Top 5 - Super Skinny Smoothie Recipes

1. Your First Green Smoothie

Smoothies are quick and easy meals once you get the hang of them. This recipe is simple and should be easy for a novice. Remember an 8 oz smoothie a day keeps the doctor away. You’ll need a blender and the following:

Ingredients

6-8 ounces of water

2 packed cups (or small handfuls) of fresh kale

1 large banana, peeled and chopped

4-5 large strawberries, fresh or frozen

1 cup of ice

Directions

Chop the kale into small pieces. 

Add 6oz of water to the blender. Add the kale to the blender. Blend at a low speed until smooth.

Add the remaining ingredients and blend on a high speed. Add more water and ice as necessary.

2. Kale is King Smoothie

Ingredients

2 cups (handful) of kale

2 cups of spinach

1 cup blueberries

1 apple

1 pear

1/2 lime

1 small knob of ginger

6 oz water

8 Ice cubes

Serves 2-3

Replace water with almond milk to increase the protein in this kale smoothie. Add a banana for slow release energy and vital carbohydrate.

3. Kale Green Goddess Smoothie

Adding Kale to Celebrity Nutritionist Kimberly Snyder's Recipe For Optimal Weight Loss improves the effectiveness of this classic smoothie.

The easiest method to include Kale into this smoothie is to simply half the amount of lettuce and replace with Kale.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups water

2 cups of kale

1/2 head organic romaine lettuce, chopped

3 stalks organic celery

1/2 head of a large bunch or 3/4 of a small bunch of spinach

1 organic apple, cored and chopped

1 organic pear, cored and chopped

1 organic banana

Juice of 1/2 fresh organic lemon

Optional: 1/3 bunch organic cilantro (stems OK) and 1/3 bunch organic parsley (stems OK)

Directions

Made up of about 70 percent green vegetables and 30 percent fruit, this smoothie helps you eat far more greens than you ordinarily could. Because we blend the greens and fruit for easy digestion, your body is able to absorb more of the vitamins and minerals without working so hard. Thanks to all its nutrients and fiber, the smoothie is incredibly filling, so it keeps you from reaching for that midmorning second cup of coffee and that bagel you really didn't want to eat.

Add water, kale and chopped head of romaine to blender. Blend at a low speed until smooth.

Add spinach, celery, apple, and pear, and blend at high speed.

Add cilantro and parsley (which help chelate heavy metals from your body).

Finish with banana and lemon.

Serves 2-3

4. Kale Mojito Smoothie

Ingredients 

4 pears

2 cups Kale

1/2 bunch mint

1/2 lime

1 cup water

1 cup ice cubes

Serves 2

5. Spinach Smoothie (This one’s controversial, it contains no kale)

Be warned this one is especially delicious. 

Ingredients

6-8 ounces of water

2 packed cups (or small handfuls) of fresh spinach

1 large banana, peeled and chopped

1/2 cup blueberries

2 pineapple round slices, chopped

knob of ginger

half a lemon (juice only)

3 tangerines

1 large apple

half a beetroot (cooked, peeled and chopped)

1 carrot (peeled and chopped)

1 cup of ice

Directions

Chop the spinach into small pieces. 

Add 6oz of water to the blender. Add the kale to the blender. Blend at a low speed until smooth.

Add the half of the remaining ingredients and blend on a high speed. Add more water as necessary. Add the remaining ingredients and blend. Finish by adding ice to cool the smoothie, bland and serve.