# Green drinks **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 17, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-drinks/780096 "2017-02-17T19:02:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-drinks/780096/1 "2017-02-17T19:02:48Z")
I’m under my opthamolgist’s orders to follow a diet consistant with the National Eye Institute’s AREDS2 study. [http://www.amd.org/can-diet-and-vitamins-help-macular-degeneration/](http://www.amd.org/can-diet-and-vitamins-help-macular-degeneration/) I’m throwing that out there to hopefully ward off most “juicing doesn’t work” or “smoothies have more calories than you think” type comments. I do eat more salads and put spinach in my sandwiches, but I need some variety. I must eat leafy greens, fruit, and nuts every day. I’ve found that drinking them for breakfast is a good way to do it. I have been having the same basic drink for two months now. It tastes good, but it looks like an aquarium was left unplugged for two weeks. That’s ok, I put it in an opaque container and spare my co-workers. I’d like some variety, though. I need suggestions. My basic recipe is 1 c kale or spinach, an small orange and a small apple (or two of either), 1 c V8 Healthy Greens juice, and a handful of frozen mixed berries. I add a dash of cinnamon which helps disguise the “green” taste and a T of chia seeds. Then I blast the hell out of it (Ninja IQ). Recipes? Ideas? Anyone else drinking these types of things? I like the V8 because it’s low in calories (60), low in sugar (25g), and not outrageously expensive. I’m open to other ideas. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-drinks/780096/2 "2017-02-17T19:08:00Z")
So, a [Midori Splice](http://www.drinkswap.com/midori-splice.htm) isn’t what you are looking for? ---
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-drinks/780096/3 "2017-02-17T19:48:35Z")
Midori? Nyet, commrade. Not while there are daquiris and margaritas. Or for that matter vodka and chocolate mint ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-drinks/780096/4 "2017-02-17T22:17:34Z")
Ha, I was prepared to respond with Midori cocktails and Green River soda. However, it makes sense that overall good vitamin/mineral intake would keep eyesight from deteriorating as quickly. The latest opthamalogical tidbits I’ve seen are encouraging people–kids, adults with poor eyesight, anyone, to make a point of having frequent, regular intervals of…staring and focusing into the distance. As in, too much time at a fixed viewpoint (books, computer, tv) can indeed make your eyes worse. And we laughed when our parents told us not to sit too close to the television… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-drinks/780096/5 "2017-02-18T00:13:31Z")
Scotty and Data could maybe hook you up… ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-drinks/780096/6 "2017-02-18T02:10:32Z")
Into a glass of ice cubes add vodka and orange juice- not all the way to the top. Now add blue curacao and stir just a bit. It turns the coolest cartoon green. It’s healthy, trust me. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-drinks/780096/7 "2017-02-18T04:16:17Z")
Midori makes a great addition to Pineapple-Orange-Banana juice. I used to call it “anti-freeze” back when anti-freeze was green. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-drinks/780096/8 "2017-02-18T04:39:12Z")
As to switching out the V8 juice, I think it depends on whether you want to add more whole fruit. You can just add more citrus for the high water content, or a splash of water. Like to your basic recipe, just throwing in a banana and extra orange or apple would probably replace the V8 with a little water added. To go the other way and be a little more savory, replace some spinach with kale, and add a lemon and some peppery arugula - mitigate the lemon if it’s too sour with a bit of honey or something like agave or rice syrup. Or extras of the sweeter berries you have. ---
**Author:** ![GinoC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f4b2a3/32.png) [@GinoC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GinoC)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-drinks/780096/9 "2017-02-18T18:22:42Z")
When I was in the naval reserve, we had a drink called a Starboard Running Light, equal parts creme de menthe and vodka. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-drinks/780096/10 "2017-02-18T20:53:44Z")
Here I was thinking Chartreuse cocktails… ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-drinks/780096/11 "2017-02-18T21:15:37Z")
Dr. Fuhrman’s chocolate smoothie tastes & feels just like a chocolate shake. > **[Dr. Fuhrman's Chocolate Green Smoothie Recipe | Blender Babes](https://www.blenderbabes.com/lifestyle-diet/dr-fuhrman-chocolate-green-smoothie/)** > > Dr. Fuhrmans Chocolate Green Smoothie made in a Vitamix or Blendtec Blender. The perfect mix of fruit and chocolate into a swirling combination of goodness! ---
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-drinks/780096/12 "2017-02-21T19:01:41Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Dr. Fuhrman’s chocolate smoothie tastes & feels just like a chocolate shake. > [https://www.blenderbabes.com/lifestyle-diet/dr-fuhrman-chocolate-green-smoothie/](https://www.blenderbabes.com/lifestyle-diet/dr-fuhrman-chocolate-green-smoothie/) I’m skeptical, but I will try that this weekend or maybe Thursday. Sea Dragon: I’ve been trying green tea with a tsp of honey and a squeeze of lime. That’s been less sweet, but still flavorful. I’ve wondered about the savory, but I’m kind of afraid of it. I don’t know why. I drink tomato juice all the time with no qualms (and no vodka). ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-drinks/780096/13 "2017-02-21T19:56:07Z")
Bartender: “You know, we have a cocktail named after you.” Grasshopper: “You have a cocktail named Howard?!” ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-drinks/780096/14 "2017-02-21T23:10:35Z")
😃 Best thing I’ve heard all day! You could vary that up a fair bit with mangoes, bananas, honey , and a bit of cardamom. I’ve done a variation of [this](http://www.skinnytaste.com/mango-banana-green-smoothie/)with plain Greek yogurt and it was quite tasty.