raw kale is hands down the single greatest thing you can eat if you want the most out of your body, so it makes it into all of my smoothies. it has a negligible glycemic load and a vitamin/mineral spectrum that can challenge multivitamins. also, for athletes, it can drastically reduce inflammation and increase recovery between workouts. the problem is that the dark green, almost brown, tint that it gives the smoothie isnt very appealing to most people. and the taste isnt exactly the greatest either, nor is the smell. but recently ive created two smoothies that have blown me away: great taste, good smell, and they dont simply mask the kale taste like most smoothies try to, in my opinion they wouldnt taste as great without it.
the first one was a few days ago and the second was just a this morning, both of them are amazing:
-the 'smooth banana smoothie'
>1 cup Bolthouse vanilla chai tea
>3 stalks of red kale* (mostly de-stemmed)
>2 bananas
-'chocolate banana cant-even-taste-the-health bliss'
>about 3/4 cup of water and soy milk (half water: half soy milk)
>6 ice cubes
>two bananas
>2 table spoons of Nutella
>2 stalks of red kale (mostly de-stemmed)
the 'smooth banana smoothie' is just sweet enough and just light enough to be drank alone or with food. since there isnt any ice in it, it can be put in a Nalgene and taken on the go wihtout worrying about how its gona taste an hour after its made like most smoothies. it would be a perfect post workout drink due to the high protein and easy digestion.
the chocolate banana one is a gift to runners and athletes everywhere. just try it, youll love it. the taste is amazing and the glycemic load is about as low as it can be. im confident its the best smoothie the earth has ever seen.
*get red kale, do NOT get green kale for smoothies. bad idea unless you like drinking things that taste horrible and arent as healthy for you.
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