My Favorite Green Smoothie Recipe

Here’s my favorite green smoothie recipe. This is a smoothie that tastes great and is good for you.  It’s loaded with greens and vegetables and you can modify it with the fruit of your choice.

The problem with most smoothie recipes you see is that they are 90% fruit with just enough green to give it some color.

This has been my favorite and go-to smoothie for seven years! In fact, I credit it with helping me lose weight and keep the weight off! (Can You Lose Weight After 50?)

I still make this a few times a week.

There are many recipes out there for green smoothies and I’m happy to add my version to the Internet.

About 10 years ago, I started drinking one green smoothie a day. It seemed like a great way to get an extra vegetable or two into my diet.

This smoothie recipe works great as a light meal when you want to get a couple of servings of fruits or vegetables. I enjoy it for breakfast or lunch when I’m not super hungry but want something easy and healthy.

This recipe provides a serving of vegetables, fruit, a healthy fat, and protein.

I modify this all the time depending on what I have in the house. I almost always use frozen spinach or kale. Then I add a second vegetable such as celery, carrot, or cucumber. Then some fruit to sweeten it up.

I feel like I’m flooding my body with feel-good energy and since I started drinking these daily, I’ve had lots of get-up-and-go to exercise, work, and connect with family and friends.

Here is the recipe for The Best Green Smoothie:

Add to your blender:

• 1 cup of fresh greens or 1/2 cup frozen greens. Spinach or kale are my favorites
• 1 scoop plain collagen protein
• 1 scoop vanilla collagen protein powder
• 1 small carrot or ½ of a big one, or small cucumber or stalk of celery
• ½ an apple or 1/3 cup of any frozen berries
• 1 Tablespoon of lemon juice
• A small piece of ginger root peeled and chopped. Optional but gives it a nice flavor.
• 1 cup unsweetened coconut milk, coconut water, water, almond milk or other milk of choice
• Water if needed.

Add ingredients to your blender. Start your blender on a slower setting to get things chopped and moving. This is very important! Then finish on a higher setting to make this concoction smooth and drinkable.

I vary the fruits that I use depending on what I have and what I am in the mood for. Frozen spinach is my go-to for the green vegetable but sometimes I buy fresh power greens. I will often use cucumber or celery for a little extra green goodness.

Notes on Making Your Green Smoothie:

Greens. I like sweet mixes such as Super Greens or Power Greens. Most stores now have those mixes now. Spinach is mild and sweet and works well. Arugula is bitter so I don’t recommend something like that.

Liquids. Start with one cup. The fruit and veggies are juicy. You want it drinkable but not too watery.

The Oil: Adding some type of fat is important. Most women actually need more healthy fats, not less. My choices for my green smoothies are light olive oil, avocado oil, or coconut oil. You could use half an avocado for the healthy fat. I dislike avocado in smoothies but many people like it. Depending on the other ingredients, a TB of a nut better is another good choice. When using oils out of a bottle, start with one teaspoon and work your way up to one TB. Sometimes oil can upset the tummy, so start with a smaller portion.

Collagen: A full serving is two scoops. I like to use one plain and one vanilla for some extra sweetness. I use Bulletproof brand.

Other Fruits. I like to add about 1/3 cup of fruit, a little something sweet like banana and either half an apple or frozen berries. When you use berries, the smoothie will not look green but will still taste great.

The Ginger. I use a small amount of fresh ginger root. It keeps for quite a while in your refrigerator and you just slice off a piece as you need it. I think it takes the drink from bland to sublime. Again we can thank the Scottish boyfriend for this idea.

No Dairy? I prefer unsweetened coconut milk that I find in the refrigerator section of my store.

How to Get the Most from Your Green Smoothie

Sometimes little things can help us maker bigger changes. When I work with clients, I recommend eating food only at mealtimes.

So I created my smoothie to mimic a meal complete with protein, vegetables, a fruit, and a serving of a healthy fat.

While all fruit smoothies can taste good, they are not balanced in the same way and may make you hungrier afterwards.

The protein and added fat along with lower carb vegetable and fruit choices keep this green smoothie balanced and will keep you fuller.

Here are a few other green smoothie recipes that I love