Post by Contributing Writer, Beth
I’ve been making this same green smoothie for years now. It is so perfectly sweet and satisfying, even with a ton of spinach in it! I love packing the greens in, knowing that it’s going to taste like dessert, yet be a highly nutritious snack at the same time.
Green smoothies come in all shapes and sizes (and shades! This one’s a more pinkish-green due to the raspberries). There are as many green smoothie recipes out there as you can imagine, or maybe more! This one is simple and easy, and will pass the test of any veggie-hater. You can’t taste the spinach, I swear!
I don’t really measure, so this is all totally easily adaptable to your favorite ingredients. Green smoothies are great for experimenting! Add an apple! Try a different kind of green! Throw a celery stalk or a cucumber in! Seriously, it’s difficult to mess one of these up.
Here’s what I use:
2 big handfuls of raw organic baby spinach (around 4 cups if you measure, or even more)
1 banana
1 cup or so of frozen raspberries
a big glop of yoghurt (probably 1/2 cup or so?)
enough water to make it the consistency you likeBlend all together until smooth, and enjoy!
What are your favorite smoothie ingredients?
Beth blogs at Red & Honey, a lifestyle blog for the naturally-minded homemaker. She recently began a passionate love affair with coffee and her life will never be the same. She has had three babies in less than four years, is a professional laundry-avoider, and loves to stay up way too late making weird stuff from scratch that normal people tend to just buy in a store. Hence, the coffee.
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Yum! I forgot about how easy smoothies make it to eat spinach – I might have to add it to my grocery list now. I’ve been enjoying strawberry smoothies lately with honey and lots of yogurt. Adding some greens wouldn’t hurt!
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beth@redandhoney Reply:
February 26th, 2013 at 12:31 pm
@Alyssa, I love yogurt in my smoothies, and the spinacj is so great – you seriously can’t taste it!
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Hi, Beth! We love green smoothies at our house, too. Sometimes I add handfuls of fresh greens or sometimes green juice. I recently discovered an affordable multi-greens/fruits/veggies/probiotics powder when I was shopping on vitacost. It is called berrytastic and I am now using our smoothies in place of our multi-vitamins! In addition to the powder, I am using fat free plain greek yogurt, bananas, fruit juice of choice, and a frozen fruit such as cherries, blueberries, strawberries, or pineapple. During the fall/winter/spring I add vit D liquid and elderberry syrup. If all else fails, I know my kids will get the nutrition they need, especially since they are all picky eaters
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Here is my favorite smoothie. I often add spinach & it doesn’t change the taste at all. I don’t add the maple syrup anymore either, because it is sweet enough with out it to me.
http://toriesonshineandshade7.wordpress.com/2010/03/28/blueberry-sunrise-smoothie/
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