This green smoothie recipe is my favorite quick and healthy breakfast idea but it has taken me years to fine tune my recipe so not only is it good for me, but tastes fabulous. Read on to learn how to make a green smoothie, plus my tips and tricks to creating the best green smoothie that doesn’t taste like you are drinking your cut grass clippings 🙂
Years ago, my first attempts at a green smoothie recipe resulted in a texture and flavor I wasn’t quite fond of. It sorta reminded me of drinking sweetened grass through a straw. I know I needed to play with the basic recipe because I love the idea of getting so many healthy fruits and veggies in for my first meal of the day.
Before green smoothies, I was in love with my favorite Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Protein Smoothie but my body decided it was no longer going to play nicely with dairy products. For this recipe, I love the use of coconut almond milk. Adds to the tropical flavor profile!
How to Make Green Smoothies
- Use Some Ice – Yes, I’ve tried frozen fruit but I still greatly prefer using some of my liquid in the form of ice. Having the smoothie ice cold makes it so refreshing and delicious. I simply fill a one cup measuring cup with ice and then pour the coconut almond milk over the ice to fill the gaps. That is my liquid base for my smoothie when I toss it in the blender.
- Skip the Bananas – Don’t throw your freezer full of frozen bananas at me, please. The addition of bananas to green smoothies do add a lot of flavor but they also create a slimy texture in the end result. There will be many who disagree but as much as I love bananas, I won’t put them in my smoothie. I want it crisp and refreshing, but bananas make them a bit too….mucky.
- Pre-Blend Your Spinach – If you want a truly smooth smoothie and not a mouthful of what feels like clippings from your lawn mower, then make your smoothie in two steps instead of just dumping it all in at once. Combine your spinach, ice and almond milk in the blender until the spinach is completely smooth. Then, you can add all the yummy fruit and blend those in. If texture is as important to you as it is to me, you will love this little tip!
Green Smoothie Recipe
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 1 serving 1x
Ingredients
- 1 C baby spinach, very tightly packed
- ~ 1/2 C ice
- ~ 1/2 C unsweetened coconut almond milk
- 2 Tb ground flax or chia seed
- 1 small clementine
- 1/2 C chopped mango
- 1/2 C chopped pineapple
Instructions
- Place the spinach and ground flax seed in your blender. Fill a one cup measuring cup with ice, then fill with the coconut almond milk over the ice. Add to the blender, put on the cover then blend for 45 seconds or until spinach is completely smooth. Add the fresh fruit and blend for another 45 seconds. Serve immediately!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 smoothie
- Calories: 216
- Sugar: 25g
- Sodium: 99mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 35g
- Fiber: 8g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
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I am writing this to ask could you give me the carbohydrate value of the smoothie usi g the mango and pineapple..I am a diabetic the smoothie sounds yummy but I would like to know it’s value..thank you☺
Thanks for the note Gillian! I don’t have that info for you but there are many amazing nutrition calculators on line that will give you all the numbers you need!