{"id":6922,"date":"2009-07-12T10:32:02","date_gmt":"2009-07-12T14:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=6922"},"modified":"2009-07-12T10:32:02","modified_gmt":"2009-07-12T14:32:02","slug":"andrea-on-smoothies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2009\/07\/andrea-on-smoothies\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrea on smoothies"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Smoothie<\/a>Daily Eats<\/a> readers know that I love my smoothies! And so does Scott! He actually requests them and I think at this point in time he might be the only food blogger husband who does.<\/p>\n

I was intrigued when I saw Angela of Oh She Glows<\/a> start making her green monsters. Kale in a smoothie? Um, what?<\/p>\n

Now I love me some kale, but it can be a bit bitter so I was a little concerned. But she loved them and I decided to give it a try, and you know what? You can’t taste the kale at all. Amazing! My smoothies are different than the typical green monsters because I want fruit and<\/em> veggies in my smoothies.<\/p>\n

That means that my smoothies typically aren’t green.\u00a0 And I prefer to use juices and water as a base instead of almond or soymilk.\u00a0 The milks tend to make the smoothies thicker which isn’t something I’m looking for because I don’t use smoothies as a meal or as a meal replacement.\u00a0 They are an accompaniment to my lunches. \u00a0 I also add in lots of frozen fruit because why not? Frozen fruit also helps keep the smoothies cool and give it a sort of frozen drink texture.<\/p>\n

A typical smoothie for me usually has:<\/p>\n