This spinach apple smoothie is a fresh take on the traditional green smoothie made with spinach, avocado, a Granny Smith apple, banana, and chia seeds. It’s just the thing to start your morning off right, or quench your hunger between meals while fueling your body with plant powered nutrients!
I have to admit that sometimes I indulge a bit too much in my love of chocolate and sweet things. Don’t get me wrong, I love my veggies too, but I’m a true chocolate addict.
My typical morning breakfast is a rice cake smeared with nut butter, but I knew my body was in need of some healthy plant superfoods to get me back on track and balance my blood sugar levels. That’s why I developed this healthy, nutrient rich green smoothie with spinach, apple, avocado, and banana. It’s even got chia seeds which add omega-3 fatty acids. It’s a great way to start the day, or fuel your body with nutrients between meals. I’m sure it will become one of your favorites!
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💗 Why You’ll Love this Recipe
- Includes superfoods like spinach, avocado, and chia seeds
- Naturally sweet with green apple and banana
- Smooth and creamy thanks to avocado
- Nutrient Dense
- Kid-friendly
🥣 Ingredients and Notes
Dairy Free Milk: You can use any dairy free milk alternative you prefer for this recipe. I like using unsweetened vanilla almond milk.
Fruits and Vegetables: I used organic spinach, half of an avocado, an organic green apple and a frozen banana. Spinach is a great immunity booster and when chopped up so fine in your smoothie, you won’t even know it’s there.
Chia seeds: This provides another great unique texture to your smoothie and it has anti-infammatory properties.
📋 Step by Step Instructions
Step 1: Cube the green apple, and shop the frozen banana into chunks.
Step 2: Combine almond milk and spinach in your high speed blender. Blend until smooth and all the spinach pieces are combined with the almond milk.
Step 3: Add avocado, apple, frozen banana, and chia seeds. Blend until smooth.
Step 4: Pour into two glasses and sprinkle a few chia seeds on top.
❓ FAQS
Yes! Spinach is good for you in any form, and including it in your smoothie is a great way to get a serving of dark leafy greens. Spinach It is loaded with tons of nutrients that help with skin, hair, and bone health. They also provide protein, iron, vitamins, and minerals.
Avocados are nutrient dense foods that are rich in fiber, folate, potassium, vitamin E, and magnesium. This helps you keep energy levels up!
Apples are excellent for your health. They are full of vitamins and fiber. They are great for weight loss, and excellent to snack on because of their high fiber content they help you feel fuller longer. They’re good for your heart, and lower your risk of type 2 diabetes, as well as promote good gut bacteria.
👩🍳 Serving Suggestions
Smoothies can be quite filling by themselves. But a few other things you can serve with them are scones, muffins, quiche, or other delicious breakfast recipes.
To keep your smoothie colder longer, freeze your glass or mug beforehand so it’s nice and frosted. Make sure your container is freezer safe before attempting.
❄️ Storage
This is one of those recipes that is best enjoyed when freshly made. You can attempt to refrigerate any leftovers but the consistency will not be the same.
I wouldn’t try to keep it longer than the day you made it.
You can also freeze leftovers by pouring it into cube trays. When you’re ready to enjoy again, transfer the cubes to your blender and blend until smooth.
💭 Expert Tips
- I like to add the spinach first to make sure it breaks down in the smoothie. Many people don’t like having little flecks of spinach or kale in their smoothies so putting it in first allows it to incorporate and breakdown with the almond milk.
- Freeze your overripe bananas so that you have a frozen banana ready whenever you want to enjoy a smoothie.
- I add the frozen bananas and chia seeds last. Make sure to cut the banana into chunks before adding it to your smoothie so that it easily blends and breaks down.
- Use a high speed blender if you have one. It will give you the best consistency.
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Recipe
Spinach Apple Smoothie
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cups unsweetened almond milk
- 1 cup organic spinach
- ½ avocado
- 1 green apple chopped
- 1 frozen banana chopped into chunks
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
Instructions
- Cube apple and chop the frozen banana into chunks.
- In your blender combine almond milk and spinach and blend until smooth.
- Add the avocado and blend until smooth.
- Add the apple and blend until smooth.
- Add the frozen banana and chia seeds. Blend until smooth.
- Pour into two glasses and sprinkle a few chia seeds on top.
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Notes
- I like to add the spinach first to make sure it breaks down in the smoothie. Many people don’t like having little flecks of spinach or kale in their smoothies so putting it in first allows it to incorporate and breakdown with the almond milk.
- Freeze your overripe bananas so that you have a frozen banana ready whenever you want to enjoy a smoothie.
- I add the frozen bananas and chia seeds last. Make sure to cut the banana into chunks before adding it to your smoothie so that it easily blends and breaks down.
- Make and enjoy immediately, or transfer to an ice cube tray and freeze to blend later.
karen Elizabeth
Yes, amazing really helps me poop in the morning because I’m always clogged up with all those delicious Mexican foods 🙂 I love this recipe amazing really helps if you have a lot clogging in your intestines 100/100 amazing-socer mom
Alison Corey
This gave me a good laugh this morning! But in all seriousness, a good smoothie can do miracles!
Mary Ellen
I’ve made many smoothies without a high-speed blender & works fine. Just have to run blender a little longer but no problems. Sometimes these recipes are more complicated than they really are so always think outside the box when they call for sophisticated appliances which are usually not necessary.
Dannii
We love making spinach and apple smoothies. It’s a lovely green boost.
Katie
So refreshing and I feel so good after drinking it. Loved it!
Taylor Kiser
So refreshing and perfect way to start the day!
Heidy L. McCallum
These smoothies look so healthy and colorful. I love spinach and I love apple so this may be perfect for me! I am going to test this recipe out tomorrow. It looks amazing.
Lisa | Garlic & Zest
The deep emerald color of this smoothie really is gorgeous. It’s making me regret my egg and bagel this morning… I’ll plan this one for tomorrow’s breakfast.