Recipe Test: Dr. Oz's 3 day detox smoothies

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I found this above but it looks like it originated with Dr. Oz.  There are three smoothies on the link and I've now tried them all.

Raspberry, Banana Spinach Smoothie:

• Water
• Flaxseed
• Raspberries
• Banana
• Spinach
• Almond Butter (I used peanut butter)
• Lemon juice

Not bad.  I thought it would be sweeter than it was.  I think the flax and peanut butter distracted from the sweet of the fruit.  I wish you could see in the picture - it is all confetti looking up close.  I had this Sunday morning for breakfast.  

Celery, Cucumber, Kale Apple Smoothie: 

• Milk (I used whole but the recipe calls for Almond Milk)
• Celery
• Cucumber
• Kale
• Green Apple
• Lime
• Coconut Oil
• Pineapple

I was a little nervous at these ingredients but it was surprisingly good!  The apple and pineapple give it a little sweet.  The celery, cucumber and lime make it really refreshing.  Bet this mix would be good a juice too.  The texture is a little crunch but I think I'll just leave it in the blender a bit longer next time.  I sipped it really slowly for a couple of hours this morning for breakfast.  

  

 Blueberry, Mango, Kale Smoothie

• Coconut water
• Blueberries
• Mango
• Kale
• Lemon 
• Avocado
• Cayenne Pepper
• Flaxseed

I used frozen blueberries on this one so it had a nice cold smoothie vibe going.  The Cayenne pepper was a PUNCH!  This is the smoothie that I mentioned where I was like 'uh... what?! Pepper?!' ... it wasn't bad but I think I'll cut it down a bit next time with my wimp status when it comes to hot spices.  I had the remainder of the avocado and that was lunch today.  

For dinner today I had the leftovers of the farmer's market salad from last night and I made some juice from some random leftovers of sweet potato, apple, kale and cucumber. 

Result = STUFFED!   Other than a small headache from the lack of caffeine (having some tea to combat that now) and having to pee every five minutes I feel great!