Berry Green Smoothie
Make-ahead freezer friendly smoothies that are healthy, nutritious and so refreshing for your mornings!
Ever since I started to work from home, I need every excuse to get out of the house into the real world. That’s when I started to walk down the street to Starbucks and the donut store for a morning treat before I start my work day. But obviously the donut calories are not doing me any kind of justice. So with bikini season right around the corner, I decided to change up my morning routine with a healthy green smoothie.
But instead of having a green-green smoothie, I decided to throw in some frozen berries that I had on hand. Now I love all kinds of berries but I’ve found that blueberries and raspberries make a great flavor combo. Plus, you’ll get that extra antioxidant boost! From there, I also added in a banana for some natural sweetness and old fashioned oats to keep you nice and full until lunch time.
You can also freeze individual smoothie packs in a Ziploc bag using your favorite combination of fruits. You can have a different smoothie every day, and it doesn’t get easier than throwing everything straight from the Ziploc bag to the blender! There’s absolutely no thawing needed. All you need to is add your milk and oats when you’re ready to blend. Super easy, right?
Berry Green Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 cup spinach leaves
- ½ cup frozen blueberries
- ½ cup frozen raspberries
- 1 ripe banana
- ½ cup milk
- 2 tablespoons old fashioned oats
- 1 tablespoon sugar, or more, to taste
Instructions
- Combine spinach, blueberries, raspberries, banana, milk, oats, sugar and 1 cup ice in blender until smooth.
- Serve immediately.
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Should offer to edit the amount of servings per recipe
What can I switch for bananas. Also, has anyone tried this with a sugar substitute.
how many ounces does this make? for two servings? thanks!
How to measure 1 cup of spinanch
Loved the recipe!
I have a question though. You have used cup measurement for all the ingredients so, have you used the standard 1 US cup measurement of 201 grams for all the ingredients or have you used different cups for different kinds of things like 1 us cups is 30 grams of spinach leaves whereas 1 cup of blueberries is 190 grams. Please clarify as it is creating a lot of confusion.
Also, if possible please use grams measurement for all future recipes. Thanks! 🙂
Hey Aashna, I saw you commented this a few times with no reply so I hope I can help answer the question.
For some recipes where weight is a factor due to science and chemical reactions (like bread making or baking), one would definitely want to focus on gram measurements. However, since this recipe focused on measuring the volume of ingredients and no science is involved (meaning you can customize amounts of ingredients to taste without affecting the overall recipe), the imperial measurements are more appropriate. That being said, a cup of spinach is going to be less grams than a cup of blueberries because the density of these items are different.
I hope that helps. Someone else asked how to measure a cup of spinach and I would suggest grabbing a handful of spinach and filling the cup measurement until it’s full, no smashing or pressing it down needed. Again, all to taste!
Damn, this is delicious! I did swap the sugar for honey and used almond milk. It was a little sweet for me so I’ll probably leave that out next time but it satisfied my need for sweets this morning and I was bummed when my cup was empty. I was also out of raspberries and used all blackberries. The oatmeal made me feel full. Thanks for the great recipe!
Question – I am allergic to both bananas AND avocado. I have a really hard time finding any smoothie recipe without one or the other (recognizing the need for one of these for creaminess). I’d like to make this one, sans banana. Would you just recommend omitting? What about arugula in place of spinach (I LOVE arugula). Thanks!
You can omit the banana or supplement with a nut butter you like. I personally wouldn’t recommend arugula for a smoothie because it might be too bitter, but as always, please use your best judgement when making modifications and substitutions.
My common problem is the Costco bag of power greens going bad before I get through it. I know it’s a great deal so I keep buying it but I didn’t think to freeze portions of it? Am I understanding that u freeze the fresh spinach portions to? It doesn’t get gritty or watery? And u are freezing Fresh berries as well? TIA
Yes, everything can be frozen except for the milk and oats.
I’ve never had a smoothie with oats so I was excited to try it out! I used almond milk instead of regular milk and it was great!! I love the idea of making bags of the ingredients so all you have to do is pour the frozen fruit and veggies in and add milk- makes it so quick and easy!
Decided to try the recipe with a with few alterations.
Left out the banana and oats, added about 2/3 of a plum, used some vanilla flavored almond milk instead of regular milk, and added 1/2 of a cucumber. Turned out great and plan on making it again!
Thank you for the recipe, but seriously… LOL at the added sugar. Well, a mix of laughter and deep concern. Raspberry, blueberry, banana, milk, and you ADD a tablespoon OR MORE of sugar. For the bikini season hehe
PS I made it with fresh spinach, frozen banana and berries, Soy milk and no added sweeteners – delicious, thank you.
Instead of sweetening this healthy smoothie with sugar, how about adding a little Manuka honey. I feel that would be much more beneficial and healthier. I have a sweet tooth ( wish I didn’t!) And find honey in my smoothie hits the spot! Fab recipe!
A tablespoon of sugar??? Are you for real!???
Yes.
Oh yes I love this recipe thanks! I tend to prep my ingredients in small freezer bags for each meal of the week so I can save time in the mornings. This recipe will be incorporated into my daily routine.
Do you find that freezing the spinach with the other ingredients blends well? I usually freeze my leafy greens separately. I use raw oats or quinoa a lot too in my smoothies for meal replacement. Great site.
– Anna
I think I’d substitute honey for sugar.
This looks fresh and delicious! I’ve been looking for healthy drinks without the greens and this is one is perfect!
While this looks fabulous, it seems to have a lot of sugar between all the fruit plus added tablespoon (!) of sugar. My search continues for the perfect smoothie: healthy, tasty and not loaded with sugar.
You can significantly reduce the sugar by substituting the milk (12g sugar) with unsweetened plain or vanilla almond milk (0g sugar) and omitting the tablespoon of sugar (48 calories alone). That said, I do like the recipes on this blog!
Just found your blog and already have bookmarked a couple of recipes to try, thank you for the pictures and easy to follow directions 🙂
Hi!
I made this and it was so tasty!
I’m just wondering if the measurements are off though, as it made the tiniest smoothie…
I switched it up a little and loved it! 1/2 tablespoon of sugar and 1/2 banana and 1/2 kiwi and no oats (only because I didn’t have any). Thanks for a great start.