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Smoothies are the perfect fast food when you’re craving something quick and nutritious, and this creamy, blueberry spinach smoothie doesn’t disappoint. It’s a great recipe for kids as well as adults!
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Turn a Fruit Smoothie into a Green Smoothie
Transforming fruit smoothies into green smoothies is super easy and the added health benefits don’t hurt.
Adding leafy green vegetables to a fruit smoothie provides extra nutrients to break down the natural sugar in fruit, which then allows your body to burn that energy slower + longer. That means you aren’t hungry an hour after downing this blueberry spinach smoothie!
You can take any healthy smoothie recipes you love and add 1 cup (or a handful) of spinach to them if they don’t already have leafy greens, and you won’t even taste the difference. Yet you can be proud of yourself for adding a whole cup of spinach to your body!
New to leafy greens? Start with 1/4 cup in this blueberry spinach smoothie, then work your way up to a full cup. You’ll be surprised at how quickly your tastebuds adapt to that leafy green goodness. For smooth, creamy results every time, see my guide on how to make a smoothie.
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Ingredient Swaps
Smoothies are super versatile, especially ones with berries.
- Swap in pretty much any berry for the blueberries here or any low sugar fruits of your choice. I love Costco’s frozen mixed berries, and you can also make frozen meal prep smoothie packs for quick, grab-and-blend convenience.
- Any non-dairy milk works in place of the almond milk base. You might get a different taste + texture depending on what you use, yet you might find a new fav combo too!
- Looking for a non-banana substitute? Mango works great, has a little less sugar than banana, and you can find more ideas in my no-banana smoothies.
Finding the Best Almond Milk
There are so many almond milk products on the market right now! How do I know which one is best? My rawkstar team actually tested as many brands as we could find, to bring you our top almond milk brands.
Yet, did you know you can make almond milk at home, too? I’ve got a no-fail recipe, along with a few tips to help you make delicious homemade almond milk. Choosing your fav option only adds to the value of this blueberry smoothie.
Organic vs Non-Organic Smoothie Ingredients
While I try to buy organic ingredients for my smoothies, it’s not always possible or in the budget. So I use EWG’s dirty dozen list to know which produce should be organic if possible.
This guide provides the most up-to-date info on a variety of produce, so I know what I’m putting into my body, as well as feeding to my kids. Some ingredients for this blueberry spinach smoothie are on the dirty dozen list, so I make sure to buy the organic versions.
Join our Smoothie Challenge!
This plant-based blueberry banana spinach smoothie is perfect for kids who want something sweet and satisfying. In fact, it’s one of the featured recipes in our Smoothie Challenge, which is what we’re known for at Simple Green Smoothies. If you wanna join a smoothie challenge…
- Find it in our best-selling recipe book, Simple Green Smoothies
- Join our free 10-Day Smoothie Challenge
- Buy our 30-Day Green Smoothie Challenge
More Berry Smoothie Recipes
Berries are a staple smoothie ingredient. Find what’s fresh and local to you, then toss it in your blender! I love grabbing bags of frozen mixed berries to have on hand as well. Fresh or frozen berries work great in this blueberry spinach smoothie. Here are some of my favorite fruit smoothies you can try out:
- Strawberry Smoothie
- Raspberry Smoothie
- Strawberry Banana Smoothie
- Blueberry Smoothie
- Mixed Berry Smoothie
- Citrus Berry Smoothie
- Blackberry Smoothie
If you make this blueberry spinach smoothie, I’d love to hear how it turned out in the comment box below. Your feedback helps me and all the readers in this community. And if you’re interested in more plant-based recipes (and exclusive content), sign up for my weekly recipe newsletter.
Blueberry Spinach Smoothie
Ingredients
- ½ cup spinach
- 1 cup almond milk
- ½ cup blueberries
- ½ cup strawberries
- 1 banana
Instructions
- Blend spinach and milk until smooth.
- Add fruit and blend again.
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Notes
- You can swap blueberries for any berry you can find. I like to use pre-packaged frozen mixed berries to give it a strong robust flavor.
- Make sure to use at least 1 frozen fruit for a refreshingly cool smoothie.
- Swap almond milk with the plant milk of your choice, or swap with water.
- To lower the natural sugar in this recipe replace 1 banana with 1/4 avocado or 1/4 cup frozen cauliflower. Freeze bananas for later and learn how to cut avocado.
- The right smoothie blenders help make even the leafiest greens blend smoothly every time.
Love he recipe filling and Great Taste can’t wait for the next recipe
Since I can’t have spinach, I substituted collard greens. It turned out delicious! Very cool and refreshing!
Delicious! Perfectly sweet for me and my sweet tooth. I love getting greens in asmoothie especially when you can’t see them or taste them! I’ll be making this again for my kids!
This is one of my favorite smoothy blends. The ingredients are easy to get and I often have them on hand, so I have made this smoothy many times.
Great recipe!
This smoothie had a predominant banana taste. I couldn’t taste the berries perhaps because I used fresh berries and froze them instead of frozen berries? It was creamy. I doubled the spinach as per the recipe. I added chia seeds and protein powder..
Hey Cristina! You can def use fresh or frozen berries – which ever you have on hand. But yes, the banana does stand out when it’s in smoothies. If it’s too much, def reduce the amount of banana or replace with avocado. Keep rawkin’ this challenge, girl! 🙂
Delicious. I used blackberries instead of blueberries and chard (from my garden) instead of spinach.
Marguerite, I love the idea of adding veggies straight from the garden into your smoothie!
Not my favorite. Think I got a little too much spinach in it.
Great! Blueberries are my go to smoothie fruit so this one was in my wheel house. Added some protein powder so I am good to start my day
Creamy and smooth – I doubled the fresh blueberries (maybe frozen better) and only added a few strawberries but not as much blueberry flavor as anticipated. Great morning smoothie!
Definitely adding this one to my list of favourites!!
I used regular milk and it still worked great. Anything with berries is wonderful.
My favorite of the challenge so far! So easy and tasty.
We loved it. Its such and easy way to get those greens in… especially for kids.
Can someone tell me how to get into the challenge support group in FB??
Absolutely Kirsten, you can join the FB support group FB Support Group, come join the fun! There is so much support and love you’re sure to feel right at home!
Hi Kirsten – I would be happy to help you!This link will take you directly to our Summer Smoothie Challenge support group on Facebook – If that doens’t work, email us at hello@simplegreensmoothies.com
This was a delicious smoothie. Really enjoyed the taste
A good, basic smoothie. Not very sweet. Next time I would add some ice cubes (or frozen banana) to make it colder. I might also add some dates or honey for sweetness.
My favorite so far!! With the added protein, I am full all morning!!
My favorite so far!! With the added protein, I am full all morning!!
Love, Love, Love this smoothie. Anything with berries and banana is a winner to me but this one really hit the spot today. Have to add this to my favorite list but they are all being added to the list.
Lovely color and quite refreshing. I did add a scoop of protein powder.
I realized this AM that I didn’t have almond milk so I decided to use water as the base instead. It was still delicious! The flavors all go so well together. I did double the spinach. I am loving these. smoothie mornings!
One of my favorite flavor combinations, smooth and refreshing. Definately one everyone should try, especially if your new to green smoothies. You can make it with water or almond milk and its delicious either way 🙂
Very good, except mine ended up too watery. Next time I will adjust.