They are very, very healthy and healing for the body.  Along the way, I will also be blogging about them in more detail over on my blog, Diet Pulpt (Category: Green Smoothies), including recipes and more information.

I look forward to trying out more combos and experimenting with Mama Kelly again.  We are both excited about the health benefits and potential for incorporating more freshness into our diet.  Having such fresh and healthy earth based smoothies feels like body and spirit are connecting with the Goddess.  The added bonus, as a witch, is green smoothies offer so much potential to blend fresh produce from the Earth Mother with the healing properties of herbs and teas.

Bright Blessings, Lady Rose

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