Description
A creamy green apple smoothie that’s packed with spinach, creamy frozen banana. Add your favorite nutritional boosts, like protein powder, or try one of our healthy way to start your day!
Ingredients
- 1 green apple, cored and cut into large chunks
- 2 cups spinach leaves (or kale with ribs removed)
- 1 frozen banana (broken into 2-3 pieces)
- 1 cup milk, plant based milk or coconut milk
- 1 cup ice
- Optional Stir Ins (see note below)
Instructions
Combine apple, spinach, banana, milk, ice and optional stir-ins in a blender. Cover and puree until completely smooth, about 40 seconds. Pour into two glasses and serve immediately.
Notes
Optional Stir Ins
To Flavor: Taste a bit of your apple and if it is not very tart, try adding a little lemon juice to taste. This works best with nut milk or plant based milk- as it can cause cows milk to curdle.
Sweetener: If you are using unsweetened milk and no protein powder you may like a little sweetener. We like a tablespoon of maple syrup or honey.
Spices: Amp up the fall flavors! Try a little dash of cinnamon, nutmeg or Pumpkin Pie Spice or a spoonful of grated fresh ginger.
Nutritional Boosts: Add 1 scoop plain protein powder or collagen peptides, 1 to 2 tablespoons hemp seeds, 1 tsp grated ginger, 1 tsp flax seeds etc
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Drinks
- Method: Blended
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 cups
- Calories: 157
- Sugar: 21 g
- Sodium: 72 mg
- Fat: 1 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 35 g
- Fiber: 5 g
- Protein: 6 g