Spinach Berry Smoothie

If you’ve got a picky eater (or you’re the picky eater) who swears they’ll never drink something green, this Spinach Berry Smoothie is about to become your secret weapon. It tastes like a straight-up berry smoothie — sweet, fruity, a little tangy from the orange — but it’s sneaking a full cup of spinach in there while you’re not looking.

This is the smoothie I hand to my kids without saying a word about what’s in it. Sometimes the easiest way to eat more veggies is to just… not taste them. This recipe is just one of the many winners in my berry smoothie recipes collection.

Ingredients You’ll Need

If you’re new to pairing spinach and berries, this recipe is a great place to start. Blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, and strawberries create a deep purple hue and sweet berry flavor that completely masks the spinach — so you get a full cup of greens without even tasting it.

• Spinach: Spinach is loaded with fiber and nutrients to help my body process the natural sugar in fruit, as well as get in an extra veggie. If you don’t have spinach, you can swap with baby kale or other leafy green vegetables of your choice.
• Mixed berries: Toss whatever berries you have on hand (or buy a bag of frozen mixed berries). Most mixed berries contains strawberries, blackberries and raspberries.
• Orange: One naval orange adds a sweet flavor boost and hefty doze of vitamin C.
• Banana: The banana adds some sweetness and extra creaminess to the smoothie. You can swap the banana for 1/4 avocado if you want to decrease the sugars and still get a creamy smoothie. If bananas are ripe, you can chop and freeze bananas for future smoothies.

How to Make Spinach Berry Smoothie

1. Blend the greens first. Start with your spinach, water, and orange in the blender — no fruit yet. Blend this on its own until it’s completely smooth with no flecks of green left behind. This is the trick that makes the whole smoothie work: fully liquefying the spinach before the berries go in means there’s nothing chunky or “leafy” left to taste or see once the fruit takes over.
2. Add your fruit. Once your greens are smooth, add the berries and banana. Blend again until everything’s creamy and combined.
3. Pour and enjoy. That’s it — pour it into your favorite glass and go. You’ve got a full cup of spinach in there, and it tastes like a berry smoothie through and through.

Blending twice might sound like extra work, yet it actually helps your blender focus on eliminating chunks and giving you the smoothest blend possible. If you’re using a high-end blender, like a Vitamix blender, you can combine all the ingredients at once to save time.

More Spinach Berry Smoothie Recipes

Berries are a staple smoothie ingredient since they are easy to toss in and super packed with vitamins and minerals. Adding to green smoothies enhances the health benefits. Here are a few more to enjoy:

• Blueberry spinach smoothie: This was the very first spinach berry smoothie I ever blended and my kids drank it for years.
• Mixed berry smoothie: Toss a bag of frozen mixed berries in a blender to create one of the simplest berry smoothies out there.
• Blackberry smoothie: Since blackberries are only ripe for a short season, I grab them whenever I see them and love using them in this smoothie.
• Coconut raspberry smoothie: This may taste like a dessert, but it still has spinach in it!

If you make this spinach berry smoothie recipe, I’d love to know how it turned out in the comment box below! Your review can help other readers in the community.