Cherry Almond Green Smoothie
A quick cherry and almond green smoothie made with frozen cherries and blueberries, banana, baby spinach, nonfat Greek yogurt, unsweetened vanilla almond milk, and almond butter.
Equipment
- Blender
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1/2 banana
- Scant 1/2 cupfrozen cherries
- Scant 1/2 cupfrozen blueberries
- 1/4 cupnonfat Greek yogurt
- 1/2 to 3/4 cupunsweetened vanilla almond milk
- 1 cupbaby spinach
- 1 tablespoonalmond butter
Instructions
Instructions
- Pour 1/2 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk into the blender.
- Add 1/4 cup nonfat Greek yogurt and 1 tablespoon almond butter.
- Peel and break 1/2 banana into chunks; add to the blender.
- Add scant 1/2 cup frozen cherries and scant 1/2 cup frozen blueberries.
- Add 1 cup baby spinach.
- Secure the blender lid. Start blending on low, then increase to high and blend until the mixture is smooth (about 45–90 seconds).
- If the smoothie is too thick, add up to an additional 1/4 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk (up to 3/4 cup total), then blend again until smooth.
- Pour into a glass and serve immediately.
Notes
Notes
The amount of almond milk really depends on your preference for thickness. You will need enough to allow your blender to blend the ingredients - if you don't have enough it will not be able to. I find that 3/4 cup makes my smoothies a little more liquid than I like, so I usually start with less and then add more if I need to.
The amount of almond milk really depends on your preference for thickness. You will need enough to allow your blender to blend the ingredients - if you don't have enough it will not be able to. I find that 3/4 cup makes my smoothies a little more liquid than I like, so I usually start with less and then add more if I need to.