Does it blend greens well? (i.e.kale, spinach, etc)
1392339
I put kale in my smoothies and it chops it up really well. Haven't used just kale or spinach.
1392340
Sorry, I do not know. I've blended mostly fruit and dairy products. I did blend well-cooked broccoli for soup without a problem. I would think spinach would be fine. Kale... I couldn't predict; perhaps if you removed tough stems and cooked until quite tender.
1392341
Spinach yes. I'm not so sure about kale but hey it doesn't hurt to try. I would suggest chopping it first before throwing it in the blender. I wouldn't see why not though, it has great power.
1381669
We blend spinach for green smoothies every day -- and it totally pulverizes the leaves. From looking at comparison videos, the VERSA probably takes 20-30 seconds longer than a Vitamix to achieve the same final result when blending greens, but I will happily save the $200-300 and stick with my VERSA.
1279980
Yes, just make sure you mix the ingredients while you juice it. For example leafy greens - piece of cucumber - leafy greens and so on. This works great
2014756
I don't get much juice from Kale or parsley which are the only leafy greens I have tried. But I don't expect much juice since there isn't much juice in them.
318957
It does handle kale it blends right through it for our smoothies; it gets the pieces very small, not liquid, but drinkable and yummy :)
1563787
Yes, and very well. I have juiced kale, and other leafy greens and it does great.
563678
Well, I haven't processed celery through the machine yet, but leafy greens ( kale & spinach)...Yes, it does great! I'm pretty sure it will do just as good of a job on celery too!
318959
I haven't used kale but I've made several Green Monster smoothies with fresh spinach and apple chunks and the results are awesome.
1926798
I have not put wheat grass into it yet. I can say this though as I use this juicer more the more I am disappointed in how is handles greens (i.e. kale, spinach, parsley). There are places inside the "bowl" where the fibers get stuck, making cleaning a chore.
721134
Yes if you feed too fast leafy greens or in seriatim leafy material, cucumbers and celery. It's easy not to jam though. You can also jam the feed with too many large hard chunks at once. Short of the Norwalk the Kuvings is awesome. It's also more user friendly than the Norwalk for small batches.
1558584
I have put Kale and Spinach in my smoothies (along with 4-5 ice cubes, 1 cup of liquid, 1 cup yogurt, a kiwi and some frozen fruit) and it chops the kale or spinach into very small fragments, it does not pulverize/liquify - but I would still consider that it does a very good job.
127073
It works great with fresh kale! I have only tried spinach in it twice and found that spinach just doesn't have the flavor or amount of juice that I can get from the kale. In other words, it works, but I would save my money and invest in the kale instead... you only need a few leaves of kale vs. several handfuls of spinach.
1279978
Leslie, it's perfect for celery, cucumbers and leafy greens. I've never tried sprouts, but that sounds amazing.I do both spinach and kale and don't forget your limes and/or lemons every once in a while for a different taste also.
708716
Yes it does process leafy greens, just don't overload the mixer or it will malfunction.
829278
I'm not really sure what you mean by green vegetable juice? It will pretty much blend anything. I've added spinach and kale to my smoothies and they turn green.
1381667
i get the large organic bag of spinach/kale/chard from Costco. I mix that with their regular big container of spinach. then i freeze that and then crumble it up into almost "shake" and use that with unsweetened coconut milk. so its alot of greens and they're frozen. this blender tore right through them! then I add fruit and frozen strawberries and blueberries. again, no problem! so far, I'm very impressed.
1852410
Yes, it does an amazing job. My favorites are Kale, beets, apples, carrots, cucumber and a bit of ginger.