Green Smoothie
Green Smoothie
Before I start the recipe let me say that I’m slaying my 40 by 40 and bucket lists this weekend. As you read this I’m on my way to see a live taping of Oprah’s Lifeclass with guest teacher T.D. Jakes! Also, this past Friday I surprised my friends with tickets to see the Soweto Gospel Choir in concert. It’s been a pretty good past few days! 
Anyhoo… back to the smoothie.
I thought about starting a smoothie blog once, had a name and everything (which I’ve since forgotten 
). I used to make a smoothie every night after yelling “SMOOTHIE TIME!” like a bell went off in my head #truestory. I stopped sometime last year because of the sugar content of the fruit at night and trying to change my diet due to adrenal fatigue. Trust me, it was a sad day in Zamunda 
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Lately I’ve decided to get back into my love of smoothies and just make them earlier during the day so the sugar content is not an issue. I’m also gonna lower the proportion of fruit I used since I tended toward making mine thick and creamy with frozen fruit.
Anyhoo … here’s a quick green smoothie recipe for my
Barefoot & Pregnant In The Kitchen: Everything Mama Told Me Not To Be
series.
Everything I used
Pictured above: frozen spinach, frozen banana, greek yogurt, rice milk, (optional: mango nectar, rice protein, psyllium husk powder, fish oil).
I’m using my Oster Blend-N-Go cup (of which I own 4 … because remember I was smoothie obsessed). I don’t see this exact model anywhere, but here’s an updated version on Amazon.com: Oster 6026 Blend-N- Go Cup
Moving right along, I added some rice milk in the bottom of the blender cup. I do this so I don’t have to fight to get the dry ingredients from being stuck at the bottom (top when it’s flipped over) when blending.
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Add some of rice milk
Next I added the frozen spinach and banana. I’d already peeled and cut up the banana and put it in a ziploc bag with the spinach leaves. If you’re gonna make this smoothie often I’d recommend peeling, cutting up and freezing a few bananas and storing them flat in the freezer. Also just keep your spinach in the freezer.
Add spinach and banana
Then I added the greek yogurt (which was kinda messy to do in this cup LOL)
Added greek yogurt
The next four ingredients are all optional and really because I’m always doing the most and an overachiever in the smoothie department. First I added my Carlson lemon flavored cod liver oil
Added fish oil, fiber, protein and a bit of sweetness
The last step is to blend. These blend-n-go cups fit right on the blender base as pictured below. I started out on the lower ‘blend’ setting to make sure everything got chopped up really well, then it it with ‘liquify’ to make sure I wasn’t drinking any spinach chunks.
Blend baby blend
Voila! This is what you’re left with, a simple yummy breakfast that’s good for you and fun to drink.
The only issue I have with this smoothie is I get literally mad whenever I hit the bottom of the cup HA!
[yumprint-recipe id=’12’]My thoughts on this smoothie is it’s yummy but I’m not a fan of the brand of rice protein that I used above and would change it in a heartbeat. Otherwise, you can make a larger serving if you’d like or add more spinach and/or protein powder to bulk it up.
What’s your favorite smoothie recipe? Let me know in the comments below!
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16 Comments
Cicely
Congrats on your pregnancy! I’m on baby number 4 and in my fifth month. I drink a smoothie for breakfast and lunch. I feel so much better now and have been able to give up all forms of caffeine and its diminished my cravings. This is the recipe I use:
1 cup of kale, 1 cup of spinach, 1 cup of fruit (mango, melon, strawberry mix), 1/2 banana, 1 scoop of flax meal, a serving size of vegetable protein powder, 8 oz of hemp or almond milk, dash of truvia, and a little raw blue agave nectar. Yum!
glamazini
I’ve been meaning to try kale, thanks for the reminder!
Tee
I have a green smoothie at least once per week but sometimes every day. It is my breakfast. It consists of the following:
Any Berry – normally straw, blue, or black (handful)
1 organic banana
1/3 cup of Almond Milk – Silk or Almond Breeze brand
Bunch of Fresh Spinach
1/2 container of greek yogurt – plain or honey
Flax oil – a couple swigs
I have the bullet so this is quick, easy and delicious. In fact, I make it the night before and drink it on the way to work. The only thing that I hate is cleaning the bullet. 🙁
ice – 4 cubes
glamazini
LOL, usually cleaning is a breeze for me unless I use psyllium AND don’t rinse immediately after making/drinking the smoothie.
Creole Soul
My favorite green smoothie is
Spinach
Kale
Carrots
Beets
Celery
Tomatoes
Apples
Strawberries
Pineapples (If I’m feeling fancy)
1/2 tsp of Psyllium Husk (although you really don’t need it if you’re drinking all these fruits and veggies)
1/2 tsp Agave Nectar (I don’t know if it’s safe for pregnant women so I would just go without)
glamazini
I need to get me some kale stat! The thing with the pysllium that I like beyond it being fiber and getting things moving is that is binds stuff together and makes it neat (TMI but the truth). That’s why I tend add it no matter what. If agave is not safe I’m in trouble ’cause I drink it daily.
Trina
I wonder what will happen if the original Power Rangers yells “Smoothie Time!”?
On another note, this recipe looks yummy. Thanks for sharing!
Trina recently posted..adult costumes
glamazini
I don’t know, but I think whatever happens it would be awesome & delicious.
Whitney Eiland
I found a recipe from Whole Foods,
Mixed Fruit Smoothie
1/2 c pure apple juice
1/2 c unsweetened almond milk
1/2 c fresh or frozen peaches
1/2 c fresh or frozen strawberries
3 ice cubes if using fresh fruit
Mix & enjoy, serves 2, 70 calories, 1 g fat, 55 mg sodium, 16 g carb, which includes 13 g sugar, 1 g protein. Sometimes I add 1/2 banana.
I’ve been avoiding the green smoothies, but may try it.
glamazini
Sounds yummy (although I tend to avoid ice cubes in my smoothies ’cause it waters down the taste more than my liking). Thanks for sharing!
Swapnil
i can have hundreds of these anytime xD
NappyHeadChronicles
I too am smoothie obsessed!
Where did you find the smoothie cup attachment for your blender? I have the same model but I’ve never seen that attachment before.
glamazini
Check out the links in the blog post. I don’t see the model I have any longer, but something similar can be purchased on Amazon.com or the Oster website.
NappyHeadChronicles
D-uh! My bad for scrolling straight past the link in your post to the pictures… I have the attention/retention span of a gnat!
Katherine @ Green Smoothie Recipes
Congratulations on your pregnancy. When I was pregnant I drank a green smoothie for breakfast along with a bowl of porridge. When my baby was born I no longer had time for the porridge so I invented a green smoothie with porridge. This is when Green Thickies were born. I love these types of blenders for travelling. I couldn’t do without my morning green thickie now. For more filling breakfast green smoothies have a look at http://www.greenthickies.com/recipes.
Many thanks
glamazini
Oooh, sounds great! I’m headed over now, thanks for sharing 🙂