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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Love smoothies! Such an easy way to get nutritious foods into my girls!
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Thanks for the giveaway!
Question – I’ve only tried oats in a smoothie once and the end product had a dry, gritty texture to it… Is this possible to avoid?
Tracy, there’s such a small amount of oats in here to produce a dry, gritty texture. If anything, you can always omit to taste.
I use whey protein powder in my smoothies and almond milk in place of regular milk.
Unfortunately, the giveaway is over.
Also for those who don’t care for kale, chard, spinach or even avocado, putting them in your smoothie with fruit and almond or coconut milk is a great way to get these great nutrient rich foods.
I like to use COOKED steel cut oats in my smoothies rather than basic dry rolled oats. Because steel-cut oats take 30 minutes to cook, I make a large batch to reheat during the week and I use some of this stash in my smoothies.
I would try to make smoothies for the family. I have a personal blender that I leave at work, but it would be nice to make smoothies on the weekend for the rest of the family.
Sadly this not offered to Canadians!
I would make this smoothie first and many more after that!
Your smoothie looks delicious! With the blender I would definitely start experimenting with green smoothies in the morning!
I’d make a green smoothie first. My current blender is not able to blend up fiberous stuff like greens.
I heart smoothies! I would love to be able to make them all the time! Thanks!
I would try to perfect a standard soup base, thicker than stock, to use in soups.
I have been looking for easy green smoothie recipes. I live in Germany and Spinach is incredibly hard to find if not in season. Can you recommend other types of greens to substitute in this recipe?
You can try substituting kale or swiss chard, although I cannot speak for how much this will change the taste/texture of the smoothie.
Any greens will work-it doesn’t affect the taste, but the colours-pink /blue and green make it kind of brownish. I like to Increase the nutrition by adding a Tablsp of flax seeds and chia seeds and sometimes a few Tablsp of greek yogurt. Yummy!
I dont know if Kale is available but its a good substitute. I make a single serve smoothie with 1/2 banana, 1/2 pear, 1 cup packed of kale, 1 tablespoon of almond paste or peanut butter and 1 cup almond milk vanilla flavored. Its amazing, hope this helps and enjoy!
What I would make first is to learn some Smoothie recipes that I like. Then I would begin a regiment of having a healthy delicious Breakfast smoothie to begin the day. Its easier to get your veggie and fruit requirements in for the day if you start with a smoothie with several servings of each in it.
I LOVE all these ingredients, but have never tried them together. I want to start making my own juices and smoothies (mainly because they can be quiet expensive to buy often). Can’t wait to try this one! Thanks for the recipe AND the giveaway.
That looks delicious!!
WOW, your smoothie looks easy & delicious!! I think I’d make THAT first lol..I also wanna make homemade healthy salad dressings and all types of stuff..I NEED this badly!:)
Thanks for the chance to win and for the great smoothie tips/recipe!
Joey J.
Joey J i have a nice healthy ranch dressing 1cup unsalted cashews 1/4 cup olive oil, 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup lemon juice, 1 tbsp dried parsley, 1tbsp dried dill, 2tsp onion powder, 1tsp salt, soak cashews in water overnight in the morning drain and rinse combine all ingredients in a blender or food processor blend until smooth
Vicki, could you substitute the olive oil with coconut oil?
Hi Joey and Wanda, it is best to omit oil altogether. Even though coconut oil is better it still damages your arteries. Check out this video: https://youtu.be/LbtwwZP4Yfs it explains everything pretty nice.
My recommendation is to use an oil substitute you can so easily make at home. Here is a short how to video : https://youtu.be/d3GJiU2pLrk
If u might be into pro-biotic fermenting, making your own vinegar is an easy project. You can even make it out kombucha fermenting!