“Learning to watch my diet in a healthy way that was quick and easy was what I was looking for,” she says, and she found it in green drinks—juices and smoothies packed with leafy nutrition. “You certainly don’t need any cooking skills. Everyone can use a blender, and everybody can use a juicer,” she says. The trouble is falling into a green juice rut, where every morning starts with the same kale-apple blend, and your taste buds get super bored (so they start asking for donuts). So, Kumai used her culinary training and experience to write a book full of tips and recipes, Clean Green Drinks, to help you avoid that very scenario. And one strategy is super simple: stop using kale as a crutch and start to take advantage of the natural variety the world of greens offers. Here are a few of her tips on how to use new greens in your juices and smoothies: Click here to keep reading at Well+GoodNYC.
