So anyway, this is one of our very favorite green smoothies. It's cool and delicious, light and refreshing. And there is no way you can taste the spinach in this one. Personally I love the citrus-y kick from the lime juice, yum! Just ignore the fact that it's a lemon in the picture. Occasionally I improvise but it's best with lime! Greena Colada is a creamy, guilt-free, green twist on pina coladas that you will love!
Greena Colada Smoothie
submitted by Brittany ~ The Sister's Cafe
3/4 cup light coconut milk
1/2 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
1/2 lime, juiced
3 1/2 cups pineapple chunks, frozen or well chilled
2 cups spinach
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
3 Tb agave nectar
1 cup ice cubes
Add ingredients to blender in order listed. Blend until smooth and serve. Makes 4 servings.
*If you don't have a heavy duty blender like Blendtec, you may need to increase the amount of coconut milk, especially if you are using frozen pineapple instead of fresh.
recipe source: adapted from Blendtec's Fresh Blends recipe book
I have been making a smoothie similar to this for years and it is still one of my kids favorites. I omit the sweetener and add Trader Joes frozen mangos (it gives it a real creamy texture). My recipe is coconut milk, frozen pineapple, spinach, frozen mango, ice, lemon or lime and sometimes I will throw in a dash of OJ. YUMMY and great for a healthy breakfast with a whole wheat banana muffin!
ReplyDeleteTry kale and bananas in your green smoothies. Kale is so nutrient dense and you can't taste the 'green' in it. And bananas make green smoothies creamy and sweet.
ReplyDeleteWhere do you get agave?
ReplyDeleteYou are so right about both kale and bananas! I usually add 1-2 ripe bananas to my green smoothies- I think this is the only one without them! The agave and all that pineapple makes it sweet though.
ReplyDeleteHi Megan, I get my agave at Costco- it's A great price and we go through a lot. I'm not sure if all groceries stores carry it but I wouldn't be surprised. But you might need to try specialty grocers that cater more to health foods - like Trader Joes. I'm sure they would carry it. Btw, agave is a low-glycemic index natural sweetener that comes from a cactus. Looks like honey but thinner and tastes great.
ReplyDeleteOh man. I've got to get a blendtec. I'm going to try this out in my good old Bosch blender though. It is supposed to be 70 degrees on Thursday! Maybe I'll whip this out to celebrate.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I got some at Costco today. Any other suggestions or recipes of how you use it? We have smoothies a lot so I am excited to use it in them.
ReplyDeleteHey Megan, Mostly I use agave in smoothies but we will also eat it on oatmeal in place of honey... or as a sweetener in recipes that call for honey. But like I said, I mostly use it for smoothies! :) Even so, we go through a lot!
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ReplyDeleteIt's been almost a year since you've posted this... seriously? where does the time go. Anyway, the kids and I just had this smoothie again for dinner. Colty was rubbing his tummy and saying "mmmm," and Jack said it was "Dee-licious!" This is a great smoothie!
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