Best fruits to mask the taste of leafy green veggies in smoothies?

[Hemoglobin]

Hey guys and gals,

I'm just getting started into making smoothies with leafy green veggies such as kale and spinach since I cannot stomach them by cooking them due to their taste.

For those who make smoothies and/or juice, what seems to be the best/strongest fruits that cover the flavor of the kale/spinach/chard/etc?

 

[jcc80]

Dark-colored berries. I always get a frozen mix of blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, and raspberries. Covers up the color and taste well enough that I can share it with my 7 year old. He has no idea there are veggies in it.

 

[bonacris]

I use a multi greens powder that has a tropical taste it's still green but hides the taste perfectly.

 

[tenny]

DUDE.......PINEAPPLE......

 

[Doogie Howser]

Any combo of frozen or fresh berries works for me!

 

[GettingBackIn]

I notice a stronger taste with kale. I use spinach and think the taste is refreshing. Just always use fresh spinach, not canned or frozen, that will taste terrible.

For fruit I get the huge bags of frozen strawberries and blue berries from Sams club and alternate them.

True nutrition makes some great protein flavors, and you can increase the flavor intensity if you need.

 

[cryptasm]

Ice Cream

 

[brucepancake]

DUDE.......PINEAPPLE......

This. I know you guys probably already do this but last night I baked some kale with olive oil and sriracha and it was amazing. I couldn't eat enough.

 

[Elvia1023]

Have you ever put in spinach without kale? Spinach tastes fine but as the above stated get it fresh. Kale is very bitter and isn't the best for smoothies. Even certan fruits that taste nice when eaten are not great in smoothies such as kiwi (tastes very bitter).

I am currently have 3 synthepure smoothies per day and I love them. As I am dieting I am currently using a mixture of berries. They are probably the best at masking the greens taste. Things like blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, redcurrants, blackcurrants etc. I usually just buy them frozen and already mixed.

Generally I tend to find you are best having a base of either apple, pineapple or orange. Everything goes well but I find each work best with other fruits.

Apple goes great with berries such as blueberries and blackberries as you get the sweet and sour tastes together.

Orange is great with raspberry and strawberry.

Pineapple is probably my fav and goes great with coconut and I usually add in a squeeze of lemon too.

You can't really go wrong with any combo but certain greens can ruin things. I prefer using spinach and asparagus as they don't taste bad at all.

I jus started having rhubard as that is very sweet and low carb and masks the greens taste too.