This doesn't sound very appetizing, but it's delicious and a painless way to get a few of your daily servings of fruits and vegetables out of the way before you even get dressed. You can't even taste the spinach or the grains. You don't have to add the grains, by the way, but if you do, this smoothie is filling enough to keep you going until lunchtime. The banana adds enough sweetness that you don't need any sweetener unless your teeth are considerably sweeter than mine.
Ingredients
1/2 cup almond milk (dairy, soy, rice, coconut or any other kind of milk would be fine)
1/4 cup unsweetened yogurt (I used fat free, but any kind would be fine, including non-dairy)
1 tablespoon oat bran (optional)
1 tablespoon wheat germ (optional)
1 tablespoon ground flax seeds (optional)
1/2 cup frozen mixed berries*
1/2 cup frozen pitted cherries*
1/2 a frozen banana**
1 cup packed baby spinach leaves (or coarsely chopped grown-up spinach)
Very complicated instructions: place all ingredients in food processor or blender, whiz until smooth. Decant into a tall glass.
Serves 1.
You could use just about any fresh or frozen fruits you like in this. Some of my friends add a scoop of protein powder to make it extra filling, but I've never found one that didn't taste vile.
*These are incredibly cheap in the freezer section of my budget supermarket, but your mileage may vary. Alternatively, you could buy these fresh in summer. Freezing is optional unless you prefer your smoothies very cold.
**I detest overripe bananas, but my bananas are always going overripe. So I cut them in half and freeze them specifically for this purpose. You don't have to freeze them if you don't want to, of course.
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