I was supposed to start the week with a really green smoothie but I forgot to buy the key ingredient on Sunday so it had to wait until Tuesday. Instead of kale, this one uses spinach — lots of it. Kristin really sells the Green Monster Spinach Smoothie over at her blog, Iowa Girl Eats.
I decided this one could be followed “as is” — though I was not sure my blender could really handle all that spinach. (I needn’t have worried; the blender worked it into the rest of the smoothie with no effort.) I’m not sure I got 4 cups of spinach in the finished drink, more like 3 cups but since I was hesitant about the taste of this from the start, I figured that would do.
The Green Monster earns its name. It is green. This did not help my anticipation of the taste. I went outside to grab a photo in the best light and only after I’d snapped a few photos did I finally take the plunge and take a sip.
It tasted like a peanut butter-banana smoothie, which it basically is.
I immediately felt like the character in Green Eggs and Ham, proclaiming, “I do like this green smoothie, I do!”
So, for the record, this is “the green smoothie for people who don’t like green smoothies.” It’s on my keeper list.