How to Make a Green Smoothie- Recipes and Tips

Drink your salads!!!  Just think of your green smoothie as a way to get your green veggies and/or fruit in each day. Try at least getting in one 16-20 oz smoothie a day. Or replacing up to 3 meals a day and getting in 60 oz.   Here are some guidelines to make them and also a few simple recipes. 

The recipes can be made ahead of time and refrigerated for the day ahead. You may also find the need to tweak these recipes to your liking, which is Absolutely fine! Swap out the liquid with the liquid of your preference. Don’t have chia seeds?  Use another protein source, like almond butter.  Don’t like the consistency? Add more liquid.

As a base, I am gonna suggest starting off by stocking up on spinach, kale and maybe romaine lettuce. They are more mild greens and then you can go into arugula and collards which have a stronger taste next. Ideal fruits would be apples, oranges, berries, bananas and avocados.  They will add sweetness or a smoothness to your drink.  If you use at least 1 frozen fruit, your smoothie will already be cold. If not use ice.  

There are many guides, such as this one on how to build your green smoothie

Simple recipes

Here are a few recipes I came up with and found while reading more about green smoothies. Dont worry about exact measurements. A handful of greens.... is sometimes what you need. These recipes can make up to 32 ounces or 2 servings, give or take.  Pick 3 recipes and try them out for the day. If you have any recipe suggestions, please leave them below.

Beginners Breakfast

2 cups fresh spinach

2 cups water

1 cup mango

1 cup pineapples

2 bananas

Beginners Lunch

1 Cup Almond Milk

¼ Cup Kale

¼ Cup Spinach

½ Avocado

1 Apple

Honey or Agave to sweeten

Island Smoothie

1 Cup Coconut Milk

¼ Cup Spinach

¼ Cup Kale

¼ Cup Frozen Pineapple

¼ Cup Frozen Mango

Juicy Orange 

1cup of coconut water

1- 1 1⁄2 cups collard greens leaves,

1-1⁄2 cups frozen banana chunks

1apple (core removed, skins intact)

1orange (peeled)

1 to 2 tablespoons of hemp seeds

Immunity Smoothie

Handful of kale

1 cup frozen banana chunks

1 large apple

1/2 cup of frozen mango chunks

1/2 tablespoon of freshly peeled ginger

1-2 cups of water

Purple Dreams

8 oz or more of preferred liquid

2 handfuls of collard greens

1 cup of frozen banana chunks

1/2 cup fresh blueberries

1/2 cup of purple grapes or red apple

1 tbls chia seeds

Ginger Smoothie Recipe

1 banana

5 blackberries or small handful of blueberries

1 cup of water

1 tbsp fresh chopped Ginger

Handful of kale

1 tbls of chia seeds (optional)

4-6 ice cubes

Spinach Orange Smoothie

2 oranges

1 banana

2 handfuls of spinach

1/2 cup coconut water

1 tablespoon hemp seeds

Ice

Ginger Orange Smoothie

·         1 1/2 cups water

·         4 handfuls fresh spinach

·         4 romaine leaves (optional)

·         2 oranges

·         2 ripe bananas

·         1"-2" knob of fresh ginger

·         1 cucumber (optional)