Watermelon Lettuce Smoothie Recipe
Make breakfast healthy and interesting by preparing this "so easy to make" watermelon green smoothie. Adding a scoop of whey protein is also a good option.
Ingredients
- 2-3 cups Watermelon chunks
- 4-5 Romaine Lettuce leaves
- 1 Banana
Optional:
- 1 small piece Ginger
- Lemon Juice to suit your taste
Instructions
- Blend together the watermelon chunks, lettuce leaves and banana until smooth and creamy. Kick it up a notch by adding a small piece of ginger and some lemon juice.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
- If you are new to green smoothies, start with just 2 or 3 lettuce leaves and use about 3 cups of watermelon chunks. Once you get used to it, gradually increase the quantity of lettuce and use about 2 cups of watermelon. The color of the smoothie depends upon the quantity of the lettuce leaves you use. More the lettuce, greener the smoothie. Also, keep in mind that romaine leaves lightly a slight bitter taste which does not affect the overall taste of the smoothie. The picture above is not green because it was the first time I tried it and so use only 2 lettuce leaves. Nowadays I use at least 4 or 5 leaves and get a dark green smoothie.
- I have made the prep time 10 minutes if you haven't already cut a big watermelon into small chunks. We usually cut a melon into a half, chop one half of the melon into bite size pieces and store the other half wihtout cutting it, in an air tight container in the refrigerator. So it just takes 3 minutes for me to prepare this smoothie.
- Adding lemon and ginger was not mentioned in the original recipe. I was having the green smoothie as per the book and felt that it could use a little bit of kick and experimented with some lemon juice and ginger and loved it.
