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Take a mini-vacation with every sip of this yummy Mango Kale smoothie. Don’t let kale intimidate you! If you’re new to blending with kale, this is a great smoothie to help break you in. The tropical fruit and coconut milk give this smoothie a delectable flavor and texture, like a milkshake – only healthy!
We love blending with a variety of liquid bases. For this smoothie recipe, we went with coconut milk.
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Ingredients in a Kale Mango Smoothie
This simple recipe boasts a simple yet rawkstar list of ingredients:
- Kale: Loaded with nutrients and plant power, kale helps fuel your day the green way. You can even freeze kale ahead of time so your smoothie comes out colder and smoother every time.
- Coconut Milk: I like using light canned coconut milk in this recipe to get the cream factor without the extra fat. These are my favorite coconut milk brands. You can use canned or carton, whichever your preference, or go all out and learn how to make coconut milk!
- Mango: The mighty mango may be mild in flavor, yet it adds the perfect amount of sweetness and cream to this recipe.
- Pineapple: Whether fresh or frozen, pineapple adds vitamin C, manganese and fiber. If you’re prepping fresh, here’s how to cut pineapple.
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Easy Recipe Swaps
Never be afraid to make green smoothies your own. This simple blend can be swapped around to fit your needs and your tastebuds. Swap kale with other leafy green vegetables like spinach, and mango with peaches or nectarines. If you need to lower the natural sugar in this recipe, replace the mango with 1/2 avocado or 1/2 cup frozen cauliflower. For smooth, hassle-free prep, see my guide on how to cut avocado.
And don’t forget about the milk base! You can use any non-dairy milk of your choice in this recipe; I recommend cashew milk or these oat milk brands to keep the creaminess. You can also make cashew milk at home following my easy guide.
Recipe Tips
- There’s only four ingredients in this perfect snack mango kale smoothie. If you want to make it more filling, add my homemade protein powder and turn it into a grab-n-go meal.
- For tips on blending it all perfectly, check out my guide on how to make a smoothie.
- A high-powered blender works wonders. If you need one, check out these blenders for smoothies.
Fresh vs Frozen Produce
Fresh, seasonal produce is meant to be nourishing, yet I find frozen produce isn’t a lousy second choice. Frozen produce is picked at the height of ripeness and flash-frozen to preserve maximum nutrition.
I typically buy fresh leafy greens and frozen mango and pineapple. That way I don’t have to take the time to cut mango and I’ve got easy access to frozen ingredients for a refreshing smoothie. I also make frozen meal prep smoothie packs ahead of time so healthy blends are always ready to go.
More Kale Smoothie Recipes
If you’re a fan of nutritious, flavor-packed blends, here are some more recipes for inspiration. Packed with vitamins, fiber, and natural goodness, they show just how versatile tropical smoothies can be:
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Mango Kale Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1 cup kale
- 1 cup coconut milk canned or carton
- 1 cup mango
- ½ cup pineapple
- 1 serving homemade protein powder optional
Instructions
- Blend kale and coconut milk together until smooth.
- Add remaining fruit and blend again.
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Notes
- Use at least one frozen fruit to make the smoothie cold or serve over ice.
- To lower the natural sugar content use 1/2 cup mango and 1/4 an avocado or 1/4 cup cauliflower.
- Swap kale with the leafy green vegetables of your choice.
- Swap coconut milk with the plant milk of your choice (cashew or oat would be great in this recipe).
Nutrition
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Leave a review for a chance to win signed copies of my cookbooks!Common Questions
Yes! Raw kale provides the most nutrition, yet frozen is perfectly acceptable as well. When using fresh kale, wash well then remove the kale from the stalk (it’s bitter). Then massage the kale to soften it up.
My Mango Kale smoothie provides healthy fat as well as a boost of potassium, vitamin A, vitamin C and calcium. Talk about a nourishing beverage!
My four-ingredient mango kale smoothie has 233 calories per serving. If you want a more filling drink then swap carton coconut milk for canned (either full fat or light).
This was such a yummy creamy smoothie, it will most definitely be put on my to make again list!
Smooth. Great flavor. Easy to make and easy to drink
I wasn’t too sure about using Kale and how it would change the flavor of the smoothie’s, but no worries; they taste amazing!
So glad you are on the kale wagon now!! 🙂
I think I will try this with coconut water next time as I didn’t love the coconut milk. Otherwise great!
Article was very helpful. The smoothie, simply but delicious.
Like a tropical vacation, so good!
I was a little hesitant to try kale in the smoothie but it tasted great!
These are changing my lifestyle!!!
Delish! These are changing my lifestyle!!!
I Love this smoothie! It’s like a mini trip to the beach on a cold and foggy day!!
Very tasty! I too was alarmed by the calorie total, however it’s not too surprising as there’s so much fruit in it. Used So Delicious shelf stable coconut beverage and it turned out fine. So green, smooth and tropical.
Feel free to swap the amount of fruits and veggies to make your smoothie less sweet if you prefer it that way!
I don’t typically use only Kale in a smoothie; I always combine the kale with spinach. I was excited to try this one and was pleasantly surprised how good it tastes.
Kale yeah!!
Not bad flavour, but I noticed kale tastes more powdery? Not a huge fan of that. Might have added too much, will try less next time or switch to half kale half spinach
Hey Liz,
Make sure you are removing the stems from your kale to avoid that bitter taste. If you are not a fan feel free to do half and half or swap it completely with another green of your choice!
The smoothie tastes great but I was alarmed to see 700 calories!
Is this really 700 calories?!!!
That’s what I’m wondering too!!
Yumm, just made this immediately — add a little of almond milk + coconut water since I am not too keen to coconut milk but they turned out so good!!! Thanks for sharing !