Red Smoothie

Can this still be a green smoothie if it came out red? I feel like if I call this a green smoothie people might think I am color blind.


I have been eating green smoothies almost every day now since I discovered them last month. When I first thought of making green smoothies, I really wanted to use either Kale or Swiss Chard as my leafy green. However I was a little hesitant to try something new since the spinach smoothie was amazingly delicious.

To be fair I have been checking out this rainbow color swiss chard for over 2 months at Whole Foods. Well, not this particular bunch, but the plant-type in general. Last time when I was there I decided to give it a go!

Look how pretty it is! It sort of reminds me of Care Bear color vegetables, which in my case is a very good thing. Now if for some reason those colors are toxic or not natural, I will stop buying them and try something else. Until then, I am loving this:


I also picked up some frozen organic strawberries so those were going in the smoothie for sure. So here's what's inside:

Ingredients:

1 banana
1 cup frozen strawberries
3 leaves of rainbow swiss chard
1/2 Tablespoon of ground flaxseed
1 cup of water

Directions:
1. Put it all in the blender and blend!



For some reason it didn't occur to me that adding strawberries would change the color of the smoothie. This smoothie tasted more like the chard and less like the fruit compared to my previous spinach smoothies. I still liked it though and I am going to be making these until the chard is gone.