Originally Posted by LizRR:
Spinach loose leaf is such a hard one to gauge. My blender gets filled a little more than half way with spinach using my 'handfuls', i was able to successfully shove it in a 1 cup measuring cup once, so i now count it as such. I do fill up, and pack it a little, with lettuce..cant taste that either.

And fyi, i was SO SCARED to try it the first time. I find cold liquid preblended with the spinach for the 2 minutes helps to liquefy it all down. I use chilled coffee, but water or flavored herbal teas are good to.

Oh, hmm. A large handful for me is one cup.

had this for breakfast this morning...YUMMY and it makes so much more than the traditional way...thanks to all of you with this terrific suggestion!

Love spinach smoothies - like the rest of you, I think it tastes great and gives you a "fuller" feeling. When I am in a pinch I just put a cup of frozen spinach in a Premier Protein premix and blend really good. I don't have to add any additional sweeteners because the protein drink is already sweet. Chug, chug...great start to the day.

Originally Posted by Meagan240:
Oh, hmm. A large handful for me is one cup.

Yeah, like I said, it is all so relative - but as long as youve measured it out and know how much is in there you should be all good! Drink up and enjoy!

Used to looove spinach smoothies with a tbs peanut butter, unsweetened cocoa, fat free plain yogurt and skim milk.

I can't have that now, but I think I may try it with one of the drinks blended with coffee. Good idea!

Originally Posted by josiestone:
Do you use raw or cooked spinach when you add it to the shake?
Do you find that it makes you stay fuller than without using the spinach?
If you use this at breakfast, then do you decrease the amt of veggies at lunchtime?

I find that I get hungry before lunch with whatever IP product I use, so this might be a trick that would help with that.

Thank you sooo much for putting adding this subject in the title and as a separate header. I was wondering how Liz made her spinach smoothie. I seem to have a lot of difficulty searching the different threads ..spend hours trying to find a subject or track the replies.

I finally tried the spinach smoothie this morning and it was YUM. I would never have believed it but I have found a new breakfast drink. Thanks LizRR.

I also tried this for breakfast this morning. The taste is just fine but the color...not so much! I am going to find a cup that I can't see through. ;)

Originally Posted by mightbe:
I also tried this for breakfast this morning. The taste is just fine but the color...not so much! I am going to find a cup that I can't see through. ;)

Lol...i drink it from a huge opaque mug everyday!

Originally Posted by mightbe:
I also tried this for breakfast this morning. The taste is just fine but the color...not so much! I am going to find a cup that I can't see through. ;)

Originally Posted by LizRR:
Lol...i drink it from a huge opaque mug everyday!

I have a huge black souvenier cup one of my kids brought home from a movie. I use that. Lizz, your concoction is tasty and filling, but it sure ain't pretty! ;)

YUM !!!! I followed Liz's recipe .... made the spinach smoothie and OMG I can't even believe how yummy it is!!!! Your right the color is kind of grossish but can't tell you how excited I am about this. Kicking myself for not trying it sooner!!!!!

Just blended up spinach and made a smoothie with the mango drink. Delicious!! And one cup down already!

Originally Posted by josiestone:
Do you use raw or cooked spinach when you add it to the shake?
Do you find that it makes you stay fuller than without using the spinach?
If you use this at breakfast, then do you decrease the amt of veggies at lunchtime?

I find that I get hungry before lunch with whatever IP product I use, so this might be a trick that would help with that.

My IP coach also suggested zucchini. I blend it good with my choc shake for breakfast and can not taste it at all. Its a great way to get veggies in and especially one I don't normally care to eat. ...and Yes,I find it more filling.

This morning I used a vanilla rtd and some romaine and it was good... I also put in 3 capsules of glucomannan which is a thickener made of konjac root...it has 5 cals and 1.7g of carb coming from the fiber. I didn't know it had the calories in it before I used it, but it did thicken the drink and makes me fuller longer. Konjac root is the same stuff that the miracle noodles are made from...I wonder if it would be considered to be legal??

Ok tried again in a dark travel mug....soo much better! :lol: