This is actually a healthy green smoothie that tastes like a chocolate mint candy!
What You'll Need:
1/2 cup of spinach (fresh leaves)
1/4 cup of cherries (pitted)
1/4 cup of milk (cold)
1/4 cup of water (cold)
1/4 cup of ice
2 tablespoons of cocoa powder
2 tablespoons of honey
How to Make It:
Add 1/2 cup of spinach, 1/4 cup of pitted cherries, 1/4 cup of cold milk, 1/4 cup of cold water, 1/4 cup of ice, 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder, and 2 tablespoons of honey into a blender or food processor and combine until smooth.
Tropical Green Smoothie
This smoothie will remind you of a piña colada.
What You'll Need:
2 collard green leaves
1/2 cup of coconut milk
1/3 cup of bananas (frozen, peeled, sliced)
1/2 cup of pineapples (frozen, chunked)
1/4 cup of ice
How to Make It:
Add 2 collard green leaves, 1/2 cup of coconut milk, 1/3 cup of frozen, peeled, sliced bananas, 1/2 cup of frozen chunked pineapples, and 1/4 cup of ice into a blender or food processor and combine until smooth.
Vegetable Fruit Juice Smoothie
This is a quickie recipe that uses the premade vegetable fruit juices to create a delicious and healthy green smoothie.
What You'll Need:
1/2 cup of vegetable fruit juice
1/2 cup of yogurt (vanilla)
1/2 cup of blueberries (frozen)
1/4 cup of ice
How to Make It:
Add 1/2 cup of vegetable fruit juice, 1/2 cup of vanilla yogurt, 1/2 cup of frozen blueberries, and 1/4 cup of ice into a blender or food processor to combine.
Purple Smoothie
Purple is a nice color, but this color comes from delicious raspberries, dates and bananas.
What You'll Need:
2 dates (pitted, dried)
1/2 of an orange (peeled, seeded, sectioned)
2 cups of spinach (baby leaf)
1 cup of raspberries (frozen)
1/3 cup of banana (peeled, frozen, sliced)
2 tablespoons of honey
1 tablespoon of flaxseeds (ground)
How to Make It:
Add 2 pitted, dried date, 1/2 of a peeled, seeded, sectioned orange, 2 cups of baby leaf spinach, 1 cup of frozen raspberries, 1/3 cup of peeled, frozen, sliced banana, 2 tablespoons of honey, and 1 tablespoon of ground flaxseeds into a blender or food processor and combine until smooth.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie
This is actually a healthy green smoothie that tastes like a chocolate mint candy!
What You'll Need:
1/2 cup of spinach (fresh leaves)
1/3 cup of bananas (frozen, peeled, sliced)
1/4 cup of milk (cold)
1/4 cup of water (cold)
1/4 cup of ice
2 tablespoons of cocoa powder
2 tablespoons of honey
1 tablespoon of peanut butter (creamy)
How to Make It:
Add 1/2 cup of spinach, 1/3 cup of frozen, peeled, sliced bananas, 1/4 cup of cold milk, 1/4 cup of cold water, 1/4 cup of ice, 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder, 2 tablespoons of honey, and 1 tablespoon of creamy peanut butter into a blender or food processor and combine until smooth.
Ginger Mango Smoothie
This is a different smoothie made with arugula but hidden behind the flavors of mango and ginger.
What You'll Need:
1 mango (peeled, pitted, chopped)
1 lemon (peeled, seeded, quartered)
4 cups of arugula
1 cup of water
1/2 cup of ice
1 teaspoon of ginger (minced)
How to Make It:
Add 1 peeled, pitted, chopped mango, 1 peeled, seeded, quartered lemon, 4 cups of arugula, 1 cup of water, 1/2 cup of ice, and 1 teaspoon of minced ginger, into a blender or food processor and combine until smooth.
Ginger Banana Carrot Smoothie
This green smoothie is actually a nice shade of orange but tastes like banana and ginger.
What You'll Need:
1 cup of ice
2/3 cup of banana (frozen, peeled, sliced)
1/2 cup of carrot juice
1/2 cup of yogurt (plain)
1 tablespoon of honey
1 teaspoon of ginger (ground)
How to Make It:
Add 1 cup of ice, 2/3 cup of frozen, peeled, sliced banana, 1/2 cup of carrot juice, 1/2 cup of plain yogurt, 1 tablespoon of honey, and 1 teaspoon of ground ginger into a blender or food processor and combine until smooth.
Vanilla Banana Smoothie
This smoothie is a little different using rice milk.
What You'll Need:
1 cup of spinach
1/2 cup of rice milk (vanilla)
1/3 cup of bananas (frozen, peeled, sliced)
1/4 cup of ice
1 tablespoon of honey
How to Make It:
Add 1 cup of spinach, 1/2 cup of vanilla rice milk, 1/3 cup of frozen, peeled, sliced bananas , 1/4 cup of ice, and 1 tablespoon of honey into a blender or food processor and combine until smooth.
Green Tropical Smoothie
Just stick a little drink umbrella in here and you will feel like you're on a tropical island while drinking the coconut, banana and pineapple infused smoothie.
What You'll Need:
2/3 cup of ice
1/2 cup of spinach
1/3 cup of coconut milk
1/3 cup of pineapple (chunked)
1/3 cup of banana (frozen, peeled, sliced)
1/4 cup of yogurt (vanilla Greek)
1 tablespoon of coconut (sweetened,