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Intermediate Green Smoothie Recipe

Vitamix/Linda Wooliever
4.84 from 6 votes
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 1 minute
Total Time 6 minutes
Course Green Smoothie
Servings 3 16 oz servings
Calories 164 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups water filtered
  • 3 pears ripe quartered
  • 1.5 cups about 4-5 leaves of kale, deveined
  • 3/4-1 cup raspberries fresh or frozen (or your favorite fruit)
  • 2 small bananas
  • 1 cup ice less if using frozen fruit

Instructions
 

  • Place all ingredients into the blender in the order listed and secure lid.
  • For Blendtec: Press the WHOLE JUICE setting OR blend on a Medium to Medium-High speed for 50-60 seconds.
  • For Vitamix: Start on VARIABLE speed 1. Turn machine on and slowly increase speed to VARIABLE speed 10/HIGH and blend until smooth (about 1 minute).
  • All done! Enjoy!! Now take a photo, rate it, and share your accomplishments to enter our weekly photo contest! :) Tag @BlenderBabes & #BlenderBabes

Notes

If using all fresh fruit, substitute 2 1/2 cups of ice for the filtered water for a colder smoothie. Add a banana if you want to thicken it up.

Nutrition

Serving: 2gCalories: 164kcalCarbohydrates: 42gProtein: 2gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.2gSodium: 20mgPotassium: 495mgFiber: 9gSugar: 24gVitamin A: 1139IUVitamin C: 30mgCalcium: 58mgIron: 1mg
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