I'm pretty new to the green smoothie game (born in January out of that lovely post-holiday feeling of: i-am-going-to-punch-myself-if-i-don't-eat-something-that-is-not-a-baked-good-or-piece-of-candy-real-quick) and have only tried a few different recipes. Nothing too fancy yet. Part of the problem is that our "blender" (read: cheap novelty smoothie maker) is really not the best and every time I use it I worry that the little machine is about to take on its last frozen banana. Poor thing even struggles with the ice cubes. Maybe someday we'll front the money for something more legit, but until then I'll probably keep things pretty simple in the smoothie department.
Makes a great on-the-go snack!
Used From Our CSA
dinosaur kale
I really like the chocolatey-peanut taste of this smoothie. It's something a little different, and is a nice go-to if you don't have a ton of other fruit immediately on hand. I find this to be a good snack-size portion for me, but it could easily be doubled to be shared or serve as more of a meal replacement. It's also been a great way this week to work through our CSA kale, which we didn't make any other specific plans for meal-wise.
Ingredients
- 2-3 pieces of kale, stemmed (or 2-3 handfuls of fresh spinach for a milder flavor)
- 1/2 frozen banana
- 1 T natural peanut butter
- 1 T cocoa powder
- 1/2 c. almond milk
- 4 ice cubes
Blend all ingredients together and add more almond milk as needed, to get your desired consistency.
My advice is to cut and peel the banana first and throw it in a plastic container or bag in the freezer. Your future self will thank you when you are not trying to peel a rock hard, ice cold banana. See the above picture and learn from my mistakes, because half the time I forget to do this and it is never pretty.
Do you have a favorite green smoothie recipe? Feel free to share in the comments.
Hi Catie,
ReplyDeleteI am a little obsessed with smoothies at the moment. The ingredients that you used are among my favorites. I also get a fruit share along with my vegetable one, so I have been throwing in blueberries. I also add Maca powder, powered Matcha green tea, Spirulina, and powdered peanut butter (1/3 of the calories, same benefit/taste). The powders are CHOCK full of goodness.....check them out. I also throw in any greens in my frig that are looking too wilted. They always come out looking green and tasting like peanut butter:)