Do vegetable smoothies sound gross?

[peace-love-couture]

I make a veggie smoothie every other day with raw spinach or kale, carrots, an apple or banana or avocado (for creaminess), arugula or mustard greens and sometimes broccoli. I add in 2 table spoons of ground flax seed(for omega 3 fatty acids). I blend it in her blender and I drink it down then and there, but I don't refrigerate it or anything. She thinks I've absolutely lost it and that I've become a health nut of the most obnoxious kind.

Does that sound yucky? lol

[Anonymous]

Why the does it matter? Of course it does to the average unhealthy person. And actually pure vegetable smoothies usually do taste gross to me. lol Juice is different though, carrot juice is f***ing amazing (and I don't really like carrots).

Just don't let her change your mind because it IS healthy and people seem to have become programmed to think it's not OK to have optimal health. O_o

I drink a fruit, or fruit/veg smoothy EVERY DAY.

[myspacemybroke]

Donno. I like fruit smoothies. Never actually tried it with a lot of veggies and whatnot, but it doesn't sound too terrible. I most likely wouldn't want to kill myself with a chainsaw after tasting it.

[somnambulated]

No way, I love green smoothies. I actually used a banana in all my green smoothies for its sweetness and creaminess, despite the fact that I hate(d) bananas, and now I actually crave them from drinking the green smoothies. However, I don't really like apples... I usually do berries or citrus fruits in mine.

[madmisskelly]

Sounds super healthy and if you enjoy it then it doesn't matter.

The only problem with smoothies is you lose the fiber so you won't feel full for very long.

[somnambulated]

Actually you keep all the fiber in a smoothie since you toss everything in, blend, and drink. It's juice where you lose fiber because you are only pushing the vegetable juice out and discarding the remains of the actual pulp where all the fiber is.

[peace-love-couture]

Yeah, I don't juice, I actually blend. So even when I use cucumbers, which is common cause they're cheap lol, I put it all in there.

I have no problem with the skin

[madmisskelly]

Awesome then, blend away!

[martyfellow]

No, it sounds healthy to me. Sure it sounds strange, but the combination of flavors is actually probably good tasting, right? ANd these are the healthiest foods you can find!

[smilenbehappy]

depends what veg you use... the avocado, banana, apple and carrots sound ok... duno about spinach or broccoli tho...

[pr3ttybr0wn]

it sounds like it tastes gross. I like fruit smoothies, never had a veggie one

[G-Daz]

No it sounds fine, I sometimes make it just because I like blending sh*t :P

[ClassicalGirl]

To me it does! Whatever tricks your trigger I guess

[drummerdude25]

Sounds pretty nasty, yeah... lol

[Ugliness]

All smoothies sound gross.

[pepper01]

how did it taste?

[peace-love-couture]

I add the apple in for sweetness and I find the flax adds sweetness also, but it tastes...it's an indescribable taste really. Sometimes it's sweet and I can really taste the carrots, other times the kale sticks out(which is not so good)

[pepper01]

i actually love carrot juice. tomorrow I'm going on this health diet. I want to become health in body and health. hows it going for you?

[peace-love-couture]

It's definitely great if you aren't a vegetable person or if you're the type of person who is on the go. Like, I drink mine in the morning. Takes less than 5 minutes and I get quite a few servings of veggies.

I haven't been on the most healthy diet, so I'm sluggish, but I think it has more to do with my poor diet at the moment, in an attempt to lose weight.

I recommend just not adding supplements to it, cause those can rack up calories, like protein powders and whatnot

[pepper01]

thanks :) I'm going to go out shopping tomorrow for fruits and veggies. going to make my own shake and susbitite it for a meal or a snack. good luck in your weight lose journey :) I'm starting mine tomorrow and I'm excited. I never thought of shakes so you helped me major lol. keep me posted on your progress

[Lj236]

only really yucky lol ;p