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THE LAUGHING GORILLA GREEN SMOOTHIE RECIPE
Gorillas are mostly vegetarian, and we’re pretty sure one would absolutely LOVE this nutritious green smoothie recipe!

It’s the perfect mix of greens and fruit, and one Blender Babes’ favorites!

Warning: consumption of this smoothie may result in spontaneously occurring, extremely contagious gorilla laughter.

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The Laughing Gorilla

Vitamix/Victoria Boutenko

5 from 1 vote

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Course Green Smoothie

Servings cups

Calories 107.5 kcal

Ingredients

3/4-1 cup filtered OR coconut water
1 orange peeled, halved, seeded
1/4 head of romaine lettuce
1 banana ripe, peeled, frozen
1/2 mango pitted, peeled
1/2 tablespoon raw honey or other sweetener depending on ripeness of fruit
1 cup ice

Instructions

Add ingredients to the jar and secure lid. Blend until smooth.
For Blendtec: Press the SMOOTHIE button.
Vitamix: VARIABLE, speed #1. Turn machine on and slowly increase speed to VARIABLE, speed #10, then to HIGH. Blend for 30-45 seconds, using the tamper to press the ingredients into the blades.
All done! Enjoy!! Now take a photo, rate it, and share your accomplishments! 🙂 Tag @BlenderBabes & #BlenderBabes

Notes

Makes approx. 6 cups. Use Blendtec Wildside Jar or Vitamix 64oz jar. Halve recipe for smaller jars.

Nutrition

Serving: 3gCalories: 107.5kcalCarbohydrates: 26.7gProtein: 1.4gFat: 0.4gSaturated Fat: 0.1gSodium: 29.7mgFiber: 2.9gSugar: 15.9g

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HEALTH BENEFITS OF ORANGES
When it comes to popular fruit, oranges come in near the top of the list even outdistancing their nearest competitors-tomatoes, bananas, and apples-when it comes to Vitamin C content.

Indeed, some say oranges are the poster child for this vitamin.

Herperidin, a much researched phytonutrient found in oranges, is known to support the reduction of high blood pressure, cholesterol, and inflammation associated with arthritis, asthma, fibromyalgia, and heart disease.

Nearly fifty studies show that a diet high in citrus provides a forty to fifty percent reduced risk of cancer of the esophagus, stomach, mouth, larynx, and pharynx.

Orange peels are said to lower cholesterol more effectively than some prescription drugs.

Go ahead and drop them in the blender with this recipe and make use of this medicine normally thrown out with the trash.

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kathryn

January 29, 2014 at 9:08 pm

This looks wonderful!

Karma Smith- Sabino

June 3, 2013 at 2:18 am

Looks good…gonna try it but I have NutriBullet so I will indeed have to cut recipe in half!

Blender Babes
June 3, 2013 at 8:00 pm

I’ve heard decent reviews of the NutriBullet. Let us know how it works out Karma 🙂

Blender Babes
June 3, 2013 at 8:01 pm

I’ve heard decent reviews of the NutriBullet. Let us know how it works out Karma 🙂

Karma Smith- Sabino
June 4, 2013 at 4:35 am

I absolutely LOVE my Nutribullet Blender Babes!!!!

Blender Babes
June 4, 2013 at 9:16 pm

Awesome! Thx for sharing 🙂 We will have to look further into it 🙂

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