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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.
Here for Rawkstar Bingo to rate Day 9 smoothie on the blog! 5/5! Delicious creamy berry drink!
Just made this one. I did not like the taste that much. However I replaced spinach with kale. So it could be my own fault there. May try again with spinach. Maybe.
One of my favorites! The berry banana combo is yummy,
This was just alright, but I did add kale, so maybe I added too much? All I tasted was the kale.
Not a lover of Blueberries but this was quite tasty.
Yum, what’s not to like…..bananas, berries, and almond milk. So good!
Day 9, Berry Blast. I like it, it very bananaie, I find bananas over powering, next time I would put in half a banana, and I usually use a frozen banana, but today used a fresh one.
another good one!
on the sweeter side With banana and berries but could be adjusted easily
I think I put too much banana in my smoothie today. That’s all I tasted but then I add a tumeric ice cube and then it tasted like pineapple. It was really good.
I am really enjoying this smoothie challenge. Although I have been a vegan or eating plant-based for over 30 years, I have truly been excited to see that there are so many others beginning to see the health benefits and the delicious meals that make up the plant-based lifestyle. Thanks so much, I have become a little more consistent with the smoothies because of this challenge.
Berries are excellent in smoothies. I prefer water vs almond milk however.
Day #9 and going strong!
This is one of my favorite smoothie! I have lost three ponds so far by replacing a meal
One of my favorites! Yummmm…
I used blueberries and strawberries. I didn’t have a full cup of unsweetened almond MALK, but topped it off with some unsweetened macadamia cashew milk from Trader Joe’s. I would have liked it better without the chocolate in there, but that was simply using what was on hand. It was one of my top three favorites of the challenge, so far. One day to go!
This is my favorite. So refreshing and delicious.
Yet another delicious smoothie! I used A date and 1/2 cup avocado instead of the banana.
Very nice flavour ! This is a keeper !
Great tasting green smoothie.
I love berries so I was really surprised to find that it wasn’t my fav, but I’d make it again.