My All-Time Favorite Green Smoothie

Over the past few years I have made many different smoothies. Some were great, some were good, and some were just good enough to get down. I try to keep green smoothies as a part of my regular diet, mainly because on most days it adds spinach to my diet that wouldn't have been there otherwise. And this smoothie is not just good enough to get down; I really like it.  This smoothie is also another way to sneak flax meal into my diet which never hurts.

I talked about my opinion about green smoothies and recipes a couple years ago, and though my opinion hasn't changed since then, my recipe definitely has. I was also making huge smoothies back then since I was marathon training. Now I usually drink 8 - 16 oz. depending on if it is a meal, part of a meal, or a snack.

After much experience, I would call this the perfect green smoothie. Of course you may have a different idea of what makes the perfect smoothie, but this is what I make almost every single time. It's been that way for about a year and I don't expect that to change. This isn't a foundation, a concept, or a mix and match kind of thing. This is a set recipe that I love, and it's basically the only smoothie I make anymore because it's so yummy and made from ingredients I pretty much always have. Plus, Marshall likes it! So feel free to make it your own, but just know that you will no longer be making my favorite smoothie; you'll be making your own smoothie.

I have yet to learn how to make a smoothie look pretty in a picture, so excuse the mediocre sludge looking pictures and just try this! 

Ingredients:
1 cup milk -- I often use unsweetened almond milk for my smoothies
1 cup spinach -- I use less if my bananas aren't as sweet
1 heaping tablespoon flax meal
1 heaping tablespoon cocoa powder
1 heaping tablespoon peanut butter
1 banana

Directions:
Blend together milk and spinach until smooth. Add the rest of the ingredients and blend again until smooth. Enjoy!


I hear rumors that if there are foods you eat a lot while pregnant your baby is more likely to enjoy those foods, so that's another reason to keep drinking these! : )