3 Green Smoothies You Can Totally Make Ahead Of Time
For Each Smoothie: In a wide-mouth mason jar or small freezer bag, combine all the ingredients under the “freeze” list. Screw on the lid or seal the bag, and place it in the freezer for up to 6 months. When you’re ready to serve, pour the contents of the jar or bag into the blender (if the frozen ingredients are frozen solid in your mason jar, let it rest at room temperature for 5 minutes and then use a sturdy butter knife to loosen around the edges). Add the remaining ingredients listed under “add.” Blend until completely smooth using your blender’s smoothie function, if it has one, or by starting on low speed and increasing to high as soon as you get enough traction. Pour into a glass and drink up.
This hack will make your smoothies even better:
Pineapple-Coconut Green Smoothie
Makes 1 1/2 cups
Freeze:
1 cup packed spinach
1/2 medium banana, cut into 1-inch chunks
Heaping 1/2 cup frozen pineapple chunks
2 tablespoons unsweetened shredded coconut
1 tablespoon chia seeds (optional)
Add:
1/2 to 3/4 cup water
Juice of 1 lime
Several ice cubes
GLUTEN FREE • DAIRY FREE • VEGAN • EGG FREE • NUT FREE • SOY FREE
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Cinnamon-Almond Green Smoothie
Makes 1 1/4 cups
Freeze:
1 cup packed spinach
1 medium banana, cut into 1-inch chunks
1 tablespoon flaxseeds or flaxseed meal
1 tablespoon almond butter or peanut butter (Justin’s works best)
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Add:
3/4 cup vanilla almond milk
GLUTEN FREE • DAIRY FREE • VEGAN • EGG FREE • SOY FREE
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Apple-Ginger Green Smoothie
Makes 2 cups
Freeze:
1 cup packed baby kale, curly green kale (tough ribs removed), or spinach
1/2 medium banana, cut into 1-inch chunks
1/2 Granny Smith apple, cored and roughly chopped
1/2 -inch knob of peeled fresh ginger
Small handful of fresh cilantro
1 tablespoon hemp seeds or chia seeds (optional)
Add:
3/4 to 1 cup water
Juice of 1 lemon
Several ice cubes
GLUTEN FREE • DAIRY FREE • VEGAN • EGG FREE • NUT FREE • SOY FREE
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