Blueberry Banana Spinach Smoothie
Craving a nutrient-packed smoothie you can whip up in minutes? This banana spinach smoothie is an easy, tasty, and healthy way to get some much-needed vitamins and minerals. Plus, the combination of sweet bananas and earthy spinach makes this blend incredibly delicious and refreshing.
I learned about the benefits of taking collagen years ago when I was enrolled in natural health courses. I intended to get my master’s degree in natural health, but the universe had other plans for me.
Once I started making green smoothies, I always found that they lacked something. But once I started adding collagen I realized I had discovered the missing piece for me. I find that it smooths out the smoothie and although it doesn’t add taste, it adds a texture that I absolutely love.
Wait until you try it. The flavors are amazing and I think you’ll like this recipe too.
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Tips
- You can use fresh blueberries and bananas like the ones pictured below or, if you like your smoothie to be as cold as I do, you can freeze the fruit beforehand. I made Christopher’s smoothie from fresh fruit because he doesn’t like his drinks freezing cold.
- For my smoothie, I use frozen wild blueberries and a banana I peeled, cut, and put in the freezer the night before.
- Does the order that you add the ingredients matter? In a blender with the blades in the cover, you add the solids first and then the liquids.
- With a blender like a Vitamix where the blades are in the bottom of the container, you need to add the liquids first, then the powders, then the fruit, spinach, and ice.
- You can add many other ingredients. Here is a list of items I alternately add when I want a different take on the green smoothie: strawberries instead of blueberries, chia seeds, peanut butter; other nut butters like almond butter or cashew butter, hemp seeds, dashes of cinnamon, chocolate chips, cocoa powder, and the list goes on.
- If you want to make this healthy smoothie recipes vegan, you can omit the collagen and yogurt.
- I use almond milk because I prefer it, but you can substitute it with soy milk, cashew milk, or oat milk.
- My spinach smoothie isn’t as green as others because of the added blueberries. So if you want vibrant green spinach smoothies, omit the blueberries.
How to make this blueberry banana smoothie
Pre-step
Get your high-speed blender and glassware.
Step one
Gather the ingredients – blueberries, bananas, yogurt, almond milk, leaf spinach, and collagen powder.
Let’s look at the overhead photo of the ingredients. (The yogurt got squeezed out.)
Step two
Add the ingredients to the blender container. The order will depend on what type of blender you have. See the helpful tips for my ideas about it. This is the order I used with a Ninja blender with the blades in the cover.
- Fresh spinach leaves
- Almond milk
- Greek yogurt
- Frozen blueberries
- Frozen banana
Lastly, I add the star of the show, the collagen!
Step three
Add a few ice cubes, cap the blender and blend the ingredients for 45 seconds.
Pour the smoothie into the glasses.
I need to get closer to the smoothie!
Christopher loves spinach, just not in smoothies. So, I made him one with just the blueberries, banana and collagen.
It’s as delicious as it is pretty.
He loved his smoothie as much as I loved my smoothie with spinach added.
I hope you enjoyed this blueberry banana spinach smoothie recipe!
Another delicious smoothie is the banana blueberry smoothie.
And as always, may all your dishes be delish!
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Blueberry Banana Spinach Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 cup spinach 1/2 – 1 cup – fresh, baby spinach
- 1 banana peeled, cut up and frozen overnight
- 1/2 cup frozen blueberries or fresh
- 1/2 cup almond milk or milk of choice
- 1/2 cup yogurt Greek
- 7.8 grams Dr. Axe’s Multi Collagen Protein one packet or one heaping scoop
- 3 ice cubes optional – depending how thick you want your smoothie
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients in your blender container. Cap the blender and blend until ingredients are combined.
- Pour into glass
- Sip
- Smile
- Enjoy
Equipment
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- You can use fresh blueberries and bananas like the ones pictured below or, if you like your smoothie to be as cold as I do, you can freeze the fruit. I made Christopher’s smoothie from the fresh fruit because he doesn’t like his drinks cold.
- For my smoothie, I use frozen wild blueberries and a banana I peeled, cut and put in the freezer the night before.
- Does the order that you add the ingredients matter? In a blender with the blades in the cover, you add the solids first and then the liquids.
- With a blender like a Vitamix where the blades are in the bottom of the container, you need to add the liquids first, then the powders, then the fruit and spinach.
