Green smoothie learnings

Starting small on the green smoothies. Yesterday I threw a handful of spinach into an otherwise fruit and yogurt smoothie. Color turned a little darker, but not totally unappetizing. Bill said he could taste the spinach. I couldn't, but could taste that it was less sweet than without it.
Today's smoothie was a bigger baby step towards green:

• handful of spinach
• one apple
• one banana
• half a handful of almonds
• 2 c. water

And here's what I learned:

• The "smoothie" preset on the BlendTec is not sufficient for apples and almonds
• ice is required
• less sweet is good
• I was not hungry