Spinach & Green Fruit Smoothie

Recently, Miss G and I have been experimenting with spinach smoothies.  So far, we’ve found that you can pretty much add a couple giant handfuls of fresh baby spinach to any smoothie without altering it’s taste very much.  Now, I’m not going to lie…  Despite the flavour remaining the same, the appearance does not.  In fact, many of the smoothies we’ve tried look like poop.  Strawberries or raspberries plus green spinach equals brown.  Blueberries plus green spinach equals an even darker brown…  So today, with St. Patrick’s Day in mind, we set out to make a bright green, vitamin-packed smoothie that not only tasted good, but looked appetizing too.  And we succeeded!  Here’s our spinach and green fruit smoothie:

First off, our ingredients…  Fresh baby spinach, green grapes, honeydew, a frozen ripe banana, a green apple, and coconut milk.

Start off by putting your frozen banana into a blender.

Add your apple chunks.

Be sure to stop and take a bite.

Dump in your honeydew.

And then pour in your grapes.

Next, fill up your blender with fresh baby spinach.

And pour in some coconut milk (or your preferred type of milk).

Pop on the lid…

And blend until bright green and smooth.

Pour into glasses (or sippy cups).

Enjoy!

Here’s our {approximate} recipe:

Spinach & Green Fruit Smoothie

• 1 ripe frozen banana
• 1 green apple, chopped
• 3/4 cup of green grapes
• 3/4 cup of honeydew melon
• 3 big handfuls of fresh baby spinach
• 1 cup of coconut milk

Put all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.  Enjoy!

*For a less-textured smoothie, peel your apple first.  Plain greek yogurt and kiwi would be great additions to this recipe.