Green Smoothie Lovin’
Favorite smoothie of the moment:
• Frozen bananas
• Swiss chard
• Maple syrup
A sneaky way to get those greens into your kid’s meals.
The sweetness/creaminess of the bananas masks any off-putting flavor of the chard. Personally, I like the earthy flavors of kale and swiss chard in my drinks but I know it’s not something everyone can handle. By freezing your bananas only when they are super brown and spotty, they’ll lend a lot of sweetness to your smoothies.
De-stem your chard before adding it to your blender! Save the stems for something else.
I chopped up mine, sautéed them with a little garlic and added them to a bowl of brown rice pasta & nooch.
Eat More Plants. 
6 Responses to “Green Smoothie Lovin’”
Hi Celine,
Never tried maple syrup, though we’ve used honey here and there. With kale smoothies, I tend to lean toward apples for sweetness because they’re a good locally grown whole food with no processing. On occasion, I will use dates too. Another thing I like about apples or dates is adding more fiber, not just sweetness. I think you were the one that turned us on to dates in smoothies.
We’ve yet to try our chard in a smoothie, but we’ve got a mess of it now, so we’ll give it a go!
Thanks for sharing!
Mmm yes – now that I have more apples in my house than I know what to do with…great idea!! I love apple/banana/date smoothies. Might as well add some chard 🙂
Love this post!
❤
Emory
helloscarlettblog.com
Where did you get the big glass straw?
They’re from glass dharma 🙂
sweet Ill see if they have an online store!! thanks so much! super idea, cuts waste and cost plus not chemicals like plastic 😀 Thank you!!