Kale and Banana Smoothie

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 - Read more ...

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 - Read more ...

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 - Read more ...

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 - Read more ...

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 - Read more ...

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 - Read more ...

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 - Read more ...

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.