Green Monster Spinach Smoothie

Mallory0418

Had this for breakfast and it was awesome! I wasn't sure about it at first, but once I got a good sip of it, it was so yummy! It's bright green so don't let that scare you.

Ingredients:

1 frozen sliced banana

1 Tablespoon peanut butter

1/2 cup 0% Vanilla Chobani Greek yogurt

1 cup Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Breeze (or other kind of milk)

4 cups baby spinach (or more, or less) - just fill the rest of the blender with spinach!

Directions:

Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.

Nutritional stats:

350 calories, 10g fiber, 21g protein

ETA: Whoops, I meant to put this in the "Recipes" section! Oh well, it makes sense here too.

UsedToBeHusky

Sounds interesting! I hadn't considered using spinach in a smoothie but this sounds like a good one to try it out with.

Corryn78

I had this exact smoothie this morning, but I use half a banana and a little orange juice and water with less milk. But same idea, and it's really good! I've had it two days in a row now.

Found an amazing suggestion online. Buy the silicone cupcake or ice cube trays and fill them with a measured amount of yogurt, and freeze. Then portion out your fruit for x number of smoothies, and freeze. Once everything is frozen, bag it all up into a per smoothie portion and you're ready to add liquid, spinach and blend!

QueenMother14

I have this on my list to try.

tuffytuffy1

A friend of mine discovered these recently and swears by them. I should try it!

Mallory0418

I had this exact smoothie this morning, but I use half a banana and a little orange juice and water with less milk. But same idea, and it's really good! I've had it two days in a row now.

Found an amazing suggestion online. Buy the silicone cupcake or ice cube trays and fill them with a measured amount of yogurt, and freeze. Then portion out your fruit for x number of smoothies, and freeze. Once everything is frozen, bag it all up into a per smoothie portion and you're ready to add liquid, spinach and blend!

That's an awesome idea! I'm definitely going to do that. Thanks!

cmreimer

Wow! I'm thinking that might be my lunch. Thanks for the recipe!

4hotmama

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curiousgp

I love these - after a week or so you'll see a HUGE difference in your skin tone and your energy levels.

Corryn78

Here is a link to the smoothie portion packs. I suggest using the silicone trays, the yogurt cubes would pop right out.

http://www.savingmyfamilymoney.com/2011/11/17/recipes/diy-smoothie-packs/

jjblogs

I do something very similiar....amazing how much spinach you can hide in a smoothie...lol

gillybumbler

spinach smoothies also taste great with cucumber!

monih10

I love green smoothies....it's amazing how you can't even taste the spinach!! I have one similar to yours at least 2 times a week....always mixing it up to try different ones!!

taylurmde

Are you drinking this in place of a meal or as a snack? It sounds really good.

kellybug123

1 cup almond milk, or milk of choice
1 ripe banana, preferably peeled + frozen
2 handfuls organic spinach
1 tbsp chia seeds OR 1 tbsp ground flax
1 tbsp nut butter, optional
1-3 ice cubes
protein powder of choice, optional


That's the recipe I was going to try, but I'm a little scared of it....lol. Yours sounds a little bit yummier than this one. Think I might try yours first and just add some ground flax to it for my heart

Mallory0418

Are you drinking this in place of a meal or as a snack? It sounds really good.

I had it for breakfast and it completely filled me up. Made me feel really good for my morning workout too!

saral89

AMAZING!!! THANKS!!

AmyRhubarb

I'm drinking one right now for lunch! I absolutely love that you can stuff so much fresh spinach into a smoothie an not even taste it. I did the recipe with the banana & peanut butter (I think I used almond butter though) the first time, but now I just do my regular fruit smoothie with my protein powder and add spinach - every variation I've had so far has been delicious!

Todays:

1 banana
1/2 fresh mango (I froze the other half of the cut up chunks for tomorrow)
1/4 cup fat free milk (could use water or juice, but hubby drank all the juice! LOL)
1/2 container of Trader Joe's Greek Honey Yogurt (any flavor will do)
1/2 scoop Vanilla protein powder
1 cup of ice (if your fruit is frozen you can skip this)
2 big handfulls of fresh spinach

Calories: 397
Carbs: 57
Fat: 10
Protein: 24

Could knock the fat & calories down with different yogurt, but I indulged today with the regular Greek yogurt rather than low or non-fat. :happy:

Nopedotjpeg

Mine:

1 large banana
2-3 cups of raw spinach
1/2-1 cup blueberries
1 scoop chocolate whey protein powder
1 cup skim milk

No idea about the calories since I'm doing WW right now, but it's friggin delicious, and there's about 4-5 servings of fruits and vegetables as well as protein in it.

thewobblyrunner

I just discovered this recipe on a blog the other day too - and I've been meaning to try it. I even bought a bag of spinach, but didn't get round to using it. I keep reading that the smoothie is really yummy... I guess I'll buy another bag of spinach and give it a go!

JGT2004

:happy: Bump

sweetendeavor

wow! i have all these in my fridge! will def try it this week as a midmorning snack!

michie27

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kahdxoom

See SUPER GREEN MONSTER SHAKE in database. (add a steamed carrot too!)

I posted the recipe in database. Got it from a Dr Oz article in Womens World magazine.

145 CALORIES!!!!!!!

iKristine

Alright. You inspired me to try something new. I just happened to have a blender, that I never use.

My problem, is I eat prudent, but I find alot of the power foods I get, I cannot make meals with very easily. So I end up with alot of leftover things like, spinach, plain yogurt, almost dead bananas, berries etc etc.

So here is what I did.

I did 2 cups raw spinach, (sell by yesterday)
a banana (it was yellow, on the inside )
some blackberries 1/4 cup
a tablespoon peanut butter, the chunky natural stuff. BTW I HATE peanut butter
added some water.

In the end. It looked like Chocolate mousse, didn't taste too bad. BUT it was all in a single cup I could just gulp down easily.

So in the end it worked. I got through some questionable to expire foods, got 2 servings fruit, 2 cups spinach and some yogurt and peanut butter.

ALOT easier than if I tried to work those into meals.

Thanks. I will try this again.

CLI_2012

I've been having smoothies for lunch every day (almost...when I get to go home for lunch) and have been using a cup of frozen mixed berries (thawed), a few tbsps of yogurt, some cranberry juice and a handful of spinach. I can't even taste the spinach!!

d2footballJRC

Had this for breakfast and it was awesome! I wasn't sure about it at first, but once I got a good sip of it, it was so yummy! It's bright green so don't let that scare you.

Ingredients:

1 frozen sliced banana

1 Tablespoon peanut butter

1/2 cup 0% Vanilla Chobani Greek yogurt

1 cup Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Breeze (or other kind of milk)

4 cups baby spinach (or more, or less) - just fill the rest of the blender with spinach!

Directions:

Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.

Nutritional stats:

350 calories, 10g fiber, 21g protein

ETA: Whoops, I meant to put this in the "Recipes" section! Oh well, it makes sense here too.

I saw this on Pinterest.... yeah...umm.....I have a pinterest account.. :-( DON'T TAKE MY MAN CARD!!!

Mallory0418

I saw this on Pinterest.... yeah...umm.....I have a pinterest account.. :-( DON'T TAKE MY MAN CARD!!!

That's where I got it too! Pinterest is totally what you make it, I actually get a lot of inspriation from the fitness section. You're man card is safe.

taylurmde

I love spinach thanks for the post. I think I'll try it.

cakeums

My question is - how do you get the consistency to stay smooth? Mine always congeal. Every time.

clkuchtyn

bump....great thread