Classic Green Smoothie
CATEGORIES
INGREDIENTS
- Cooking Time: 5 minutes
- Servings: 1
- 1 frozen banana
- 1 cup greens (baby spinach, destemmed kale, collards, chard, etc.)
- 1 cup unsweetened milk (nut, soy, animal)
- Honey or maple syrup, to taste
DIRECTIONS
- Wash greens
- Combine banana, greens, and milk in a blender
- Blend the mixture until smooth
- Add honey or maple syrup to taste
- Pour into glass
RECIPE BACKSTORY
It doesn’t get more healthy than a green smoothie, now does it? Green smoothies sound (and, honestly, look) like they wouldn’t taste the greatest, but if you do them right, they are sweet, balanced, and have no flavor of the greens! I’m a lightweight and use fresh baby spinach in my green smoothies because you can’t taste it at all. If you’re a little more hardcore on the health food front, you can try kale, collards, or even chard! The truth is, you can make almost any smoothie a green smoothie by tossing a handful of greens in. The end result might look yucky (the combo of strawberries and spinach results in a particularly gross gray color), but it’ll taste delicious!