The most refreshing, nutritious smoothie you’ll ever have! Feel free to personalize by adding different kinds of berries, milk or even protein powders.
Ingredients:
2 big handfuls spinach
1/4 cup uncooked, old-fashioned oats
1 frozen banana (un-peel and freeze)
1 Tablespoon almond or peanut butter
1 cup skim milk
1 handful ice
Directions:
1. Place spinach, oats, frozen banana, almond or peanut butter and milk in a blender. Blend until spinach is completely smooth.
2. Add frozen banana and ice, then blend until mixture is smooth.
3. Pour in a large glass and enjoy!
mmmm green monsters are so very very nice
oh wow this looks fabulous! Love that you put oats in the GM
I “officially” started on the Green Monster movement today. Thanks for the recipe. This will help me along
Awesome! Welcome aboard
Kristin @ Iowa Girl Eats http://iowagirleats.wordpress.com http://twitter.com/iowagirleats
I have major green monster envy – that looks so good!
I’ve been reading your blog for a week or so and when I saw your recipe for drunken pasta I was excited. I made it tonight for my husband and I and we loved it. I told him it was an Iowa recipe so he appoved. He’s from Iowa and is hard to please with food so thank you for the amazing recipe!!
Oh good – I’m so glad you guys liked it!!
Kristin @ Iowa Girl Eats http://iowagirleats.wordpress.com http://twitter.com/iowagirleats
That smoothie looks divine! Why am I so nervous to try green smoothies? I love my vegetables
DON’T be nervous at all!! And if you are, just try making a half batch!
Kristin @ Iowa Girl Eats http://iowagirleats.wordpress.com http://twitter.com/iowagirleats
so wait. un peel and freeze? does that mean i just pop the banana in the freezer or does it mean i peel it and pop the banana in the freezer.
But i bought 6 bananas today – normally i would’ve only bought 4 (just enough for the week!) and a bag of spinach! YAY!
thanks for taking a picture of your blender– I say this because I have been avoiding the GM due to a lack of a juicer.. for some reason I assumed that was the only way to get spinach to blend up properly. I am so pumped for this as breakfast tomorrow!
Yum. I have been wanting to A. find good ways to to get my veggies and fruits B. use my new wedding shower gifts ( hooray for the blender!).
I tried this today and it was delicious. I used vanilla soy milk and I think that added a little extra sweetness that made it delicious. Keep up the great blog Iowa Girl.
Another Iowa Girl,
A.S.
Ok lovey… I am going to try one of these infamous monsters tomorrow for b*fast… hope it lives up to its reputation!!
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