The amazing green smoothie recipe keeps getting better.
It's a perfect "kitchen sink" recipe because you throw whatever you have on hand in the blender for a fabulous breakfast, snack or quick lunch when paired with a few nuts or some string cheese.
The double bonus: your kids will love it. My daughter, Jordan, has a spinach smoothie almost every day at breakfast.
My original green smoothie recipe featured berries, bananas and Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk. Easy, delicious and only about 220 calories.
Add two handfuls of spinach to make the smoothie a nutritional game changer. It packs a powerful antioxidant punch with few additional calories. The crazy thing is you can't even taste the spinach.
I've started added frozen kale to the mix, too. It offers the amazing nutritional green boost while thickening the consistency. The kale does add more of a "green" flavor, though but it's not overwhelming.
Here's the basic base recipe:
You can use any fruit combination with a few greens. Pictured below is another version with the Almond Breeze, half a mango, half a banana, a few strawberries and two handfuls of frozen kale. Delicious!
These are so good that they can be served as a frozen dessert treat. Just use less milk and add more frozen ingredients for a thicker, soft-serve consistency.
*Almond milk is not safe for those with nut allergies and should not be used as a substitute for infant formula or breast milk.
It's a perfect "kitchen sink" recipe because you throw whatever you have on hand in the blender for a fabulous breakfast, snack or quick lunch when paired with a few nuts or some string cheese.
The double bonus: your kids will love it. My daughter, Jordan, has a spinach smoothie almost every day at breakfast.
My original green smoothie recipe featured berries, bananas and Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk. Easy, delicious and only about 220 calories.
Add two handfuls of spinach to make the smoothie a nutritional game changer. It packs a powerful antioxidant punch with few additional calories. The crazy thing is you can't even taste the spinach.
I've started added frozen kale to the mix, too. It offers the amazing nutritional green boost while thickening the consistency. The kale does add more of a "green" flavor, though but it's not overwhelming.
Here's the basic base recipe:
- Eight ounces almond milk (again, I love Almond Breeze Unsweetened Vanilla)
- One big handful of berries
- One banana
- Two handfuls of spinach
- Optional: chia seed or flax seeds
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| Mango Kale Smoothie |
*Almond milk is not safe for those with nut allergies and should not be used as a substitute for infant formula or breast milk.
Such a healthy drink and I can imagine it would be delicious with that combination of ingredients too.
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