Best Green Smoothie Recipe (4-Ingredients)
Servings: 1
Power up your morning with this quick and delicious green smoothie recipe. It blends sweet mango, juicy pineapple, creamy banana, and vibrant spinach for a 5-minute boost of energy and nutrients. Light, refreshing, and naturally sweet, it tastes like fruit—not greens.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup spinach
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup pineapple frozen
- ½ cup mango frozen
- 1 banana
Instructions
- Measure: Tightly pack spinach in a measuring cup.
- Add: Put spinach to blender with water. Blend together until all chunks are gone. (Should resemble green water when blended well).
- Toss: Pineapple, mango and banana to blender. I like to use frozen pineapple and mangos to chill the smoothie down and save time cutting and prepping. It’s a win-win!
- Blend: It all together until smooth and creamy. Depending on your blender, this could take as little as 30 seconds or as long as 2 minutes.
- Pour: Into a glass and serve immediately.
Notes
- Follow the ratio. Tossing in random handfuls leads to bitter or watery blends — the ratio is what makes this one taste incredible every time. My how to make a smoothie guide breaks down the greens-fruit-liquid balance.
- Frozen fruit beats ice. Frozen mango and pineapple make the smoothie thick and cold without diluting the flavor or straining your blender.
- A high-speed blender is worth it. Any blender can make this recipe, but a high-speed blender for smoothies makes it faster, creamier, and easier to stick with. (A juicer or food processor won't get you there.)
- Best within 4 hours, fine for 48. Store leftovers in an airtight jar in the fridge — a mason jar filled to the top works great. The sooner you drink it, the fresher it tastes and the more nutrients you keep.
Nutrition
Serving: 16oz, Calories: 203kcal, Carbohydrates: 51g, Protein: 3g, Fat: 1g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 1g, Sodium: 38mg, Potassium: 818mg, Fiber: 6g, Sugar: 34g, Vitamin A: 3829IU, Vitamin C: 88mg, Calcium: 63mg, Iron: 1mg
