Fruit and Vegetable Green Smoothie
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
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Ingredients
Instructions
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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The picky loves having this for breakfast or as a snack paired with some cookies! Sooo cool and refreshingly good!
This smoothie was delicious and it was a great way for me to get my kids to have some extra fruits and vegetables.
Enjoyed this for breakfast this morning and started my day off right! Easy, cool and refreshing; definitely, a new favorite recipe!
This was a great smoothie that was a great way to get my picky kids to have some fruits and veggies.
I'm always trying to sneak more veggies into my kids' meals, and this green smoothie is the easiest and tastiest way to do it. They're excited about drinking it and I'm excited that I don't have to fight them to get in their vitamins for the day! ;)
Mmmm...love mango & strawberry!! This drink is tasty & healthy & a great way to start the say!!
HI, BTN BAKING ALMOST DAILY, I USUALLY HAVE A SMOOTHIE AND ENDEAVOR TO MAKE IT VERY HEALTHY, USUALLY WITH FRUIT AS I CANT EAT ANYTHING DARK GREEN, BUT HAVE TRIED FROZEN CUKE, ROMAINE, CARROTS FOR MORE NUTRITION! THIS NAME ATTRACTED ME, WHEN I SAW 4 DIFFRENT FRUIT, PLUS SPINACH, KNEW THIS WAS WAY TOO MUCH SUGAR, MOST DEGREED NUTRITIONIST SUGGEST 2 FRUIT MAX, BUT DEFINITELY USE FLAX OR CHIA ALMOST DAILY, AND HONEY, MOLASSES, OR SOMETIME STEVIA AS WELL!
I'M SURE THIS IS YUMMY WITH ALL THE FRUIT, BUT AM AFRAID, NOT TOO TERRIBLY NUTRITIOUS!! THX:): Kelli
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!