best greens for smoothies?

[Elizabeth2008]

what greens do you put in raw in your smoothies? I've heard spinach has a lot of oxalic acid and shouldn't be eaten raw much. Are there any good greens that don't contain oxalic acid AND that don't have a flavor that totally overpowers the smoothie?? Any suggestions would be welcome!

[nicky85]

I want to say that the oxalic acid thing only applies to cooked spinach, but I could be wrong. You definitely want to vary your greens though. We use spinach, chard, kale, dandelions are a favorite. I really like spinach-banana-strawberry and dandelion-banana-orange. Melons like cantaloupe are great with with romaine lettuce. I really like lettuces. Romaine and butter lettuce especially. I've found that collard greens work well with peaches and strawberries.

[Naturopath Mom]

Kale is my favorite, usually pretty mild.

Chard is good, dandelion. PP had good suggestions. I never smoothie melons though, but that is me. They digest way to fast to mix with anything else.

I add powdered greens a lot too. Sea veggies, superfoods, etc.