My favorite smoothie

I have never been much of a veggie fan.  I have eaten more veggies this past month than the last three years combined.  I still struggle to get in my leafy greens, but when I found out that I could just add some to my fruit smoothies, I was intrigued.  I found that spinach did not alter the taste whatsoever and I could easily get 3 cups of spinach just mixed in with what I was drinking, anyway. 

So here is exactly what I use in my most favorite smoothie.  I sometimes use rice milk but the coconut milk just gives it that really wonderful tropical taste!

First I start off with my liquid ( I found this stuff at Kroger.  I recently found some at Walmart–score!)

Then I add in 3 big handfulls of fresh baby spinach

I use the chop setting on my blender til all the spinach is mixed in with the milk.

Then I add one scoop of protein

2 tbsp Flax **if you aren’t used to so much fiber at once, work your way up to avoid an explosion 😉

and about 3/4 cup of my fruit of choice.  This is my all-time favorite!  I happened to have some from Schwans on-hand but I’ve even found this same fruit combination (peach, mango, strawberry, pineapple) at Walmart! 🙂

I blend it all on the “chop ice” setting so my frozen fruit chunks can be blended with ease.

The finished product

Bonus–my kids love these, too!  I hate to share mine so I usually just make a lot extra and there is NO other way they will get their green veggies 😛