I’ve been repeating myself lately. Gushing on and on to a friend before they quietly slip in, oh yeah, you mentioned that to me last time I saw you. It’s just that usually green things are a hard sell. Until the green smoothie came to town. I read on Joy the Baker about the green smoothie that she created. I wanted to try it because basically I love all her recipes. I didn’t have almond milk on hand, so the first time I made it with skim milk instead. It was pretty good, but still had a ‘green’ taste, so I played around with adding berries or pineapple to sweeten it a bit. After making it to the store to pick up some almond milk, I tried it again but decided against adding any additional fruit. Big improvement! The almond milk really makes this! Then, THEN, after a really really long run, I just needed some protein, so I added a tablespoon of peanut butter and I thought I discovered a new super power.
The almond milk and the peanut butter cover any ‘green’ taste, so don’t be scared. TRY THIS. Try it before I tell you about it again and you have to pretend I didn’t just tell you how much I love green smoothies.
Here’s the lowdown: Thinly slice a banana and freeze it until solid. Add this to a blender with 1 cup of almond milk (I particularly love vanilla flavor), a big handful of baby organic spinach and a tablespoon of natural peanut butter. Blend it until you don’t see any more flecks of spinach.
Interesting mix, but I bet it’s delicious.
Oh my goodness…this recipe is soooooo goooood! I just may start repeating myself too…lol. Thanks for sharing!!
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I love this smoothie. I have one in the morning and sometimes I add a few cashews into the mix and it taste great! 🙂
Thank you for sharing this delish smoothie..I was having a hard time with just spinach/fruit/water smoothies…but i’ve been making this all week and LOVE it…not just trying to choke it down for the nutrients. Thank you!!
I made this today and loved it. Thank you for sharing 🙂
Glad you enjoyed it!
Kristin
OMG I just tried your smoothie recipe! I’m a green smoothie newbie and I was really worried about how it would taste :-/ Instead of banana I used a green apple and then the vanilla almond milk, spinach, and peanut butter..ABSOLUTELY DELISH! Thanks for the recipe!! 🙂
I was looking for a green smoothie recipe and chose yours because of it’s simplicity. OMG, I’ve never made a green smoothie before but I’m hooked now!! This was amazing. I had one for dinner and I can’t wait until breakfast to make another, haha. I had mine for an early dinner and I usually have strong cravings at night and I’ve felt sustained and satisfied all night c: Thanks so much!
Love,
Sarah
Delicious! Thank you 🙂
Is this higj in fat? Ive ben gaggin on green smoothies and im finding it hard to stick to. Im on a smootie only diet, no food so want to make sure it isnt high in calories.
DELICIOUS!!!!
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Yum, Yum, Yum! I just found your site! This is my 3rd smoothie! I think I can do this!
Hey, really like the recipe but do you have an idea of the nutritional values/ calorie content?? Would be really appreciated. Thanks
I’m not sure! I think it would depend on the brand of almond milk and peanut butter. I would just look at the nutritional facts for those items and add about 100 calories for the banana and spinach.
Hope that helps!