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Permalink Reply by Saz on May 23, 2008 at 8:10pm

I usually do a green smoothie consisting of:

A couple big handfuls of spinach or romaine
cup of berries, fresh or frozen
a mango or a pear
liberal amount of cinnamon
a tablespoon of Berry Greens (green powder)
a little water
BLEND! Yum

Today I didn't feel like greens so I gave them a rest and made the yummiest fruit smoothie:
Two really ripe mangoes
a cup of blueberries
a little water
BLEND! So good!!!

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Permalink Reply by Paddy on May 24, 2008 at 3:55pm

Kelly- Yeah I grew it last summer and ive planted a few more seeds for this summer too. Im planning on growing it indoors too with ocean grown solution and harvesting the plants as baby greens, like you would with sunflower buckwheat etc

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Permalink Reply by The SaladMander on May 28, 2008 at 3:28am

Thank you Paddy. The one I've been able to find easiest in stores is NewChapter.

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Permalink Reply by K on May 25, 2008 at 6:50pm

mmm i made a DELICIOUS one this morning....here's the ingredients:
1 bosch pear
1 lemon
5 big leaves of romaine lettuce
1/2 cuccumber
some coconut water
1 tsp E3 Live

it was sweet but not too sweet....i was gulping this sucker down...and went back for seconds =)

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Permalink Reply by Debbie on May 25, 2008 at 8:19pm

That sounds fabulous, and I just bought all the same ingredients today - what a coincidence! Thanks for sharing! :)

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Permalink Reply by Sannaman on May 25, 2008 at 7:24pm

Ok I just gotta ask...

When I was eating NOT Raw, I was always trying to not food combine. No fruit with anything other that fruit, melon alone or leave it alone, no starch and protein etc etc that sorta thing.

look here> http://www.vesttawholehealth.com/pdf/Food%20Combining%20Chart.pdf

So how is it that I managed to put a banana AND spinach, in my blender and then me, with no reactions ie farts or heartburn or sleepiness??

I usually do hemp protein smoothies, and have avoided actual greens but this far along in the thread, Im beginning to think Im missing something.
Halp!

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Permalink Reply by RawTruth on May 25, 2008 at 8:56pm

Victoria Boutenko explains this in her book that created the green smoothie revolution ... Green for Life ... and in her talks.

Basically, green leaves are miscategorized as a vegetable (for reasons I won't go into here -- cuz they don't matter). So, they will combine with fruit with no problem. Going by food combining rules, you wouldn't want to combine fats/proteins with fruit., but any green leaves are great -- and, as long as you are eating a wide variety of veggies -- will provide you with plenty of protein so that you don't have to add any powders at all.

It's such a great way to get plenty of green leaves in your body!

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Permalink Reply by RawZi on May 25, 2008 at 9:44pm

We never added powders to energy soup, just stuff like watermelon, apple, papaya, buckwheat greens, sunflower greens, cabbage, dulse sealettuce, pea bean and lentil sprouts, all went very well together with the rejuvelac. I love the fragrance :P

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Permalink Reply by Erin Fraser on May 26, 2008 at 6:15pm

Yes- greens are properly categorized as leaves or herbs, even; not veggies. Victoria also points out that apes in the wild often wrap their fruit in leaves and then eat it. I find that it lowers the glycemic index- I do so much better on green smoothies than on pure fruit ones. I burn through the sugars so quickly, otherwise, and then I'm hungry again before I know it!

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Permalink Reply by Joy on June 14, 2008 at 3:36pm

This is good to know. Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by rawrawraw! on May 25, 2008 at 9:30pm

spinach
chard
berries
banana
hemp seed

sometimes it changes.

spinach
chard
berries
coconut oil
mango
dates

pretty much anything goes as long as it's green, mean, and fruity.

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Permalink Reply by Cam on May 27, 2008 at 9:12pm

3 Quick, easy smoothie recipes:

1) 6 Bananas and water. Blend and devour. (greens optional)
2) 2 Oranges, 3 mangos.
3) 1 Pineapple + fresh mint. Great chilled on a hot day.

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