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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
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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.
I bought a large container of mixed greens. Does it matter if you use more than one kind @ once? It still tastes great.
Hey Colleen – great question! You can use as many different leafy greens and as much of them as you want!
This was flavorful and delicious
Love this smoothie! I also add chia seeds, chopped walnuts for crunch. I’ve also tried it with a blob of almond or peanut butter. Adding cacao powder adds a hint of chocolate.
So many variations!
I added strawberry protein after trying this smoothie. Should have only used half a banana as all I had was frozen ripe bananas. Increased the spinach and added 1/4 of an avocado.
Classic green smoothie!
This combination is in my morning green smoothie rotation.
Blueberry, my fav…so yummy
It was good.. I actually had a cup of spinach to increase my intake of greens and added the protein boost to make it a meal.
Oh yeah, this was a yummy one today!!!
With the blueberries, this is one of my favorite smoothies! It’s so good!
What a great way to start my day. The flavors were a great combination and complemented each other very well.
By far the best one yet love the mixed berry flavor
Super yummy! One of my new favorites!
I really liked this recipe! I did add the avocado and kept the whole banana just because I thought it would make it creamier. I also added a big spoonful of cocoa powder
I have LOTS of organic blueberries frozen from picking 3 times this season, Love this, never before added the spinach, but blends in well. Will be making this every week!!!
Loved it. I do blueberry a lot and mostly with almond milk as well do it felt good one of my “regulars” is close to yours! I did add lots of Spinach, and I also added protein powder. Next time I will probably only use half of the banana, just because the flavor was a little bit too sweet for me
Day 3- Blueberry Spinach Smoothie. Such a refreshing smoothie for anything of the day. I was pleasantly surprised with the taste especially with the addition of spinach. My hubby had no idea spinach was added to his smoothie this morning. (Shh!) I’m really excited with this challenge and will be adding this recipe to my list. Delicious!
This is one of my favorites-so easy and full of flavor!
Tasted wonderful. Not too sweet. Nor was it bland.
Tasted great. Will make it again!
I grow my own spinach in the garden so my smoothies have always consisted of protein powder, spinach and a banana, but the addition of blueberries and strawberries which are high in antioxidant really kicked it up a notch on the flavour profile. This is a winner for sure. I loved the almond milk, but will try other variations of milk such as oat and cashew in the future.
A good smoothie for beginners with high fruit-to-veg ratio and a small ingredients list.
I love it.
I love it ❤️, the fact that I am having something good and healthy is great