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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I would make a tropical fruit flavored smoothie, of course!
I would definitely try this recipe first. And I’m also thinking banana with chocolate protein smoothie would be amazing!
My daughter loves making smoothies with me, but we could really use a nice blender (we use a smoothie) maker now. It’s a great way to have a healthy breakfast or snack, especially to get kids to have more fruits/vegetables.
What a yummy looking smoothie and great glass!
I would definitely make this smoothie first! it looks absolutely delicious
I love making smoothies and can’t wait to try this one! Thanks for sharing!
Smoothies, smoothies, and more smoothies!!
Definitely the smoothie!
I haven’t ventured into the smoothie world yet. It has been something I’ve wanted to do! I would definitely try your blueberry green smoothie FIRST if I were to win this BEAUTIFUL Versa Blender! 🙂 Thanks for always posting such simple, yet deliciously fantastic recipes!
I cannot wait to try this!
Looks delicious!!!! I’d making salsa….yum!!!!
That looks so good! I’d definitely make that and my usual strawberry, peach & greek yogurt smoothie
I would give this to my [poor college] son and I’m sure it would be used for smoothies. He’s into working out and eating pretty healthy.
I’m super picky and this even looks good to me!
Oh and I might just have to try this smoothie as my first project with this spiffy blender, too!
I love the idea of freezing everything in a ziploc bag and just being able to dump it in the blender in the morning. That would actually make things a lot easier around here!
My daughter and I have PCOS so being able to make healthy smoothies every morning is very important. I think the first thing I would make for us would be a smoothie with blueberries (because they help balance blood sugar), plain probiotic sugar-free yogurt (because dairy products have progesterone in them), a teaspoon of Spirulina (because it’s full of antioxidants and kills candida), a handful of organic spinach, 1/2 tsp of maca powder (because it helps to balance hormones), a scoop of plant-based protein powder, 1 cup of coconut milk, vanilla, Stevia for sweetness, and a tsp of coconut oil. That would be our first smoothie! :o)
Vichyssoise! Mmmmmm…
I would love to make smoothies. My blender has problems.
I am definitely going to be trying this! And great idea about freezing, berries go bad so fast!
My kids and I love smoothies in the morning. We will be having this one tomorrow. Thanks for the recipe.
Smoothies are great !!!!