Sweet & Vibrant Green Smoothie

If you’re anything like me, you don’t love giving your kids regular juice. I rarely buy them, and if I do it tends to be either cold pressed apple or pure orange juice. It’s a personal choice.

In my opinion generic juices are just really watered down fruit concentrate with a whole bunch of sugar, not a lot of valuable nutrients. If they want a juice, I have no problem pulling out the blender and whipping them up a smoothie instead. At least I know what goes into it and they can help in the process.

What I love about making smoothies in particular is you can throw anything that is too ripe in the fridge or counter into one. It’s a great way to not waste food. Anytime your bananas become too ripe, never throw them away. Just peel, chop into chunks, and throw them into a ziploc bag in the freezer. These ripe fruits and veggies make delicious smoothies.

One of the kids’ favourites is surprisingly this green smoothie I make. You would think the colour might deter them, but they actually love it! I think it helps that mom and dad’s favourite colour is green!

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Sweet Vibrant Green Smoothie

This smoothie will have you glowing from the inside out!

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Servings 4

Equipment

• 1 high speed blender

Ingredients

  

• 1 Frozen ripe banana making sure the bananas are frozen is key to the creamy texture of this smoothie
• 1 cup Spinach I also keep my spinach in the freezer. it keeps it from going bad, and it's always available for when you want a smoothie
• 4-5 Pieces of frozen pineapple this is what adds the sweetness to the smoothie
• 1 cup Coconut water or regular water you can also put almond milk if you prefer a creamier flavour
• 4-5 Ice cubes
• 1 tsp Vanilla protein powder optional
• 1 scoop Greens superfood powder also optional, but I always added this and i would use the one that had no flavor
• 1 tsp Hemp hearts optional

Instructions

 

• Place all the ingredients in a high powder blender. I Use my smoothie ninja attachment
• Blend, starting at a medium speed and then increasing as the ingredients come together. You may also need to stop the blender once or twice to push the ingredients back to the bottom
• This step is optional, but after I'm done I like to put the smoothie into the freezer for about 5 minutes. I find this step helps thicken the smoothie giving it a really creamy texture for optimal enjoyment

Notes

I highly recommend using all frozen ingredients. The most important being the banana. That is the ingredient that creates the creamy and silky texture. Using a frozen banana will give you the consistency you are looking for in this type of smoothie.

If you’re not a huge fan of banana, the good thing with this recipe is the other flavours actually over power it so you don’t really taste the banana, but it does help to give you the texture you want.