5 Ingredient Green Power Smoothie {and a giveaway!}

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.

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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!

5 Ingredient Green Power Smoothie

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Print Rate

Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Total Time: 5 minutes minutes

Servings: 1 smoothie

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!