Pinned There, Done That is where I find recipes and craft projects on my Pinterest boards and actually cook them or make them, and document how they turn out.
I’d been wanting to try green smoothies with kale for a long time; I’m just not really a big fan of most veggies, so the thought of making them into a smoothie hidden in fruit flavors appealed. I think I read about them on Salt & Chocolate eons ago. I scoured the internet for recipes and pinned a few. I liked this pin from A Life Less Bullshit the best because while being a formula, allowed for you to choose your own selection of ingredients.
So far I’ve made three smoothie varieties. The one pictured is coconut milk, greek yogurt, skim milk, kale, banana, and frozen raspberries. It was a bit too thick so I added the skim milk later. The color was a bit weird but it tasted really good! The next one I tried wasn’t so great: since the other one was so thick, I just used skim milk, ice, and strawberries (and of course kale). I think the strawberries were rather low quality and not enough to cover up the kale flavor. It tasted like drinking a salad, but I blame myself, not Nicole at ALLB.
The third one I tried was amazing. I call it the green pina colada. It was so good I’m saving the recipe for a separate post, but I’ll mention that I didn’t put any greek yogurt in that one.
Some things I learned in my experiments:
- Make sure the fruit you use is high quality and flavorful, and use lots of it!
- If your fruit is fresh and not frozen, you can use ice to cool down your drink.
- Don’t put yogurt in unless you want a really thick smoothie. In that case, put yogurt in.
- Frozen bananas are great, but if you’re using fresh bananas, you’ll want to add ice or a different frozen fruit or the smoothie will seem warm.
- Speaking of frozen bananas, I usually freeze them by separating them into about 4 or 5 sections in a zip baggie for easy blending. (Or eating. Sometimes I just eat them.)
- Milk is fine to use as a liquid but it doesn’t really taste like anything, and therefore doesn’t do anything to hide the kale flavor.
The verdict is in; I call this pin a win!