to the people who want to cook their kale before adding to the recipe DON'T! Cooking reduces the nutrient content and DEFEATS the purpose behind a 'green smoothie' If you don't care for kale try spinach or add more fruit (up to 60% fruit 40% veggies) to offset the flavor of the greens. If you find it too thick it's ok to add some water to make it your desired consistency. And if you are adding the flax I find it best to use ground flax seeds.
This sounded so awful I had to try it! I was very pleased to find it absolutely delicious. I will probably cut the amount in half next time (and just eat the remaining banana) as it was very rich. I also used nonfat dairy milk as I had no soy.
I needed to double the amount of milk because my smoothie was so thick! Also if you are using a flavored rice/soy milk you don't need the maple syrup to sweeten it. Blend this for MUCH longer than you would a regular parsley or spinach green smoothie as kale is very fibrous and you want to make sure to get this as smooth as possibly so you aren't crunching as you sip. Just my two cents! Thanks for the yummy recipe Rice!
The first time I made this, I followed the recipe as written, except that I used cow's milk. It was just okay (three stars). Today I tried it again with a few more changes. In addition to using cow's milk (because that's what I like and what I have on hand), I added a big handful of frozen strawberries, four or five ice cubes, and extra milk. I liked it much better that way . . . both because it was cold and because the flavor was fruitier. It was almost milkshake-like. My little boy (almost 2 yrs old) loved it. With the modifications, this is a four-star recipe.
I use very young kale from my garden and this is a delicious recipe. The younger the kale the sweeter the drink.
I love trying to sneak some greens in wherever I can on my whole family especially the kids. The kids thought it tasted like their was grass in the smoothie but still ate it. I cooked the kale until bright green on the next try to tone down the bitterness and it definitely improved the taste. I will probably make this again but only with the kale cooked.
Amazing! I make fruit smoothies for my family every morning but never thought about putting something like kale into them! Used frozen kale which was really easy because I just threw a few cubes in the blender along with some fruit flax seeds silken tofu and orange juice. My husband freaked out a little bit when he saw it and said I'd finally gone over the edge but he admitted later that it tasted fine! Thanks for helping me find a new way to squeeze more leafy greens into our diet!
this was so good the only thing i changed was the soy milk i used vanilla rice milk because thats what i had. this is very similar to the green smoothies my mom makes. she uses 1/4 soaked date per serving as a sweetener i think i might try that next time to eliminate some calories. i didn't think my 3 yr old would like it because of the flax seeds but he drank it right down.
We get a ton of kale with our farmshare and this is a quick way to use it -- I doubt I'd be buying kale to make smoothies with but it's a good solution for the end of the week when I've still got kale in the fridge. I've been making it half-and-half skim milk and orange juice and I found a frozen strawberry is a good sweetener. I didn't find a need to cook the kale -- the textures a touch strange but it's a perfectly nice drink. Thanks for the suggestion!
