What's in your green smoothie?

[ohgillian]

Can we swap green smoothie recipes? I know there are approximately eleventy billion online, but it's overwhelming. What do you put in yours? After some dreadful experimentation in the beginning, I've had the same one nearly every day for a few months and I need inspiration. 

Mine is: frozen mixed-greens (the power greens mix from costco), full-fat plain yogurt, whole milk, honey, frozen banana, frozen blueberries, ground flax. 

hanihani my4girls

ETA: clarified ingreds.

[Mrs.Syntax]

Reduced-sugar almond milk, handful of spinach, frozen banana chunks, frozen blueberries. I hadn't thought about adding in flax but I should try that!

[charlotteandwilbur]

I keep the base the same, but switch up the fruit pretty often.

Some of my faves:

yogurt, milk, pineapple, coconut, banana, mango, greens
yogurt, milk, apple slices, blueberries, raspberries, banana, greens
yogurt, milk, banana, 2-3 chopped dates, pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice, greens

I also always add 1-2 tbsp of chia seeds.

[Marmee]

My go to is baby spinach, frozen banana, unsweetened vanilla almond milk, a little ice & a spoonful of almond butter.

[imojoebunny]

foodwhirl.com/mains-sides/avocado-smoothie-perfectly-paleo-vegan

[smsm24]

my new favorite is:

1 pear, some fresh ginger, spinach, juice of 1/2 a lime and yogurt.

the old go to
frozen strawberries, 1/2 a banana, spinach, splash of OJ and yogurt.

[6fsn]

I blend up spinach or kale with ground flax seed and freeze them in 2 oz portions. That's the base. Then I let the kids put in whatever fruit they want- usually some berries, banana, mango, pineapple, peaches- a squirt of honey and water. I don't like milk or yogurt in my smoothies. I buy fruit cheap and freeze or just buy frozen.

[suburbanzookeeper]

Frozen greek yogurt cubes, handful of spinach, banana, a bit of oatmeal (cooked or uncooked), almond milk or 2%, and a splash of PB2 (powdered peanut butter).

[ohgillian]

Thanks, y'all! Lots of almond and vanilla almond milk here; maybe i'll try that. I have been surprised by how easy these are to make. Definitely under 7 minutes and that includes washing out the blender.

[GotWine]

We do the same thing every morning-- Frozen kale, an apple, a banana, some frozen mixed fruit, flax seeds, chia seeds, rolled oats, and water. My H makes it in the morning before he leaves and leaves mine in the fridge so I'm not sure on the quantities of the ingredients.

[IrishBelle]

Almond milk, banana, strawberries, cinnamon, spinach and SunWarrior vanilla protein

[ohgillian]

Oct 21, 2014 19:10:02 GMT -5 @pnkybrwstr said:

I don't know if mine's really considered green, because it's technically brownish. But, we're big smoothie drinkers, so here's our recipe:

frozen spinach, frozen pineapple, frozen berries, frozen mango, plain greek yogurt, banana (if I have some), water.

No idea on the ratios, I just eyeball it.

Lol, mine too. DH won't even try a taste of one. I admit they look horrid.