The Green Monster Movement
I first heard about the Green Monster Movement on Facebook when a few of my friends started talking about them. The movement was set into motion by Angela who is the author at Oh She Glows when she tried to create her own smoothies.
My healthy living website, Oh She Glows, is where I first started writing about my first shot at making a green smoothie, that I called ‘Green Monster’. Let’s just say my first attempts did not turn out that great!
I blend together kale or spinach, milk (almond or soy), fruit, seeds, powders, etc. and come up with some amazing Green Monster drinks! I have noticed a HUGE increase in my energy, along with a decrease in cravings for sweets. My skin has also become more clear and my hair and nails started growing like weeds!
I’m not a huge spinach fan, so I wasn’t sure how I would like these, but everyone was trying them so you know I had to try them also. We made the ‘Amazing’ Cantaloupe-Banana Green Monster and it was delicious. And you have to believe me when I say you can’t taste the spinach in them AT ALL, but you’re getting all the Popeye strength and energy from it.
‘Amazing’ Cantaloupe-Banana Green Monster
- 3 cups organic spinach
- 1-1.25 cups milk (your choice of cow’s milk, soy, hemp, almond, rice, etc)
- 1 tablespoon flax (optional)
- 1/2 banana
- 1 cup juicy cantaloupe
- 1 scoop Amazing Grass Wheat Grass
- ice
We used 2% cow’s milk, and I didn’t have any flax or wheat grass. (Mental note to get those two items) We layered the ingredients like she suggest, with the heaviest ingredient on top, and the light spinach leaves on the bottom.
They come out a beautiful green color, ice cold and ready to drink.
Yummy! I can’t wait to make another batch tomorrow morning.
