St. Patrick’s Day treats don’t have to mean adding huge amounts of artificial coloring to sweet treats. So many times these holiday nutritional disasters leave us with kids who are hyped up and feeling sick later on. I can’t tell you how many times I cleaned up green puke before I found out the horrors of artifical coloring.
So this year, try something different and something that will improve your kids’ nutritional intake and keep them from crashing later on. Add some healthy greens to your St’ Patricks’ day celebration by adding them to smoothies! Green smoothies are a healthy way to start the day or as a sweet surprise after school. It’s a healthy snack your child will be happy to indulge in!
Check out these holiday-worthy Green smoothie recipes:
Irish Twist Smoothie
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Lucky Lucy Veggie & Fruit Drink
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Green Morning Health Smoothie
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Sparkling Shamrock Morning Drink
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The Leaping Leprechaun
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DIRECTIONS
Combine all ingredients into a blender or food processor. Blend until really smooth – make sure you go beyond the grainy stage – you don’t want any chunks or with bits of leaves floating about.
Too thick? Add more water or a splash of juice or milk (almond or soy). This should take only a couple of minutes. Blend until the greens are so pulverized that they are no longer visible other than infusing your smoothie with a beautiful green color.
Photo & Recipe credit: Provided by Omega products :me:
those look great!
I love the St Patricks day themed smoothies. They all look delicious.
Those all look wonderful!!