Green Smoothies

 

  Welcome back! This is day two of my Immune-Boosting Recipes week. If you missed yesterday's Matcha Muffins, be sure to check it out here.

 

  We are a smoothie loving family. I've been buying huge tubs of plain yogurt to make breakfast smoothies for years now. Plain yogurt (yes plain, everything else is loaded with either sugar, or even worse, artificial sweeteners) is filled with probiotics that play a large role in creating and maintaining a healthy immune system. Pair that with a bunch of fruit and fresh, raw greens that add more vitamins and antioxidants, and you've got yourself one healthy, immune boosting drink!

 

 

  These are so easy to make, and it can be done in a regular blender. If you're lucky enough to own a blend tec or Vitamix, your smoothies will be smoother - like that? But any old blender will do just fine. You will likely have little green specs visible in your drink, but be creative. You could tell your kids it's a monster smoothie, or alien tonic (that last one worked for me).

 

 

Another nice aspect to the smoothie is how versatile it is. You can mix and match fruits and juice and greens. Experiment a little and see what your family likes best.

 

 

Here is how we do ours...

 

 

Green Smoothie

 

1 C plain yogurt

1 C juice (apple, orange, grape - anything)

1 banana, broken into chunks

2 C frozen fruit

Fresh, raw spinach

1 Tbsp Chia seeds (optional)

 

1) Add all your ingredients except the spinach.

2) Add spinach  (I just fill it to the top)

3) Cover and blend. Using a spoon, push down the spinach and blend.

4) Repeat until blended to a uniform consistency

 

 

 

 

This smoothie we made didn't end up so green. We used a lot of blueberries in this batch, so it had more of a brownish color to it. Thankfully my little ones could have cared less. They absolutely love green smoothies and ask for them daily.

 

What are some of your favorite green smoothie combinations?