Green Super Spinach Smoothie
A super simple 4-ingredient spinach smoothie that contains 3 of your 4 recommended daily servings of vegetables! This is a great starter smoothie for anyone new to adding vegetables to a smoothie, because even though this it’s green, it doesn’t taste like spinach! This smoothie is Paleo, Vegan, Dairy Free, Grain Free, Gluten Free and Specific Carbohydrate Diet Legal.
I don’t know why it has taken me so long to tell you about this smoothie. I first started drinking green smoothies about 6 years ago after reading a book by Kimberley Snyder and have had one almost every single day since. Over the years I have gradually modified the ingredients and quantities, and have finally settled on this version. It’s healthy, it’s simple, and it’s tasty.
If you are new to the world of spinach smoothies, let me start by saying that although this smoothie is bright green and contains 4 cups of spinach you can’t taste the leafy green, I promise!
Feel free to play around with the ingredients in this smoothie. I love using orange juice as the sweetener to keep the sugar content low, but you could always add in a splash of maple syrup or honey instead. You can also replace the water and orange juice with almond milk and a spoonful of nut butter, or swap the orange juice for half an apple or pear.
This spinach smoothie is healthiness in a glass. It contains over 3 of your 4 recommended daily servings of vegetables and the entire recipe is under 140 calories. Another unexpected benefit of drinking it every day was the impact on my eyes! I used to have an addiction to drops to treat my dry and red eyes, but after having about 2 months of drinking this smoothie regularly the whites of my eyes were noticeably whiter and my need for eye drops decreased dramatically.
I’ve recently started adding a scoop of Vital Proteins Collagen to my smoothies and can’t get over the difference it has made to my nails and skin. It’s incredibly hard to find (and expensive!) here in the UK so I have been begging anyone visiting from North America to smuggle some over in their suitcases. I find that adding a scoop of collagen to my smoothie makes it light and frothy which I really like.
Here are a few more recipes that you might like:
- Creamy Coffee Smoothie
- Dairy Free orange Julius
- Pumpkin Pie Smoothie
- Green Tropical Spinach Popsicles
- Almond Butter Banana Popsicles
If you make this recipe let me know in the comment section below, I would love to hear what you think or take a photo and tag me (@everylastbite_) on Instagram, I love seeing your photos!
Green Super Spinach Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1/2 frozen banana peeled
- 4 cups fresh spinach
- juice from 1/2 a lemon
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1 cup water
Optional Additions
- 1 scoop collagen
Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients to a blender or nutribullet and blend until completely smooth.
Notes
Nutrition
Tastes amazing, i didn’t have orange juice so I replaced it with a peeled easy peeler, and my banana wasn’t frozen so I threw in half a room temp banana and three cubes of ice to replace the liquid lost from the lack of orange juice and to give that refreshing coolness
What could I use instead of the banana? Thanks
This is my first time trying a green smoothie and it is so delicious! I followed the recipe except used a room temp banana. Can’t really taste the greens at all. I would much rather drink this than eat a salad. 🙂
yes!! I am so happy to hear that!! I totally agree, I actually prefer this smoothie to a bowl full of lettuce 🙂
Love this recipe! Any suggestions for a substitute for the orange juice. I’m trying to limit my sugar intake and orange juice is naturally so high in sugar. Thanks!!
You could increase the amount of water and use half an apple to sweeten the smoothie. Alternatively you could use a bit of stevia or another natural sweetener.
Frozen grapes. Naturally sweet, plus it’s easier to measure how much you want to put in.
I was skeptical about this not tasting like spinach, but you were right. Very yummy and not “green” tasting at all. I used the entire frozen banana. Simple and easy to make. Love it!!
Yeesss!! So happy to hear that!!
Why do you freeze the banana ? It looks very yummy !!
Freezing the banana makes the smoothie super thick and creamy, it’s so good 🙂
Lifematrix purple protein collagen powder is my new discovery! It originates from France so hopefully available in England 🙂 I also add flax oil for an added omega boost 🙂
Oohh I’ve never heard of it before but will definitely look into it!