Raw Green Smoothie Recipe without Fruits or low GI fruit...Help? (Details)

) March 18th, 2012

I am searching for Green Smoothie Raw Veggie Recipes that do not have fruits in them…or simply require an apple/carrot for sweetness or get their sweetness from a low G.I. fruit…but…here’s the catch…it has to be delicious! And not taste like grass or be bitter.

I have a recipe book for Green Smoothies and almost all of them take pineapple/mango and tropical fruits (high in sugar) and bananas, etc. I need some that will work with sweetener from low GI fruits.

Any ideas? Hope so.
Thanks so much!

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The G.I. Diet page has a list of low-GI fruits. Perhaps you can throw some of them into your favorite smoothie?

Fruits

Low GI
Cherries 22
Plums 24
Grapefruit 25
Peaches 28
Peach, canned in natural juice 30
Apples 34
Pears 41
Dried Apricots 32
Grapes 43
Coconut 45
Coconut Milk 41
Kiwi Fruit 47
Oranges 40
Strawberries 40
Prunes 29

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@laureth….... Thank you very much!

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The fruit is actually the only thing that is going to disguise that ‘grassy’ taste. Maybe you can add a couple of spoonfuls of coconut oil for added flavor, but without fruit, you can’t disguise the ‘yuck’ factor.

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