Even my kids drink this fruit and vegetable green smoothie and love it! This is hands-down my favorite healthy, dairy free green smoothie recipe!
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I love to start my day off with a smoothie! This Strawberry Peach Smoothie or our Jamba Juice Caribbean Passion Copycat are often in the rotation. At the start of the new year I decided to do a green smoothie cleanse using this book. It was just what my body needed to detox from all the holiday fat and sugar.
It’s amazing how “off” our taste buds can get when we are feeding our bodies nothing but garbage!
Not only did I lose 7 pounds in 9 days, but more importantly I detoxed my body from soda, processed sugars and unhealthy fats! Other than drinking green smoothies for weight loss, there are so many good benefits from starting your day with a blend of fruit and veggies.
Green Smoothie Benefits:
- They provide so many good vitamins and minerals that promote weight loss
- You fit more servings of fruits and vegetables into your day
- It improves hydration and digestion
- They provide antioxidants that are super beneficial
- The folic acid found in green vegetables is known to reduce symptoms of depression
Anyway, I had a great experience with the cleanse, but one of the best benefits was how it affected my kids! After watching me make smoothies all the time, of course they wanted to try them too! I think we were all shocked by how much they actually enjoyed them, because my kids tend to be picky!
We have since incorporated green smoothies into our breakfasts at least a few times a week and it has been good for all of us!
Pro tips for making Green Smoothies:
- Blend water with greens first until the greens are fully blended and there are no big pieces.
- If you’re adding a cored apple do that next! Then blend in the rest of the fruit.
- For a nice consistency, you will need to use a powerful blender. We love our Blendtec! This KitchenAid Blender is great too and it comes in so many fun colors.
- We love sneaking some extra nutrients into our kids smoothies using our Balance of Nature fruit capsules! Read more about those here.
Green Smoothie Ingredients:
- Baby Spinach
- Frozen Mango
- Frozen Strawberries
- Grapes
- Apple
- Stevia
- Flaxseed
Other Smoothie Ingredients I keep on hand:
- Frozen Pineapple
- Frozen Peaches
- Bananas (frozen or fresh)
- Kiwi
- Chia Seeds
- Oats
- Greek Yogurt
Things I use every day to make green smoothies:
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Dairy Free Green Smoothie Recipe
This recipe is a great one to start with even if you aren’t used to eating lots of fruits and veggies! If you like this recipe we would love if you took the time to leave a comment and positive review!
Green Smoothie
Ingredients
- 2 cups water
- 3 handfuls spinach
- 3/4 cup frozen mango
- 3/4 cup frozen strawberries
- 1 cup grapes
- 1 apple cored
- 1 packet stevia
- 2 TBS ground flaxseed *optional
Instructions
- Add spinach and water to blender and blend until combined.
- Core apple and blend that next.
- Add all remaining ingredients to blender.
- Blend until combined and enjoy!
Notes
- Blend water with greens first until the greens are fully blended and there are no big pieces.
- If you're adding a cored apple do that next! Then blend in the rest of the fruit.
- For a nice consistency, you will need to use a powerful blender. We love our Blendtec! This KitchenAid Blender is great too and it comes in so many fun colors.
Nutrition
It doesn’t get much better than a happy, healthy start to the morning!
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Awesome!! Didn’t even need sweetener. Made it in my nutribullet
The directions talk about an Apple yet there’s no apples in the ingredients?
Oh my goodness I am SO sorry about that! I just added it in, but yes it calls for one small cored apple!
It looks really delicious. I love the combination of the color after mixing all those ingredients.
Thank you for this wonderful recipe!
You are so very welcome! Thanks for the kind words!