Friday, May 11, 2012

green smoothie recipe

here it is, the green smoothie recipe as promised.
i whip this up for a quick nutritious breakfast, lunch or snack.
as it happens, its also been known to be a dinner.
quick. easy. cold. nutritious.

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6 cups fresh organic spinach {its treated with less pesticides}
2 cups of frozen berries {your choice}
2 cups coconut milk 
2 medium frozen bananas 
1 tbsp flaxseed meal.
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cut both ends off bananas & cut in quarters. peel skin off.
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1. blend spinach & coco milk until very smooth.
2. add 1 tbsp flaxseed meal. blend.
3. add berries & blend until smooth. 
4. blend in bananas 
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serves two 16oz smoothies.
ben asks for these daily. they're a great idea if you have kiddos {or husband} that won't eat their veggies. 
you can't taste the spinach and the coconut milk gives it such a creamy consistency that boosts the calcium content with out all the fat & lactose of yogurt. 
cheers to good tasting healthy treats! 



15 comments:

  1. This looks amazing! Yummy! I have been making fresh fruit smoothies every morning. I love the idea of cutting up frozen bananas. How does it taste with adding the spinach?

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  2. so good! I can't taste it at all! So adding it really boosts your veggie intake for the day.

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  3. Those smoothies look goo-ooo--ood!

    xoxo
    http://natashafatah.com

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  4. Okay, yum. Totally making this!

    molly
    http://alwaysamrsforeverakidd.blogspot.com

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  5. I love green smoothies and green juice!!! I usually use Kale, also a great green with loads of health benefits! So good!!!

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  6. Green smoothies are so healthy for you. I love adding apples and ginger to spinach and coconut water. The ginger gives it a nice kick.

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  7. oh these sounds excellent! I just started using spinach in my smoothies and I was so surprised that you couldn't taste it! I'm definitely going to try this with the coconut milk :)

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  8. I've had this three times now and I absolutely love it! so delicious and nutritious! Thank you so much for sharing! Please post more of your splendid recipes!

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  9. Lauren, yay I'm so glad you liked it! Isn't it so addicting?! Absolutely, I'll keep the recipes coming! ;)

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  10. Isn't the spinach a pleasant surprise? It's wonderful that you get all the nutrients from it and can't taste it!

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  11. Oh ginger?! I love ginger, I hadn't thought about adding it to coconut water before ...good idea!

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  12. Good! let me know what you think or if you add anything different that I should try.

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  13. Green smoothies are the best! I make mine exactly the same but with almond milk. I bet coconut milk is amazing, I'll have to give it a try!

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