Green Smoothie Cleanse - Jane's day one

The morning started with the Green Smoothie Girl's hot-pink breakfast smoothie. I've been wanting to try this smoothie for quite a while. I assembled the ingredients and blended the smoothie. Then I took the first sip. Yuck. There was something just wrong about it. It didn't take long to realize that there was way too much vanilla for my taste. It overpowered all the fresh ingredients in the smoothie.  I'm not giving up.  I'll try this one again tomorrow morning with a few variations.

Hot-Pink Breakfast Smoothie (4 cups)
1 carton coconut water
½ a medium beet, peeled
¼ cup cashews
¼ cup chopped dates
2 tsp. vanilla
1 Tbsp. hemp protein powder (optional)
12 frozen strawberries

It did have a pretty pink color!

For lunch I chose an old favorite that I call purple berry smoothie. I wanted to make 8 cups, rather than my usual 4-5 cups. Well, it lost something in the conversion. This picture is all the greens blended in the water. I think I got more greens than usual because the smoothie wasn't as purple this time. It was good, but not quite as tasty.
















Purple Berry Smoothie (8 cups)
2 1/2 cups purified water
1/2 lb organic baby kale
1/4 lb organic baby spinach
2 bananas
2 cups frozen mixed berries
1 mango
1 gala apple

The dinner smoothie was my favorite. It was very refreshing. I almost added some agave to counteract the lemon, but the more I drank, the less I felt I needed more sweetness.


















Spring Green Smoothie (4 cups)
1 carton coconut water
2 cups organic baby spinach
1 mini cucumber
1/2 avocado
1/6 yellow pepper
1 cup green seedless grapes
1/4 lemon (with peel)
1 cup frozen pineapple

I haven't felt hungry today. In fact I had a hard time finishing my last smoothie. I've had times of feeling bloated and a little uncomfortable, but it's mostly been a good experience so far.  I went to Group Active this morning and had plenty of energy.  My energy levels have been quite constant throughout the day.  So far so good.