1 tablespoon of sugar (or sweetener of your choice)
Mixing Instructions:
Add water
Add kale and turn blender on until you create a slurry
Stop blender
Add in sweetener of your choice
Add in spinach - Start blender & work into a slurry again.
Stop blender
Add banana - Start blender & work into slurry again.
Stop blender
Add in lemon - Start blender work into slurry again.
Stop blender
Start blender - This is where I turn my Vitamix up to full blast and blend it well.
Stop blender
Add Ice - I set my Vitamix to low and let it blend the ice in well. Then crank the Vitamix to full blast for a few seconds.
Tips:
I buy fresh and freeze all my ingredients. They keep longer but the main reason I like my smoothies really cold and this way I don't add a lot of extra ice.
I love my Vitamix, it is a work horse and you won't find a better blender - I put a link below.
If you freeze lemons peel them first, unless you are going to blend with peel. I don't use the peel, but I throw the whole lemon in, the Vitamix will take care of the seeds.
You can also buy the powder version of the kale and spinach