This 5 ingredient green power smoothie {made with spinach, banana, mango, cherries and yogurt} will have you starting your day in a nutritious and delicious way and is packed with fruits and veggies to create the perfect green smoothie.
I can remember a while back when green smoothies were all the rage. ALL THE RAGE. Do you remember? You’d see them on every blog, in health food stores, on cafe menus and on every instagram page (yes, you even saw a green smoothie on my instagram not only once, but twice).
Because, the truth is, I tried them and I liked them. But unlike some fads, I didn’t stop liking them. I’ve always liked knowing that whenever I’m drinking a green smoothie I’m drinking something super nutritious that has fruits and veggies.
The trick is getting it to taste good. If you have the flavors a little off, green smoothies can be down right gross.
I’ve found what works for me for getting the flavor and texture just right is using frozen fruit and a little bit of Stonyfield french vanilla yogurt. It gives the smoothie coldness from the frozen fruit, and then creamy texture from the yogurt. And while I have tried quite a few brands of french vanilla yogurt, my allegiance is with Stonyfield. Theirs is the only french vanilla that isn’t overly sweet or leaves one with an odd taste in ones mouth. Their french vanilla is smooth and creamy and so so so delish!
And because I’m always running around in the mornings, it makes life just that much more convenient to have a little blender that is a single serve-and-go. At first I thought that there was no way the little blender would make a smoothie out of the ingredients. No way would it be powerful enough. Thankfully, I was wrong. All I did to make this green power smoothie was put the ingredients in, add some water, hit the power button and voila, green smoothie time! The blender I used was this Hamilton Beach single serve blender.
Do you want a cool little single serve blender of your own? Simply tell me what your favorite type of smoothie is in the comments, and a winner will be chosen March 31, 2015!

Ingredients
- 1/2 cup spinach roughly one handful
- 1/2 banana frozen
- 1/2 cup mango chunks frozen
- 1/4 cup sweet dark cherries frozen
- 1/4 cup french vanilla yogurt fat free
- 1/2-1 cup water
Instructions
- Place spinach, banana, mango, cherries, french vanilla yogurt and water in a blender.
- Blend until smooth and no more pieces remain, enjoy!
Disclaimer: This post is sponsored by Stonyfield and I am honored to be a member of the Stonyfield Clean Plate Club. As always, all opinions are 100% my own. This post also contains an Amazon affiliate link. Thank you for supporting the brands and products that make the SweetPhi blog possible.
Elizabeth Rivera says
Powerhouse smoothie!!
Sweetphi says
Thank you!!
Amy says
What a great idea to add cherries to the green smoothie! I gotta give it a try! Looks and sounds so refreshing
Sweetphi says
Thank you so much – cherries in the smoothie are super delicious, you’ll love it!
Nikki Fahey says
strawberry with some mango
Sweetphi says
I love how mango and strawberries make the prettiest pink smoothies 🙂
Mindi says
My favorite smoothie: spinach, milk, PB2, banana, vanilla protein powder and a little ice 🙂
Sweetphi says
Oh yum, that smoothie combo sounds delish!
Outcast Golfer says
The Elvis: banana, peanut butter, vanilla yogurt, touch of honey protein powder and splash of skimmed milk
Sweetphi says
Wow, the Elvis smoothie sounds fantastic, I totally need to try it!
Laura says
I like spinach banana mango smoothies….a great way to use all of the frozen, over ripened bananas in my freezer!
Sweetphi says
mangoes are so good in smoothies, they totally take it up a notch 🙂 Thank you so much for commenting!