Get Up and Go Green Smoothie

This delicious smoothie wakes me up better than coffee.  Of course, this recipe can be customized to your heart’s content.  It yields a lot of smoothie, so feel free to scale it down.

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Ingredients:

2.5 cups of spinach, kale, or other dark, leafy greens

2 cups of your favorite fruits, cut into 1 inch pieces* 

1 tablespoon of sugar, more or less

1 tablespoon of lemon or orange juice

2 cups of milk or water

2 cups of ice cubes

*Bananas tend to make the smoothie creamier 
*Apples have great soluble fiber
*Other suggestions: frozen berries, peaches, mangos, etc. Eat the rainbow!

Procedure:

1. Place all of the ingredients into a blender
2. Blend until the chunks are gone.  If your smoothie is too thick, add more liquid.
3. Enjoy :)

Tip: If you’d like to avoid the dirty dozen, try finding organic spinach, kale, frozen fruit, and apples in bulk at stores like Costco or Sam’s Club.  These stores tend to offer much larger amounts of produce for lower prices than other grocery stores like Schnucks and Dierbergs. Trader Joe's also has great deals on clean produce to feed one or two people.