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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.
Tasty and kept me full. Added more spinach than the recipe called for just for a little extra veggies.
Excellent tasting smoothie with even 2x the spinach and a favorite of the whole family. I use the banana and 1 cup of frozen blueberries with 1 c Silk soy yogurt for a high calcium hit (since I can’t do dairy or most calcium tablets, I was struggling with a enough calcium per day). Love your smoothie challenge and you gray recipes!
I used Kale instead of spinach and it was really good, will make again
Great smoothie, the recipe called for water, I used coconut water, but I notice this called for almond milk. will try that next.
Delicious! But could use more spinach, which I added. Also, my printed recipe card from the download stated water, not almond milk. Next time, I’ll definitely add milk.
I didn’t have a ripe banana to use, so substituted frozen pineapple, plus used the protein powder – about 3/4 scoop. This was great! Easy to make and couldn’t even tell the protein powder was in there! Would also be great with oat milk!
The smoothie was the most delicious smoothie I have had in a long time. I just started this simply green smoothie challenge so all encouragement is welcome especially happy taste buds!
This smoothie is good however I left out the strawberries.
I missed adding my review yesterday. I usually have the ingredients for this one on hand so it’s an easy go to for me. I added more spinach to my drink and threw in some chia seeds and collagen powder. Love the blueberry, strawberry and banana combo. I didn’t this time but instead of all water I like to add a bit of cranberry juice.
Blueberry spinach smoothie was delicious. Love loved the combination. Almost felt guilty drinking it was so creamy and just delish!
This one quickly became a favorite in our house. Love the spinach in this recipe. I also added a tablespoon of organic almond butter to get some healthy fats.
It tasted So Fabulous !!!
This smoothie recipe was great. Love the blueberry flavor.
This was so yummy! I loved all the flavors. My toddler had seconds. I love the extra greens and antioxidants.
Good, but not my favorite blueberry smoothie. My banana was large, so I only used half. The banana flavor was still stronger than the blueberry. It’s definitely worth repeating, but it won’t be on frequent repeat.
This was a great smoothie! A very classic fruit + spinach combo.
I love the sweet flavor combination. I can’t detect the spinach flavor at all.
I love how simple the recipes are and the fact its food we buy already. This one was my husbands favorite thus far.
Great taste and really smooth