Green smoothie recipe
In my hometown of Austin, Texas, I am well known for this green smoothie. I started making it over nine years ago at the beginning of my own journey back to good health. I used to take a pitcher of it to my workout to share with everyone in my fitness class.
They thought I was crazy for asking them to drink a smoothie that was a brilliant shade of green. Plus, my gym already had a smoothie bar—but they made the type of smoothies popular at the time, with berries or bananas, some form of milk (usually cow’s milk), and a big scoop of animal-based protein powder.
Since they did not make anything that I would drink, I brought my own. Once folks got past the “greenness” of this smoothie, it was a universal crowd-pleaser.
Ingredients
- 1 handful spinach leaves
- 1 handful mint leaves
- 0.5 cm piece ginger root
- 0.5 banana (fresh or frozen)
- 90 g mango chunks or sliced peaches (fresh or frozen)
- 120 ml filtered water
Details
- Cuisine: American
- Recipe Type: Drink
- Difficulty: Easy
- Preparation Time: 5 mins
- Cooking Time: 0 mins
- Serves: 1
Step-by-step
- Wash the spinach, mint, and ginger root.
- Add all ingredients to your high-speed blender and blend on high until smooth and creamy.
- Add more water if needed to obtain desired consistency for drinking.
Daily Greens 4-Day Cleanse - Jump Start Your Health, Reset Your Energy, and Look and Feel Better than Ever! by Shauna R. Martin, with forward by Mayim Bialik. Photography by Bill Milne Published by Race Point Publishing, £14.99.
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