Day 3.1: A New Smoothie Recipe

I decided that since I had several ounces of baby spinach that I would try a green smoothie. I had an amazing vegan smoothie at this place called Picasso's Coffee Shop a couple of months ago and I decided that I wanted to try one of my own. The recipe came from Eating Richly, which is a great blog about eating well on a budget. I could always use help doing that! Anyhoo, the recipe is for a green mango smoothie.

Photo courtesy of Eating Richly.

 

This was actually a very easy and quick smoothie. Here's the recipe

 

Green Mango Smoothie

2 cups baby spinach

1 1/2 cups So Delicious Coconut Milk (my go-to non-dairy milk!)

1 large banana

1 1/2 cups mango

 

Blend together until the spinach is completely pureed. It will turn that gorgeous green color when it is done.

 

My review is that it was absolutely delicious! It required no sweetener at all and you can't even taste the greens in the smoothie. And I noticed that I was sooo full after eating it. It wasn't like other smoothies where you were still hungry after you ate it. :-)

 

Here are my photos from making it. I am using a cell phone to take my photos so the color is a little washed out in the photo, but it was a great color!

 

In my new purple tumbler!

Right in the blender. So yummy!

 

My fiancé is coming over in a few minutes and we are going to a Newsboys concert (yes, I'm a Christian vegan, how bout dat?). We are geeked out to see Michael Tait leading the band, though I always had a major crush on Peter Furler and still love his solo stuff! I grew up listening to Michael Tait in dc Talk and I still love the old-school dc Talk stuff. :-) I was so glad he was able to get the day off to go.

 

I hope everyone has a fantastic day! I know I will. Be blessed and enjoy the journey!